Upcoming Events



May
19 -
May
20
Commencement 2012

Commencement events include the official School Celebration with the diploma ceremony and keynote address  (May 19), and the GW Commencement on May 20.

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News


Beyond Flexner Conference to Focus on New Frontier of Medical Education: Social Mission

GW's Dr.  Fitzhugh Mullan, Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy will co-chair Beyond Flexner and convene medical educators to address how medical education can address health inequities in our country in the 21st Century.  “Our doctors – and therefore the schools that educate them – need to be expert in delivering the best in medical science to all of our citizens – rich and poor, urban and rural, said Dr. Mullan. This is the challenge of 21st century medicine. This is what Beyond Flexner is about.”



Monday, May 14, 2012
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New DHP Research Finds Colon Cancer Surgery Costs Checked by Managed Care, Competition

A study of 7,424 privately insured colon cancer patients found that managed care presence in the market and hospital competition increased the likelihood laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer lowered costs, a national team of researchers led by a professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services reported in the journal Cancer, May 8, 2012.

Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Professors Teitelbaum and Wilensky Author New Edition of Essentials of Health Policy and Law

Health Policy Professors Teitelbaum and Wilensky release second edition of Essentials in Health Policy and Law.

Friday, May 4, 2012
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The Capital Connection to a Healthier World
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The Future of Public Health at GW
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SPHHS Rises in U.S News & World Report Rankings
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The Capital Connection to a Healthier World

Working together, in the heart of the nation's capital, the George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services is committed to advancing the health of the populations of our local, national, and global communities.

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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

 

SPHHS Rises in U.S News & World Report Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Graduate Schools guide, a popular resource for students pursuing graduate-level education, ranked The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services 16th in the nation in its annual rankings released March 15.

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Highlights

Gloria Wilder, M.D., M.P.H., president and CEO of Core Health, arrived more than an hour late to the Interdisciplinary Student Community-Oriented Prevention Enhancement Service’s (ISCOPES) end-of-year celebration at the George Washington University, April 17. Despite leaving her home near Manassas, VA, at 5:30 AM, she couldn’t defeat the traffic.

The "Waste Diversion in DC" project developed by Poonam Sandhu (center), with help from teammates Reshma Arrington (left) and Kholood Altassan, has won the 2012 Steven and Diane Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning. 

Public Health Student Association President Brooke Stein receives the University's Graduate Award for Individual Excellence in recognition of her work and efforts in the campus and/or Washington, DC community.

MPH student Poonam Sandhu (left) participated in the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative University, gaining experience to help advance her "Waste Diversion in DC" project.

Our People




  • Bender Award Winner

  • Dr. Larry Hamm

  • Alexandra M. Stewart

  • Cawley Collection

  • Little Body Builders

  • Arthur Shorr

    An Israeli Adventure

  • Addressing Obesity

“Applying what I have learned in GW’s classrooms before my graduation is allowing me to more fully understand the Public Health field and possible future careers,” she says. “I would not exchange my Honduran classroom for anything in the world.”

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"SPHHS has become the home that has fostered my desire to help and serve others.”

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Bender Award Winner

"Perhaps the most gratifying aspect of my work is watching students take the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and apply it to public health issues they are so passionate about."

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Dr. Larry Hamm

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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Alexandra M. Stewart

New CDC HPV Vaccine Recommendations for Males

On October 25, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) expanded its previous recommendations for use of the human papillomavirus (HPV), vaccine to include the routine use among boys aged 11 to 12 years.

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Cawley Collection

James Cawley, MPH, PA-C, professor in both the GW School of Public Health and Health Services and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and founder of the joint PA/MPH program at GW--the first of its kind in the country--had a compendium of his writings complied by Advance for NPs & Pas, a trade publication for physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). Articles on topics such as health care reform, the role of a physician assistant, and the growing differences between PAs and NPs, were included in the 13-page compendium that covers eight years of writing from Professor Cawley. The compendium coincides with Professor Cawley being named the recipient of the Eugene A. Stead Award of Achievement from the American Academy of Physician Assistants for his “unremitting efforts to increase understanding of the PA role in the US healthcare workforce.”

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Little Body Builders

Dr. Karen McDonnell, associate professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health and director of the Doctor in Public Health in Health Behavior program, is quoted in a Washington Post Express article about fitness-focused facilities in the DC metropolitan area that help young children learn and have fun at the gym.

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An Israeli Adventure

This December, up to 30 students will travel to Israel as a part of a new short-term study abroad program sponsored by SPHHS' Department of Health Services Management and Leadership. The program, initiated by HSML alumnus Arthur Shorr, is the first in the nation through which graduate-level Public Health students can travel to Israel in order to study its one-of-a-kind health care system. The 12 day program will include six days of academics (classroom and site visits) and six days of touring.

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Addressing Obesity

Dr. Jeffrey Levi, professor of Health Policy, was featured in the recent New York Times article "F is for Americans Getting Fatter," commenting about a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation stating that Americans have gotten increasingly heavier over the last 20 years.

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At SPHHS

Big Business, Better Health

Top Walmart executive speaks to SPHHS students about the retail industry’s role in public health.

MCH Team at Breastfeeding Edu

"Professor Vyas is a role model and an innovative and inspirational teacher. Her passion for public health and social change is infectious," said Julie DeLoia, PhD, associate dean for academic affairs.

"Even those who speak little or no English apparently know the English phrase "family planning." - Prevention and Community Health's Dr. Bart Bingenheimer on efforts to understand social factors that influence sexual behavior.