Science Codex - Acute Kidney Injury May be More Deadly Than Heart Attacks

Lakhmir Chawla, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and of medicine, was featured in a Science Codex article about his recently published research in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The paper says that acute kidney injury, a condition that is common but often asymptomatic, may be more deadly than a heart attack. The research was also featured in Counsel & Heal

Latest News

GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Integrated Biomedical Sciences student Jonathan Lochner received a predoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service (F31) Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his research project, “Restoring HLA-I Expression to…
Marcia Firmani, PhD, MSPH, was appointed associate dean for health sciences, effective June 2026. She has served as interim associate dean since January 2026.
The 10th Annual GW Cancer Center Scientific Retreat, “Beyond Bench and Bedside: Breaking Silos in Cancer Care,” featured a keynote address by William G. Nelson, MD, PhD, DSc, director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, as well as a series of roundtables focusing on…