Community Engagement

News Channel 8 covered the free cancer screening day with SMHS, the GW Medical Faculty Associates and George Washington University Hospital on Friday, Oct. 19.

WASHINGTON (Oct. 16, 2012) – The GW Cancer Institute (GWCI) was awarded a $500,000 grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure to increase access to survivorship care for D.C.-area breast cancer survivors who have completed primary treatment.

On Thursday, August 23, students at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science (SMHS) will put down their books and study materials to help those in need at this year’s Commitment to Community Day. Hundreds of faculty, students, residents, staff, and alumni will spend…

Historically minorities have been underrepresented in the science and research fields. Looking to offer more educational opportunities and increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students considering research as a career path, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at…

For many students in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), summer is a time away from training when they can embrace unique experiences through internships, some of which were organized by the Office of Student Opportunities. These experiences, whether abroad or state-side, vary…

Two dozen 9th and 10th graders, dressed smartly in their school uniforms, gathered on the cafeteria floor. Each student kneeled in front of a Mini-Anne – an inflatable, portable mannequin – and used the palms of their hands to pump its chest to the beat of the 1970s Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive.”

Gloria Wilder, M.D., M.P.H., president and CEO of Core Health, arrived more than an hour late to the Interdisciplinary Student Community-Oriented Prevention Enhancement Service’s (ISCOPES) end-of-year celebration at the George Washington University, April 17. Despite leaving her home near Manassas…

Alex Fortenko, M.P.H. ‘11, a first-year medical student in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), says it’s a minor miracle when he catches a meal outside of Ross Hall. Between classes, exams, and studying, grocery shopping sinks to the bottom of the to-do…

GW Provided Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Ultrasound Screening, Urological Screening and Vision testing for Veterans in Landover, MD.

Today, more than 500 first- and second-year medical and health science students, faculty, and staff from SMHS scooped, measured, and bagged meals made of rice, dehydrated vegetables, soybeans, and 21 vitamins and minerals. In partnership with the DC Chapter of Kids Against Hunger, they assembled…