Press Archive
Richard Katz, M.D., Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology, professor of medicine, and director of the division of cardiology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been awarded $1.9 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a three-year…
John Hawdon, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, has received a $407,233 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop techniques to manipulate hookworm DNA.
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Milken Institute School of Public Health is pleased to announce a two-year Neurology Health Policy Research Fellowship.
Dr. Haywood appointed as new SMHS associate dean for diversity, inclusion and student affairs.
Tara O’Toole, M.D. '81, M.P.H. will be a recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards. The awards are the highest form of recognition that the University and the GW Alumni Association bestow upon alumni each year.
Leonard Akman, M.D. '43, bequeathed $3.2 million to support a variety of initiatives at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, including support for faculty, residents and students.
Perry Payne, M.D., J.D., M.P.P., an assistant professor of clinical research and leadership, played a key role in the development of a new web portal, D.C. Health Matters, which allows researchers, community-based organizations, and consumers to go online and look at crucial health statistics…
Chiara Manzini, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, was awarded a $747,000 federal grant to research the causes of severe intellectual disability and autism.
Amir Afkhami, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and global health, has been named as a 2013–2014 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow.
James Scott, M.D., former dean and professor of emergency medicine, and Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., professor of pediatrics and Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at the Milken Institute of Public Health (formerly the GW School of Public Health and Health Services), played key roles…