November 2, 2022
Mason researchers develop first social media intervention for Chinese American dementia caregivers
More than 6 million Americans aged 65 years and older are living with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD). More...
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October 25, 2022
Romanian researchers shared their environmental epidemiology research with doctoral students
Michael Bloom, associate professor in the Department of Global and Community Health, recently hosted research colleagues from Romania who shared...
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October 20, 2022
NIH HEAL initiative helps chronic pain sufferers
Living with pain is debilitating and frustrating. If the cause of chronic pain is unknown, it can be a lifelong...
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October 20, 2022
Nutrition education can benefit individuals who are overweight with diabetic foot ulcers
Nutrition can play an important role in the treatment of chronic wounds; however, it is often overlooked as part of...
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October 17, 2022
Mason scientist receives funding to study the brain
Giorgio Ascoli, Professor, Neuroscience, Bioengineering, received funding for the study: "CRCNS22 Learning Rules in the Hippocampus and their Mapping to...
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October 17, 2022
High COVID vaccine hesitancy in sub-saharan Africa
Only 22% of people living in Africa are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, according to Africa CDC, and this falls well...
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September 30, 2022
Building support for endometriosis, the invisible condition that will affect 1 in 10 biological females
In 2014, Julia Mandeville was informed that she had stage 4 endometriosis. Just two years later, she co-founded the organization...
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September 27, 2022
Major NIH grant creates new center at Mason, Duke to help communities in opioid crisis
A team of George Mason University researchers will colead engagement activities at a new center at Mason and Duke University...
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September 19, 2022
Maughan awarded Jeffress Trust grant to build Virginia school health & equity research consortium
School health has been described as a “hidden health care system.” Policies and funding siloes in health and education often...
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September 14, 2022
Study examining mental health and jail populations wins national award
A groundbreaking, $3.6 million study acknowledging that jails in the United States are de facto mental institutions—which also studies implementation...
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September 6, 2022
Continuing to track the labs that handle the most dangerous pathogens
There are now 67 Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories under construction, in operation, or in the planning phase in the...
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September 2, 2022
Mason professor finds that headgear reduces concussions in high school girls’ lacrosse
High school girls lacrosse players competing in states that mandate headgear have a lower risk of concussion than players in...
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September 1, 2022
NSF, Schar School study takes on illicit trafficking—of human kidneys
A new study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will explore the intricacies and prevalence of the trafficking of...
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September 1, 2022
Let’s pretend: Mason researcher looks at how children’s interaction with fictional worlds influences their social development
As early as elementary school, George Mason University researcher Thalia Goldstein was an active participant in the arts. Finding herself...
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August 25, 2022
Study: To reduce jail populations, increase mental health services in communities
A new study by Schar School of Policy and Government researchers concludes that U.S. jails are de facto mental health...
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