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A gift from Personalized Medicine Care Diagnostics (PMCDx), an advanced molecular diagnostic testing laboratory, in memory of Manny Velasquez, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at GW SMHS and a long-time nephrologist at the GW MFA, will will support research into the use of precision medicine…

More than 250 SMHS alumni representing MD program classes from 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018, as well as H Street Society members, returned to campus for the annual Reunion Weekend celebration.

Jennifer Berkeley, MD, PhD, has been named the first chief scientific officer for LifeBridge Health where she will also serve as assistant dean for research for the newly launched Regional Medical Campus with the George Washington University School of Medicine at Health Sciences, which is based…

Leigh Frame, PhD, program director Integrative Medicine Program and associate professor of clinical research and leadership, was featured in a CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell segment, “Can Cutting Back on Drinking Improve Heart Health?’’

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Physician Assistant Studies completed its reaccreditation process with the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), earning a full 10-year reaccreditation.

The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) celebrated three prominent faculty members as they were installed as endowed professors on Nov. 1.

Jillian Catalanotti, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and of health policy and management, will serve as the Associate Dean for Clinical Public Health and Population Health Practice.

In August 2022, a New York Times article highlighted an off-label use of a drug that remedies a type of hair loss. The subsequent media attention led to a surge in interest in the drug known as Minoxidil. Researchers at the George Washington University surveyed pharmacies in the Washington,…

A multi-disciplinary group of students from three schools at the George Washington University beat out six other competing teams from D.C.-area universities to win the 2023 Grand Prize of the 10th annual D.C. Public Health Case Challenge hosted by National Academy of Medicine’s Kellogg Health of…