Faculty News

Recent publications from SMHS faculty
The George Washington University (GW) Office of the Vice President for Research and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences gave COVID-19 research a shot in the arm through the FY21 COVID-19 Research Fund competition.
A group of interdisciplinary researchers at the George Washington University received more than $3.3 million in grants for their research on networks within the autonomic nervous system and therapies that may lead to new treatments for heart attack and sleep apnea. 
Kevin O’Connor, associate professor of medicine and of health, human function and rehabilitation sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, assumed the post as physician to the president and head of the White House Medical Unit on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20…
Recent books from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences community.
After more than After more than four decades at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Lisa Mustone Alexander, EdD ’03, MPH ’89, PA-C ’79, is retiring from GW. The next step in her career will be a move to Dublin, Ireland, to serve as director of a…
Trudy Mallinson, PhD, OTR/L, associate dean for research in health sciences, received an early career outstanding mentor award.
Monica Lypson, MD, professor of medicine at SMHS, was recently elected to the council of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Jeffrey Berger, MD, MBA, became the fifth chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the SMHS in early 2020.
Researchers at SMHS, led by Abigail Polter, PhD, received a $2.2 million grant from the NIH for a study on chronic stress.