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Centers and Institutes

The School is home to numerous research and educational institutes, many involving interdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues throughout GW, and at many other institutions in the region. Among their wide-ranging areas of focus: risk assessment; disease prevention; health communications; statistical analyses; community and environmental health; policymaking; health law; nutrition and exercise; school-based health; long-term care; global health; safety nets; health disparities; HIV; and alcohol use.

Read further to discover how our institutes, centers, and special programs are moving the field forward.

Biostatistics Center
As the statistical coordinating center for large-scale, multicenter clinical trials and epidemiological studies, BSC ensures that study results are of the highest
scientific integrity and meet rigorous biostatistical standards.

Biostatistics Center Medical Center Unit
BCMCU provides high-quality statistical support - including data management,
biostatistical and clinical epidemiological expertise and grant development - to all GW Medical Center faculty members.

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
This resource center supports the development of school-based health programs across the nation and leads a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national initiative to expand school mental health and dental services.

Center for Health Care Quality
The Center for Health Care Quality, (CHCQ), provides policy analysis and research expertise to improve the quality of health care in America, with a special focus on disparities and the health care safety net.

Center for Health Policy Research
Through research and policy activities, the Center informs debate, advances the policymaking process and helps develop practical solutions to improve access to quality health care.

Center for HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Laboratory Research
The Center was founded in May 2009 and chartered by the University, to bring the faculty and staff working on HIV/AIDS research projects in the Department into a single Center to serve as a center of excellence in research; contribute to the reduction of HIV/AIDS morbidity and mortality both locally in Washington, DC and globally; promote training in HIV/AIDS research that will contribute to the development of the next generation of HIV/AIDS researchers; and promote scientific collaboration with HIV/AIDS researchers throughout GW and Washington, DC.

D.C. Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D.C. D-CFAR)
This collaboration of five D.C. academic institutions aims to lead and support the scale-up of HIV/AIDS research activities in Washington D.C.; assist with the development, recruitment and retention of HIV/AIDS investigators in D.C.; and contribute to the prevention and treatment response to the epidemic.

Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care
The Department serves as the national program office of this Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative, which works to improve the quality of care provided to African-Americans and Latinos, especially in the area of cardiovascular disease.

Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy
Through education, research and training in community health practice, this initiative safeguards and advances strong community health programs.

GW Center for Global Health
A portal for global health activities across the university, the Center's multidisciplinary approach strengthens linkages between population health and social and economic development.

Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program
This interdisciplinary educational program focuses on how the law influences all aspects of health care and policy, and how the health care system affects traditional areas of law.

Hirsh Program in Medicine and Health Policy
Developed in collaboration with GW's School of Medicine and Health Sciences, this program trains health professions students and working health care providers in health policy.

HIV/AIDS Institute
The GW HIV/AIDS Institute is now part of the D.C. Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D.C. D-CFAR).

ISCOPES
Interdisciplinary Student Community-Oriented Prevention Enhancement Service (ISCOPES) combines service and learning, allowing students to gain community health experience while addressing the health needs of underserved populations.

Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health (JIWH) was founded in 1990 and became part of the SPHHS in 2006. The goal of JIWH is to improve health care for women through research, dialogue, and information dissemination.

Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy
SKAPP engages scholars and scientists in the study of scientific evidence and its application to law and regulation in order to inform decisions and protect the public health.

The Center for Risk Science and Public Health
The Center is dedicated to the applying a rigorous, scientific, public health-based approach to the analysis of environmental and occupational health risks.

Urgent Matters
The Department serves as the national program office of this Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative, which helps hospitals to eliminate crowding in the emergency department and to identify gaps in community safety nets.