Press Archive
New research co-authored by Douglas Nixon, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Tropical Medicine and Walter G. Ross Professor of Basic Science Research, found that some individuals exposed to HIV-1, but who remain uninfected, have a certain pattern of virus-…
Ken Harwood, PT, Ph.D., program director for health care quality, director for research for the Physical Therapy (DPT) program, and associate professor of clinical research and leadership, served on a panel at a congressional briefing on May 12, 2015 where Congressman John Conyers re-introduced…
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Margaret M. Plack, Ed.D., D.P.T., P.T., will serve as the interim chair of the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership (CRL).
Kristy Lynn Hawley, M.P.H., rising fourth-year medical student at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the American Medical Association Foundation’s 2015 Leadership Award.
Congratulations to Larrie Greenberg, M.D., clinical professor of Pediatrics, and senior consultant for the Office of Medical Education, who is the first recipient of the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Distinguished Educator Award.
Valerie Hu, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, has found an important sex-dependent difference in the level of RORA protein in brain tissues of males and females. Specifically, females without autism have a slightly higher level of RORA in the frontal cortex of the brain…
Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., vice president for health affairs at GW and dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was sworn in as a new member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS on May 21, 2015.
Research by Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, and published in Nutrition and Diabetes, found that a plant-based diet reduces the pain of diabetic neuropathy.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Wright, Ph.D., PA-C, who will serve as the interim chair and program director of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, GW Hospital, and The GW Medical Faculty Associates are pleased to announce Raj Rao, M.D., as the new chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery.