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GW Cancer Institute and Banca Civica Become Community Partners to Help Fight Cancer
WASHINGTON – The GW Cancer Institute (GWCI) at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences has joined forces with Banca Civica, a financial institution from Spain pioneering the innovative concept of civic banking, to fight cancer in Washington, D.C.
HHS Announces the Nation’s New Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Agenda
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled Healthy People 2020, the nation’s new 10-year goals and objectives for health promotion and disease prevention, and “myHealthyPeople,” a new challenge for technology application developers.  
Children’s National and GW Award More Than $1 Million in Grants
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National (CTSI-CN), a partnership of Children’s National Medical Center and The George Washington University, has awarded more than $1 million in grants for 15 Pilot Studies projects, four Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies…
Research Study Looks at Benefits of 3G Wireless Technology for Hypertensive Patients in Underserved Urban Communities
The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, One Economy, Cricket Communications, VOCEL and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless Reach™ initiative, today announced that 3G wireless-enabled handsets and the Pill Phone mobile medication reminder…
GW Researchers Coordinate Study of Fetal Surgery to Reduce Complications of Spina Bifida
Researchers at The George Washington University Medical Center played a key role in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of a surgical procedure to repair a common birth defect of the spine, which if undertaken while a baby is still in the uterus, greatly reduces the need to divert, or shunt…
National Day of Solidarity for Compassionate Patient Care
Washington, DC – Today, The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences joins with dozens of medical schools around the country undertaking projects to demonstrate the power and importance of compassion and empathy in healthcare.  
Dr. Jeffrey S. Akman, Tapped by D.C. Mayor to Serve on Commission on HIV/AIDS
Washington (March 11, 2011) – Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray has appointed Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., to serve on the newly created Mayor’s Commission on HIV/AIDS.
GW Cheney Institute Donates Life-Saving Automated External Defibrillators to All D.C. Public Library Branches
WASHINGTON - DC Public Library users and employees are the recipients of improved emergency services with a donation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at all 25 locations, thanks to a gift from the George Washington University Cheney Cardiovascular Institute’s “ReStart DC” program.
SMHS Signs Letter of Intent with Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, SEHA
WASHINGTON – The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences signed a Letter of Intent with SEHA - Abu Dhabi Health Services Company during a ceremony on May 23, 2011. The two organizations will collaborate on future medical education and training programs.
Women’s Health Issues Supplement Showcases VA Women’s Health Research
A new Supplement of the peer-reviewed journal, Women’s Health Issues, a publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services, shows the tremendous growth and diversity of VA women’s health research in recent years.