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The Future of Public Health at GW
The School of Public Health and Health Services received the first of two necessary approvals for its proposed new building on Washington Circle. Read More
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A Home Away from Home
Twins Leah and Rachel Nash have always had their differences. Leah's the straight-haired sarcastic one with a knack for communication; Rachel's the freckle-faced math nut with a nurturing side. But after five years apart, each has found her niche at GW, where Leah studies public health and Rachel studies medicine. "We have complimentary perspectives," says Rachel.
GW SPHHS Professor publishes NEJM Perspective article on the “Medicaid Coercion” Argument before the Supreme Court
A new Online First Perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) examines one of the core issues among the numerous legal challenges on constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act before the U.S. Supreme Court. Authored by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services, and Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, J.D., Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, “All Heat, No Light – The States’ Medicaid Claims before the Supreme Court,” focuses on the states’ claim, now before the United States Supreme Court, that the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansions amount to unconstitutional coercion.
GW Researcher and Colleagues Identify that Environmental Exposure to Organochlorines May Impact Male Reproduction
Melissa Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S., professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services and adjunct associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, led an observational study indicating that environmental exposure to organochlorine chemicals, including Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and p,p’-DDE (the main metabolite of the insecticide DDT) can affect male reproduction. The research was published online on Dec. 21, 2011 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
A Clean Bill of Health
As someone whose job involves overseeing the maintenance of Kosovar government buildings, Nora Binishi-Dushi is keenly aware of the lack of such oversight in her nation's hospitals. And, as someone whose father died from a health care-associated infection, she is particularly motivated to change it. Through USAID's Hope Fellowship Program, Binishi-Dushi and four other women leaders from Kosovo spent six weeks at SPHHS to pursue projects that will promote development in their young nation.
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Dissecting a Tragedy
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Exercise Science's Hamm Receives AACPR's Distinguished Service Award
The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation recognized Dr. Larry Hamm for his contributions, citing his ideas, commitment, and leadership that have significantly benefited the association.
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Professor Katherine Hunting discusses her research and teaching interests, including what she has learned from doing research with construction workers. (Click the arrow below to see more news items.)
