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New research from the GW Cancer Institute, titled "Development of a framework for patient navigation: delineating roles across navigator types," was published in the Journal of Oncology Navigation and Survivorship.

William D. Gaillard, M.D., professor of neurology and pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was elected treasurer of the American Epilepsy Society.

Elizabeth Ruckert, DPT, NCS, GCS, assistant professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Ithaca College this fall.

Gurusher Panjrath, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of the Heart Failure and Mechanical Support Program, was recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine for his study, "Metabolic Rates of ATP Transfer Through Creatine Kinase (CK Flux) Predict Clinical Heart…

Kabir Yadav, MDCM, MS, MSHS, associate professor of medicine, was named as one of the first board-certified clinical informaticians in the country.

Professors Ferid Murad and Akos Vertes recognized for "outstanding inventions" by the National Academy of Inventors. Murad leads a lab program in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences' Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine.

Global leaders have joined the George Washington University's Regulatory Affairs Advisory Board.

Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation and professor of emergency medicine and health policy, was recently published in the journal Health Affairs for his study titled “Strategies for Integrating Cost-consciousness Into Acute Care Should Focus on Rewarding High…

Wenge Zhu, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has received a $720,000 Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society to identify a new pathway to regulate DNA damage repair in…

A large study co-authored by Dominic Raj, M.D., director of the division of nephrology and professor of medicine, identifies factors that mediate differences in the progression of chronic kidney disease in order to reduce the excess burden of end-stage renal disease and its complications in…