Faculty News

Several George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) faculty members were honored with 40 Under 40 Awards during the 2018–19 academic year.

In 2019, for the first time, the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy (AACPT) presented an award to honor an outstanding physical therapy educator.

In fall 2018, three distinguished members of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) earned awards from the American College of Physicians (ACP).

A study by Colin Young, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, seeks to better illuminate the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

A team of researchers at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center, led by Rohan Fernandes, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the immunotherapy to treat cancer.

Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, visiting assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been selected to serve on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Commission on Health Equity.

David Mendelowitz, PhD, professor of pharmacology and physiology and of anesthesiology and critical care at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is now serving as the interim chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology.

Expert pulmonary clinician and researcher Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, has joined the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences as the medical director of the GW pulmonary hypertension program and as a professor of medicine.

Daniela Drago, PhD, RAC, associate professor of clinical research and leadership at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently recognized as a fellow of The Organization for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA).