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La Roche-Posay and the George Washington University Publish Unprecedented International Study on Sun Protection Behavior and Skin Cancer Awareness
A large international survey, published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology by researchers from La Roche-Posay and GW, asked nearly 20,000 participants about their sun protection behavior and skin cancer awareness.
Aileen Chang, M.D., Receives $75K Pilot Grant from The Rheumatology Research Foundation
The Rheumatology Research Foundation recently awarded Aileen Y. Chang, M.D., M.S.P.H., a $75,000 pilot grant to fund her research in rheumatology for a project entitled, “A Pilot Study of the Pathogenesis of Chikungunya Arthritis in the Americas.”
Robert Siegel, M.D., to Serve as GW Cancer Center’s Associate Center Director for Education, Training, and Network Development
The GW Cancer Center is pleased to announce Robert Siegel, M.D. ’77, professor of medicine, as the new associate center director for education, training, and network development. 
Josh Woolstenhulme: Tackling Disease Through Exercise
Patients suffering from various diseases can benefit from different forms of exercise, and George Washington's Josh Woolstenhulme, Ph.D., D.P.T., is using his degrees in physical therapy and rehabilitation physiology to help figure out the most efficient ways to prescribe exercise.
SMHS M.D. Students Advocate for Patients on Capitol Hill
As part of the #ProtectOurPatients campaign, students walked to Capitol Hill to deliver a petition asking Congress not to repeal the health care law.
Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Highlights Desegregation of Medical Schools
Vanessa Northington Gamble, M.D., Ph.D., discusses the integration movement through the eyes of Edith Irby at the inaugural lecture on Jan. 24.
SMHS Student Volunteers Show Energy, Leadership at Presidential Inauguration
As most of Washington, D.C. slept during the early hours of Jan. 20, a group of School of Medicine and Health Sciences students made their way to the National Mall to assist with medical aid at the Presidential Inauguration.
A Message from Dean Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D.
The School of Medicine and Health Sciences values and supports all members of our diverse community and the contributions they make to our mission.
A Seat at the Table
Third-year M.D. student Ashtin Jeney discusses her passion for advocacy and her role as a board member of the American Medical Association Political Action Committee.
GW Researcher Finds Genetic Cause of New Type of Muscular Dystrophy
Chiara Manzini, Ph.D., assistant professor in pharmacology & physiology, published research in the American Journal of Human Genetics about a newly discovered mutation in the INPP5K gene, which leads to short stature, muscle weakness, intellectual disability, and cataracts, and…