Press Archive
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company and GW have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement for GW intellectual property rights covering the use of angiotensin II for the therapeutic treatment of patients with hypotension and shock.
Leana Wen, M.D., director of patient-centered care research and assistant professor of emergency medicine, has been appointed commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
Herbert Baraf, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, was recognized with the Paulding Phelps Award at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 15.
Neal Barnard, M.D. '80, adjunct associate professor of medicine, authored a study, published in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, showing that a plant-based vegetarian diet accelerates type 2 diabetes treatment by lowering HbA1c levels by 0.4 points.
The GW Hospital, The GW Medical Faculty Associates and The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences will host their third annual Trauma Awareness Day on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, home to one of the first emergency medical services degree programs in the nation, has been awarded a $1,308,422 Continuing Training Grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Paige Armstrong, M.D., chief resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was named the 2014 Alpha Omega Alpha Postgraduate Award winner.
The Rodham Institute hosted its 2014 Summit to promote health equity. Attendees included leaders from local and national health advocacy organizations, as well as Hillary Rodham Clinton and Clinton Health Matters Initiative Chief Executive Officer Rain Henderson.
Paul Brindley, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, and scientific director of the Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, published a perspective in Science, calling for researchers to adapt new technologies to research parasitic flatworms.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” is pleased to host the Fourth International Symposium on Thymosins in Health and Disease in Rome, Oct. 23-25.