Research News
A large international survey, published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology by researchers from La Roche-Posay and GW, asked nearly 20,000 participants about their sun protection behavior and skin cancer awareness.
The Rheumatology Research Foundation recently awarded Aileen Y. Chang, M.D., M.S.P.H., a $75,000 pilot grant to fund her research in rheumatology for a project entitled, “A Pilot Study of the Pathogenesis of Chikungunya Arthritis in the Americas.”
Jeffrey M. Bethony, Ph.D., professor, and David Diemert, M.D., associate professor, both in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, served as co-authors on a review on hookworm infection published in Nature Reviews: Disease Primers.
Patricia Berg, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience establishing a mouse model for human fetal electrographic development.
Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology, parntered with Noctural Product Development to receive a $2.27 million Phase II STTR grant to support ongoing efforts to design, produce, and test real-time lesion visualization tools for cardiac ablation procedures.
Victoria Shanmugam, M.D., associate professor of medicine, published a study in Wound Repair and Regeneration finding that opioid exposure is associated with reduced likelihood of healing in patients with chronic wounds.
Adam Friedman, M.D., associate professor, director of the residency program, and director of translational research in the Department of Dermatology, published a survey in the Jounral of the American Academy of Dermatology finding many fungal skin infections may be misdiagnosed.
GW researchers received a $2.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to uncover why certain cancer types increase whereas others are unchanged or even decrease in those with HIV infection.
Steven Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research and associate professor of medicine, published a review in JAMA Cardiology encouraging cardiologists to participate in emerging payment models.