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Modified HIV-1 Virus Can Integrate into Genome of Parasitic Flatworm
Research by Sutas Suttiprapa, Ph.D., Paul Brindley, Ph.D., and others in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine found a modified form of the HIV-1 virus can integrate into the genome of the parasitic flatworm that causes the disease schistosomiasis. The research was…
4th Annual Rodham Institute Summit Highlights Role of Youth in Community Health
The role of youth in their health and the health of their communities was the theme of the 4th Annual Rodham Institute Summit. Community leaders, clinicians and students presenting at the day-long event emphasized how to engage and lift up young people living in underserved areas.
Tackling Student Debt
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences hosted its first Student Debt Symposium, designed to raise awareness and promote solutions to health education debt.
The SMHS Office of Communications and Marketing Team Brings 2016 Awards Total to Seven
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Office of Communications and Marketing recently won four new awards, bringing its 2016 total to seven.
Physical Therapy Program Celebrates Students, Faculty at Convocation
Words of advice, praise, and encouragement were offered up at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Physical Therapy (PT) Convocation to help first-year students reflect on the journey ahead.
H Street Society Induction: Class of 1966 Members Share Poignant Memories, Laughs
Induction into the H Street Society, named to commemorate the location of the former GW medical school, is held during alumni weekend and allows members of the class celebrating their 50th reunion to share stories about their time at GW. 
GW Researcher Receives $2.8M Grant to Continue Study of Corneal Wound Healing
Mary Ann Stepp, Ph.D., professor of anatomy and regenerative biology and of ophthalmology, received a $2.8 million, five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue her 27 years of research on corneal wound healing.
GW Co-Sponsors Scientific Research Summit with Instituto Butantan and Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil on Zika Virus
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ International Medicine Programs and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine are co-sponsoring a two-day scientific research summit with the Instituto Butantan and Universidade de São Paulo focused on Zika virus. The summit takes…
Students Learn from the Experts at GW’s International Regulatory Science Institute
Students and regulatory experts from around the world gathered for four days on the GW camps for the first international annual summer institute, "Issues & Trends in Regulatory Science."
The Ins and Outs of Clinical Informatics
GW alumnus Adam P. Buckley, M.D. ’96, presented on the innovative changes he’s made to the University of Vermont Health Network’s electronic medical records system at the 8th Annual Allan B. Weingold Lecture.