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It’s one thing to be a clinician; it’s another to be a “clinician-citizen.” In the autumn of 2014, the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) committed to integrating clinical public health into MD education and thus working toward graduating clinician-cit
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.
Gazing at the iconic 19th-century Japanese woodcut known as “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” one would hardly suspect it contains a key to a medical breakthrough. Yet the pigment in the artwork has opened a new perspective in the treatment of juvenile cancer.
Strong commitment to social responsibility is at the heart of the SMHS mission
During their third-year OB/GYN rotation, a group of medical students at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) filtered through the mock-exam rooms of the Clinical Learning And Simulation Skills Center (CLASS Center).
The population of Guyana, a small country on South America’s northern coast, stands at around 800,000. The population of the country’s capital, Georgetown, is about 240,000, or 300,000 in the surrounding metro area.
The future of cancer research, in the opinion of Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), centers on combining immunotherapy with other treatments.
Strategic hires, core labs, and research support programs help boost the research enterprise
Sara Melita was recently selected to serve as the senior advisor and chief of staff to Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D. ’81, RESD ’85, vice president for health affairs, Walter A. Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, and dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS).