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The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Wright, Ph.D., PA-C, who will serve as the interim chair and program director of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies.

Faculty and students recognize talent, hard work, and dedication at ceremony during graduation weekend.

Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D., vice president for health affairs at GW and dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was sworn in as a new member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS on May 21, 2015.

Valerie Hu, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular medicine, has found an important sex-dependent difference in the level of RORA protein in brain tissues of males and females. Specifically, females without autism have a slightly higher level of RORA in the frontal cortex of the brain than…

Research by Neal Barnard, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, and published in Nutrition and Diabetes, found that a plant-based diet reduces the pain of diabetic neuropathy.

Internationally recognized expert on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., returned to GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) May 14 to serve as the 8th Annual Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Visiting Professor.

Congratulations to Larrie Greenberg, M.D., clinical professor of Pediatrics, and senior consultant for the Office of Medical Education, who is the first recipient of the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Distinguished Educator Award.

Learning communities are intentionally developed longitudinal groups of faculty and students that aim to enhance students' medical school experience and maximize learning.

The GW Institute for Neuroscience welcomed researchers, faculty, students, and guests to the 5th Annual Neuroscience Symposium.

Kristy Lynn Hawley, M.P.H., rising fourth-year medical student at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received the American Medical Association Foundation’s 2015 Leadership Award.