Community Engagement

Drs. Mary A. Ogunsanya and Karen Wright standing with each other and holding an award
GW Physician Assistants Celebrate PA Profession
The GW PA Program recognized faculty for their dedication to the profession and to educating students in the program.
A SMHS student playing with a child holding a racket and ball in a gymnasium
First-Year Students Get Kids Moving
First-year MD, PT, and PA students volunteered with the Special Olympics Young Athletes program for Community Service Day.
Four SMHS faculty stand beside the construction site of a new GW Hospital complex
GW Hospital Selected to Open New Hospital and Health Complex in Southeast D.C.
To improve health equity and health care access and to bring research and technology to Wards 7 and 8 in Washington, D.C., GW Hospital signed a letter of intent to oversee the opening of a new hospital and health complex in Southeast D.C.
Two EMTs pushing a person on a stretcher into an ambulance
Action in the Face of Danger
The Continuing Training Grant program hosted through SMHS has produced several TECC-based training courses offered across the country.
A highschooler smiling at a GW doctor giving a demonstration with a mannequin baby
DC HAPP Offers High School Students Vision for the Future
The program, coordinated by the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Office of Diversity and Inclusion, works to increase access to health careers and expand diversity in the medical field.
A DC HEAL participant putting on a facemask and hairnet
Weighing the Options
Local high schoolers explore health care career opportunities through DC HEAL, a one-day event led by SMHS PA students.
Two GW medical students sit with a child wearing a virtual reality headset
GW Medical Entities Participate in NBC 4 Health Expo
Eighty thousand people streamed through the Walter E. Washington Convention Center March 10 and 11 to take part in the annual two-day NBC4-Telemundo44 Health Expo.
Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt lecturing to a room of students
Students Learn about Power of Community Health from D.C. DOH Director LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH
Students at SMHS recently received sage advice from LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, MD, MPH, director of the D.C. Department of Health: Use your experience with patients to develop responsible solutions to public health problems.
GW endocrinology faculty, medical students, and physical therapy faculty and students standing together with arms curled
Partnering to Empower Patients at Risk for Diabetes
Faculty and students from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences partnered with the Endocrine Society to organize a health fair at the Peruvian Consulate in Washington, D.C.
PT students sitting at tables and sewing
Annual PT Day of Service Participants Provide Others a Helping Hand
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) physical therapy (PT) students spent a Saturday earlier this month helping those in need in their community and abroad as part of the annual international PT Day of Service.
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