March 8, 2023
Master of Public Health students remove barriers to maternal health and develop public health reporting tools thanks to support from Mason High Impact Grant
Two Master of Public Health students received a High Impact Grant from Mason's Office of Provost. The grant allows graduate...
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March 7, 2023
Transition to adulthood brings mental health declines for Black youth who interact with juvenile justice system, study finds
A new study from Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work Melissa Villodas found that for Black youth who...
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March 6, 2023
Innovate for Good: Associate professor receives grant to use game-based intervention to curb endometriosis stigma
Although one in 10 women of reproductive age in the United States experience the painful and debilitating symptoms of endometriosis,...
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March 2, 2023
Can Withaferin A be a viable cancer treatment option? Mason biology student’s research published in Frontiers in Pharmacology Journal
Some in traditional medicine use Ashwagandha, an herbal supplement derived from the root of the Withania somnifera plant, for its...
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March 2, 2023
Study: Curtailing Medicaid reduced psychiatric hospitalizations and may have worsened psychiatric health
A large-scale Medicaid disenrollment that led to 190,000 enrollees in the state of Tennessee losing insurance in the mid-2000s reduced...
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February 28, 2023
Mason faculty and students use STEM to analyze history
The Death by Numbers project at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) within George Mason University’s...
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February 28, 2023
Mason professor leads grant with University of Florida on a tobacco cessation implementation in Lebanon
Lebanon is ranked third in the world for highest cigarette consumption per person, where 35% of adults smoke cigarettes and...
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February 27, 2023
Mason-led research team honored for neuron database
The George Mason University team behind NeuroMorpho.org has been honored for its work by the Federation of American Societies for...
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February 22, 2023
With NIH-funded study, Turpin seeks to increase use of HIV prevention methods by reducing stigmas
Around the world and in Prince George’s County, Maryland, HIV remains an epidemic disproportionately affecting Black sexual minority men (BSMM)....
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February 9, 2023
Using ChatGPT/Artificial Intelligence in health research and teaching
Dr. Farrokh Alemi is a professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at the George Mason College of...
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February 3, 2023
Curiosity inspires great things – and a nearly $1M grant
Through creative freedom and curiosity, Achyuthan Jootoo Ramesh Bapu had an idea during his time as a PhD civil engineering...
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January 31, 2023
The Saving Lives and Decreasing Health Disparities project
George Mason University will expand its research and real-world impact in Northern Virginia with the Saving Lives and Decreasing Health...
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January 30, 2023
Intellifoods Labs, LLC strengthens partnership with Mason scientists to reduce food bacterial contamination detection time
Mason Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Ramin M. Hakami has received a total of $35,000 in grants from...
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January 30, 2023
Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton helps Mason land federal funding for projects to benefit the well-being of residents across the state
George Mason University researchers will soon be building upon their impact on the physical well-being of residents in both the...
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January 30, 2023
Mason scientist to identify natural mechanisms of boosting immunity to fight infectious diseases
George Mason University Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Ramin M. Hakami recently received $265,000 to research natural mechanisms...
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