Fall 2018 Issue

Each year, the International Ocular Surface Society invites a noted researcher in the field of ocular surface disease to deliver the Keynote Award Lecture at its annual meeting.
Assistant professor. Researcher. Author. These are just some of Robert Turner’s current roles. But that wasn’t always the case. He once viewed himself as only one thing: a professional football player.
Weight loss, as propagated on countless reality television shows, podcasts, and news articles, should be easy: Burn more calories than you ingest.
This past July, the George Washington University Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center screened its 1,000th person for kidney disease.
Katherine Chretien, MD, associate dean for student affairs and professor of medicine, George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), edited “Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned,” (Springer, 2018).  Walter Crinnion, ND,
In 2014, the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) earned a continuing training grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a high-threat response training program for the whole community.
One message resounded throughout the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) diploma ceremonies: Never stop learning. Reamer L.
Compassionate is the first word that comes to mind when her family thinks about her, says Daviana Robles-Monge, a freshman at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia.
The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is one of only two sites chosen for the first clinical trial of the eOD-GT8 60mer HIV vaccine candidate, sponsored by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).