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Wichita Falls Times Record News - Lack of AEDs Costs Thousands of Lives
Jonathan Reiner, M.D., profesor of medicine, shares his insights in the Wichita Falls Times Record News on The American Red Cross estimating that as many as 20,000 of deaths a year can be prevented if AEDs were more prevalent across America.
Minnesota Public Radio - How a Shortage of Doctors Here Can Hurt Health Care in the Developing World
Fitzhugh Mullan, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio about the U.S. using foreign-trained physicians to help fill the growing shortage of doctors in the nation. 
WTOP-FM - Emerging Brain Surgery Technology Changes, Saves Lives
Zachary Litvack, M.D., assistant professor of neurological surgery, was interviewed by WTOP to discuss a new type of minimally-invasive brain surgery he performs at the George Washington University Hospital.
WTOP-FM - N.Y. Festival Deaths Shine Spotlight on Club Drug Ecstasy
Thomas Wise, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, commented on a story in WTOP about the dangers of the drug nicknamed "Molly," a repackaged form of Ecstasy. 
GW Cancer Institute Receives $2.1 Million Federal Award to Provide Technical Assistance for U.S. Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs
The George Washington University Cancer Institute has been awarded a $2.1 million cooperative agreement to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to design and implement a comprehensive technical assistance plan to support CDC-funded Comprehensive Cancer Control programs.
GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Receives $1.9 Million Award from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to Study mHealth Initiative
Richard Katz, M.D., Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology, professor of medicine, and director of the division of cardiology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been awarded $1.9 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a three-year…
Urgent Matters Names Winners of the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award
Urgent Matters, housed within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, announces the winners of the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award, a newly created competition to foster innovation in emergency departments nationwide.
Vincent Chiappinelli, Ph.D., to serve as Associate Vice President for Health Affairs and Associate Dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is pleased to announce that Vincent Chiappinelli, Ph.D., has been named as the associate vice president for health affairs and associate dean of the SMHS.
GW Researcher Receives $1.9 Million Federal Grant to Study Visual Alertness in Cortical Networks
Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was awarded a $1,973,645 grant from the National Eye Institute to study developmental origins of wakefulness in the cerebral cortex, the region of…
Spotlight on Student Summer Experiences
SMHS students spent the summer gaining experience through internships around the world.