Research News

Dermatology fellows Chapman Wei and Kamaria Nelson, MD, were awarded research grants from La Fondation La Roche-Posay.
Researchers at the George Washington University found that inhibitory GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus excite the developing brain at ages equivalent to the early third trimester.
Research led by Nadine Mbuyi, MD, found that gout patients spend longer time in the ED than the national median across all medical illnesses.
A George Washington University (GW) Hospital study, led by Andrew Meltzer, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), is investigating the symptomatology, follow-up care, baseline laboratory studies, and disposition of the COVID-19 virus
The BioCompute Object Specification Project led by a team at SMHS has been officially approved for publication as an internationally recognized standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association.
A survey from the George Washington University evaluated whether patients consider a dermatologist’s social media presence when looking for a doctor
A survey from the GW Cancer Center highlights the influence of supportive oncodermatology on patient quality of life.
There are dozens of questions surrounding COVID-19, and researchers at the George Washington University (GW) are intent on discovering the answers to them. Now, a coronavirus specimen bank will give investigators the tools they need to better understand this devastating virus.
The combination of photothermal and epigenetic therapies may help to maximize the therapeutic benefits for melanoma, and possibly other tumors, according to researchers from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS).
A new literature review from scientists at GW and NIST suggests that nutrition and diet have a profound impact on the microbial composition of the gut.