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Faculty and students from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences partnered with the Endocrine Society to organize a health fair at the Peruvian Consulate in Washington, D.C.

Aisha Liferidge, MD, MPH, was appointed to the board of directors for the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dominic Raj, MD, received a research grant from Relypsa to investigate the role of the microbiome in potassium homeostasis.

For the eighth consecutive year, graduates of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Physical Therapy Program achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the National Physical Therapy Examination.

Shawneequa Callier, JD, MA, associate professor of clinical research and leadership, received the 2017 Genome Recognition of Employee Accomplishments and Talents Award from the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

For years Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, has wanted to explore the effectiveness of using a drug to prime the brain for evidence-based intervention. Now, with the help of a grant from the Simons Foundation, he has the opportunity to test the effects of a neuropeptide on children with autism.

Shireen Atabaki, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics, was featured in an article by Washington Life Magazine highlighting her research on pediatric concussions.

David Diemert, MD, associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine and of medicine, spoke to NPR for an article about the cost of albendazole, the primary drug used to treat hookworm.

Adam Friedman, MD, associate professor of dermatology, spoke to Reader's Digest for an article about how habits like nail biting can shorten a person's life.

For Rosalyn Jurjus, MD, PhD ’09, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences associate professor of anatomy and regenerative biology, a project to help with medical student knowledge retention of basic anatomy turned into something much larger than she ever imagined.