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Amir Afkhami, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and global health, has been named as a 2013–2014 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow.

Timothy McCaffrey, Ph.D., professor of medicine, was mentioned in a Genome Web story for his contribution of data to researchers at Duke University.

Sarah Rebstock, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and pediatrics, was interviewed by BBC News about techniques she uses at Children's National Medical Center to treat children who live with with severe and constant pain.

In the United States, one in 10 men and one in 14 women have had a kidney stone. Unless the kidney stone is too large to pass on its own, the treatment prescribed is usually plenty of fluids and painkillers while letting it pass over a period of several days. Jeremy Brown, M.D., associate professor…

Paul Brindley, Ph.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at SMHS, was the recipient of a $1.7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the behavior of a parasitic worm, rampant in Southeast Asia, known to cause infections that contribute to liver cancer.

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences cardiac arrhythmia expert, Dr. Scott Shapiro, is available to comment on the dangers and health risks of energy drinks, which have led to subsequent FDA investigations on companies such as 5-Hour Energy and Monster.

Imtiaz A. Khan, M.D., professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, received a $1.6 million federal grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the effects of microsporidia—…

The Benjamin Rush Society at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences will host a physician debate the evening of Wed, Nov. 28 to discuss how social justice may conflict with the ethical standards of a doctor-patient relationship.

Karen Lewis, PhD, administrative director of the Clinical Learning and Simulation Skills Center at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been elected the next president of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators.

Michael Compton, M.D., M.P.H., professor and director of research initiatives in psychiatry and behavioral sciences and professor of prevention and community health at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Crisis…