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GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the GW MFA Serve as one of 24 participating trial sites for the NIAID’s COVAIL Trial
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences has been selected to serve as one of 24 participating sites for the Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate additional COVID-19 booster shots in adults, including multiple vaccines based on viral variants such as Delta and Omicron. The trial aims to…
Women's History Month 2022
At the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, women have been trailblazers, advancing medical education, transforming care, and, of course, breaking glass ceilings.
Mayor Muriel Bowser and others stab shovels into the site of the Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center
Mayor Bowser and Universal Health Services Break Ground on New Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, GW Health at St. Elizabeths East in Ward 8, First Hospital Built in the District in Over 20 Years
New Full-Service Hospital and Integrated Health Care System Is Scheduled to Open in 2024
GW Researchers Create Test to Quickly Identify COVID-19 Infection and Disease Severity
George Washington University researchers have developed a blood test that quickly detects if someone has COVID-19 and predicts how severely the immune system will react to the infection, according to a new study coming out today in PLOS One. The findings could one day lead to a powerful tool to…
Drs McCaffrey and Kasimov stand with a book and a research award, respectively
$1 Million Gift to SMHS Seeks to Accelerate Research on More Accurate, RNA-Based COVID-19 Test
A $1 million gift from Ulvi M. and Reykhan Kasimov seeks to advance development of a new technique that uses RNA transcript levels to identify biomarkers in the blood stream, which can help detect active infections in the body.
Dr. Andrew Choi posing for a portrait
GW SMHS and the GW MFA’s Andrew Choi, MD ’08, Receives ACC Maryland Chapter Distinguished Service Award
Congratulations to Andrew Choi, MD ’08, on his award recognizing his leadership for the American College of Cardiology Mid-Atlantic Capital Cardiology Symposium.
Dr. Timothy McCaffrey inspecting a sample in a lab
GW-Led Research Creates Blueprint for Diagnostic Blood Test for Coronary Artery Disease
In a recent study, Tim McCaffrey, PhD, professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, led a team of researchers conducting the largest RNA expression analysis of human coronary artery disease to date. 
Drs. Nicole Farmer and Kofi Essel stand in separate portraits
GW Culinary Medicine Program Adds Two New Faculty Members
Kofi Essel, MD ’11, MPH ’17, assistant professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), and Nicole Farmer, MD, staff scientist with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and an adjunct associate professor of medicine at SMHS, will bring their…
A COVID cell illustration
Q & A: Vaccine Researcher David Diemert, MD
David Diemert, MD, clinical director of the GW Vaccine Research Unit and professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences discusses what scientists know about the Delta variant.
SMHS-Led Clinical Trial To Assess Immunogenicity and Safety of Lassa Fever Vaccine
A vaccine for Lassa fever may be on the horizon, thanks to a new clinical trial jointly led by Elissa Malkin, DO, MPH, assistant research professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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