News Archive

August 22, 2024

Nursing students help underserved communities get their kids back-to-school ready

George Mason University’s Mason and Partners (MAP) Clinic holds free clinics throughout Northern Virginia every day. This summer, two of...
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August 8, 2024

4-VA supports childhood working memory research collaboration

As an undergraduate, Sabine Doebel became fascinated by children’s thinking and how it changes with age. Now, as an assistant...
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August 7, 2024

GCH professor wins American Society for Nutrition’s Early Career Research Award Competition

Dongqing Wang, assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health, won the Early Career Research Award Competition at...
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August 7, 2024

College of Public Health’s ThriveWell program bolsters health care professionals’ well-being and resilience

As cornerstones to public health and a healthy community, health care professionals provide key services to individuals and populations to...
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August 6, 2024

Social and structural factors are key drivers of disparities in obesity rates

Obesity is an epidemic in the United States. It has been increasing among adults of all races and ethnicities over...
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July 31, 2024

George Mason doctoral candidate study on COVID-19 and family ties earns ‘Best Poster Presentation’ at International Pandemic Sciences Conference

George Mason University computational and data sciences doctoral candidate, Jericho McLeod, attended the International Pandemic Sciences Conference at Oxford University...
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July 25, 2024

George Mason researchers lead breakthrough study to find functional cure for HIV

Researchers in George Mason University’s Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) and Tulane National Primate Research Center conducted a breakthrough...
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July 24, 2024

MSW graduate addresses the needs of older adults susceptible to food insecurity

While completing his practicum at Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH), Master of Social Work (MSW) graduate Troy Fontenot created...
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July 22, 2024

Image memorability can sharpen our sense of time, finds psychology professor

Research by George Mason professor Martin Wiener recently demonstrated that the more memorable an image is, the longer and more...
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July 17, 2024

George Mason becomes new home for 400,000 biological specimens from Inova Health Systems

George Mason University’s College of Public Health is the new home of 400,000 biological specimens through a partnership with Inova...
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July 15, 2024

George Mason’s startup incubator puts CEO on path to developing accessible electronic healthcare records

Jourdan Saunders is a licensed speech-language pathologist and CEO of The Resource Key, which she founded to assist organizations in...
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July 10, 2024

“I will respond to your email when I return”: Psychology professor explores how to be better at taking vacation

With schools out and summer in full swing, many of us take advantage of George Mason University’s location to spend...
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July 8, 2024

Local high schoolers discover bioengineering at George Mason’s BioE Buzz Summer Camp

A group of local rising high school juniors and seniors attended the BioE Buzz Summer Camp at George Mason University...
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July 8, 2024

College of Public Health receives NIH grant to pilot AI chatbot for African Americans with depression

As a leader in innovative health solutions, George Mason University’s College of Public Health received a National Institutes of Health...
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July 1, 2024

How a George Mason alum and Army vet ‘piloted’ his way to NFL player health and safety

Dave Hughes flew Chinook helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan and comes from a family steeped in military life—inspired by his...
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