Faculty News

A novel idea from GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) researcher Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., could send relief to countless patients around the world suffering from chronic venous insufficiency — a disease in which patients experience sluggish venous blood flow from the legs back to the

Prions — a blur of the words protein and infectious — are self-replicating clumps of proteins that can lead to a host of neurological disorders. The relationship between cholesterol metabolism and prion infection, however, also bears a striking resemblance to that of HIV and cholesterol.

Cardiac tissue is tricky stuff. Once it’s damaged it’ll never be the same. However, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) researcher Scott Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., may have uncovered a gene that stimulates heart cells to fix themselves.

Kabir Yadav, M.D.C.M., M.S., M.S.H.S., associate professor of emergency medicine at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was named as one of the first board-certified clinical informaticians in the country.

A grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation will support a new initiative at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) promoting mentoring opportunities and humanistic education.

Vice President and Dean Jeffrey S. Akman employs his gift for uniting people to benefit the School of Medicine and Health Sciences.