The Institute for Biohealth Innovation

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September 26, 2023

Students learn to solve public health challenges through community-based learning

Immersing in the community is a core component of the global and community health curriculum at the College of Public...
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September 21, 2023

Statistical analysis and a $1.2M grant may spell doom for Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease remains an elusive specter of old age, threatening to take one’s personality, memory, and eventually body. The most...
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September 20, 2023

Student team improves substance use disorder app thanks to venture capital funding

A George Mason University multidisciplinary research team recently received $5,000 in funding from the VentureWell Accelerator to continue to develop...
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September 20, 2023

Women in STEM

On the fifth episode of "Our Future, Transformed," Nathalia Peixoto, associate professor of bioengineering at George Mason University, and a...
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September 19, 2023

Report: Workforce mental health issues cost Northern Virginia $8 billion annually

A new study shows an alarming trend taking a devastating economic toll: Northern Virginia has lost more than $16 billion...
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September 14, 2023

At Mason-led conference, forensic science experts offer training and insight for rural practitioners

Walking into a lecture hall to a PowerPoint about a homicide is startling for those unacquainted with the intricacies of...
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September 14, 2023

Cyber cyclists count calories with adaptive virtual workouts

For many, exercise is a laborious chore, better put off until tomorrow. But Craig Yu, an associate professor in the...
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September 12, 2023

Tara Chaplin receives four-year $500K NIH Independent Research Scientist Award

George Mason University associate professor of psychology Tara Chaplin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health Independent Research Scientist...
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August 30, 2023

Mason’s School Psychology Program launches new center for child and teen testing and evaluation

The School Psychology Program at George Mason University’s School of Education has launched a Coordinated Educational and Wellness Services (CEWS)...
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August 16, 2023

Planting the ‘seed’ to advance nanoparticle growth reactions

Gold nanoparticles play an important role in some of today’s most successful therapeutic treatments for conditions like cancer and arthritis,...
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August 10, 2023

From zoonoses to mental health interventions, MPH student’s interdisciplinary research at Mason leads to CDC Fellowship

Ryan Shelton, a recent graduate of the George Mason University's Master of Public Health (MPH) program, accepted a full-time ORISE...
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August 7, 2023

Students apply mathematical modeling to drug addiction and recovery in summer research program

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) chose five sites across the United States for its inaugural summer SIAM-Simons...
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August 1, 2023

Where Black adolescents live affects their mental health

It’s easy to imagine that growing up in a neighborhood with safe and clean parks, little to no discrimination, and...
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July 26, 2023

New study focuses on intimate partner violence toward women with a disability

Male perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a worldwide public health problem. According to the World Health Organization...
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July 21, 2023

Philosophy professor Andrew Peterson investigates decision making for people living with dementia

Guardianship has long been the traditional way to support decision making for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms...
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