Press Archive

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the establishment of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation.

Health Care Quality master's student Jessica Osborne-Stafsnes authored the commentary "Shared Decision Making: Using Federal Health Policy as a Lever to Support Implementation,” which was recently published in the Journal of Participatory Medicine.

A new study by Valerie Hu, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, reports that RORA, a novel candidate gene for autism discovered by her group in a 2010 study, regulates a large number of other genes associated with autism.

David Scalzitti, P.T., Ph.D., O.C.S., assistant professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, has been named a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Applied Health Sciences.

Allen R. Dyer, M.D., Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences published One More Mountain to Climb: What My Illness Taught Me About Health on June 2.

A recently published paper by the George Washington University Cancer Institute addresses the value of patient navigation programs for community cancer centers.

Researcher Michael S. Irwig, M.D., F.A.C.E., assistant professor of medicine, found that men who used the medication finasteride (Propecia) and developed persistent sexual side effects, are also drinking less alcohol than before.

Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D. ’79, has been elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the organization’s annual meeting, held in May. He will serve a one-year term as one of the top officers of the Society, the statewide membership organization representing nearly 24,000…

Jonathan Reiner, M.D., professor of medicine and director of cardiac catheterization laboratories, consulted Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) on H.R. 2135, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act. Reiner offered his expertise on issues facing healthcare providers and the need for the legislation.

Alex Stagnaro-Green, M.D., senior associate dean for education and professor of medicine and obstetrics-gynecology, co-authored a commentary published in The Lancet, calling for greater public health policies to eradicate iodine deficiency in the U.K. and other developed countries, including the…