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Press Release
February 14, 2012
GW Researchers Reveal Digital Transcriptome of Breast Cancer; New Research could lead to innovative clues about the biology, diagnosis, and targeted therapies for Breast Cancer
GW Cancer Research Team in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, published a study that is the first of its kind to use mRNA sequencing to look at the expression of genome, at a unprecedented resolution at the current time, in three types of breast cancer. The study titled, “Transcriptomic landscape of breast cancer through mRNA sequencing,” is published in the Feb. 14 edition of the journal, Scientific Reports, a new open access Nature journal for large volume data.
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=689&account=SMHS
Press Release
February 14, 2012
Media Availability: Experts to Speak on Colds and the Flu
Dr. Gary Simon, Dr. David Parenti and Dr. Marc Siegel are available to speak with the media on topics related to cold and flu season and other infectious diseases.
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=691&account=SMHS
Press Release
February 14, 2012
GW Medical Student and Professors Examine the Financial and Psychological Costs of Self-Castration in a Transsexual Woman
Michael S. Irwig, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine, Anton Trinidad, M.D., PhD., associate professor of Psychiatry, and Matthew St. Peter, a fourth year medical student at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, co-authored an article in the Journal of Sexual Medicine entitled, “Self-Castration by a Transsexual Woman: Financial and Psychological Costs: A Case Report.” Dr. Irwig and his co-authors discuss the case of a transsexual woman who presented to the emergency room after undertaking self-castration. The full article can be viewed here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02621.x/abstract
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=692&account=SMHS
Press Release
February 03, 2012
DC Chef Walks in Support of Women’s Heart Health
The GW Women’s Heart Center has a new supporter in local chef and restaurateur, Ris Lacoste, who owns the Foggy Bottom restaurant, RIS. In a program called RIS Walk 60, Lacoste has taken to the streets to raise money for the GW Women’s Heart Center by walking along a designated route, beginning at her restaurant at 23rd and L Sts, NW, for an hour each day and asking supporters to pledge a dollar for every mile she walks. Lacoste says she welcomes company from anyone who wishes to join her on her walks.
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=681&account=SMHS
Press Release
January 26, 2012
Institute of Biomedical Sciences Student Awarded Two-Year Fellowship from PhRMA
Lindsay Garvin, a doctoral candidate pursuing a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology as part of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, a joint program with the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a two-year research fellowship by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America (PhRMA) Foundation.
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=675&account=SMHS
Press Release
January 23, 2012
GWish Receives Grant to Study Impact of Spirituality on the Health Care Experience
The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health (GWish) has received a $175, 851 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation to convene a working group of 30 subject-matter experts, in the areas of medicine, nursing, chaplaincy, social work, allied health, healthcare economics, insurance, policy, law, workforce, education, and ethics, to address the role of spirituality and health in creating more compassionate systems of care
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=668&account=SMHS
 Faculty in the News
Washington Post
February 13, 2012
Let it snow, but watch your back
Mehul J. Desai, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Neurosurgery, GW School of Medicine, and Director of pain medicine and nonoperative spine services at the GW Medical Faculty Associates, commented in an article about the prevalence of back injury while people are shoveling snow.
Full Report online:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/let-it-snow-but-watch-your-back/2011/12/19/gIQA2sRdBR_story.html
ABC News
January 26, 2012
GW Doctors Perform Life Saving Surgery on Honduran Woman (video)
Cynthia Tracy, M.D., professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and cardiologist at GW Hospital, discusses the surgery she and her colleagues performed to repair a hole in a 36-year old Honduran woman's heart at GW Hospital. The surgery had to performed in the United States, as the proper equipment was not available in Honduras, so the woman and her husband flew to DC with the help from the American and Honduran embassies.
Full Report online:
http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=119374&MDID=891541&MDSeed=4507&Type=Media
Time.com
January 23, 2012
Can Better Access to Health Care Really Lower Costs?
Jesse Pines, M.D., associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, co-authored an article about concierge medicine versus patient-centered medical homes which debated the benefits of enhanced patient access to care.
Full Report online:
http://healthland.time.com/2012/01/23/does-better-access-to-health-care-really-help-lower-costs/
Featured Story
Feature Story
February 16, 2012
A Lesson from Peru
Second year medical student, Annie Mooser, penned an article for the organization, Primary Care Progress, which is a growing network of primary health care clinicians, trainees, and students engaging their local primary health care communities to promote primary care and transform care delivery and training.
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=695&account=SMHS
Feature Story
February 15, 2012
A Physician Assistant’s Many Roles
President of the American Academy of Physician Assistants Inspires Students in GW’s P.A. Program to be Advocates for their Patients, Community and Profession
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=693&account=SMHS
Feature Story
February 09, 2012
A Passion for Scientific Discovery
Two Nobel laureates give advice to GW students seeking careers in medicine and science.
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=686&account=SMHS
Feature Story
January 30, 2012
A Home Away from Home
Twins study Public Health and Medicine at GW
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=678&account=SMHS
Feature Story
January 24, 2012
Joining Forces
SMHS Commits to the First Lady’s Initiative to Support Military Families
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=672&account=SMHS
Feature Story
January 23, 2012
An Ounce of Prevention
GW physicians offer tips on how to avoid respiratory infections.
Full Report online:
http://www.gwumc.edu/news/newsitems.cfm?neID=669&account=SMHS
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