The Institute for Biohealth Innovation

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September 3, 2025

Updated food reactivity tool explains why we eat what we see

Close your eyes and visualize the following: a decadent piece of chocolate cake, a bouquet of fully bloomed red roses,...
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September 2, 2025

Kinesiology program faculty receive grant to determine effectiveness of AI-integrated wearable sensor in predicting fatigue and risk of injury in firefighters

Joel Martin, associate professor in the Kinesiology Program within the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at George Mason...
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August 28, 2025

New DOJ training grant focuses on the prevention of school violence

With the support of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) training grant, George Mason University researchers are working to integrate...
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August 27, 2025

AI Can Save Lives—But Only If We Guide It

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a shimmer in the distance. In public health, it’s already transforming the ways we...
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August 26, 2025

George Mason expands access to VAST semiconductor certificate program

George Mason University’s state-of-the-art Nanofabrication Facility cleanroom on the Science and Technology Campus in Manassas, Virginia is set to transform...
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August 22, 2025

Biomedical internship yielded lively experience

Jacob Lockey improved his pipette and professional skills in his summer at Athari Biosciences. When Lockey, a bioengineering major through...
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August 20, 2025

George Mason’s College of Public Health becomes first in Virginia to earn CEPH accreditation

George Mason University’s College of Public Health has been awarded accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH),...
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August 19, 2025

Bioinformatician maps her own path to NIH fellowship

“It's funny, you know, the connection between the events,” said Soukaina Amniouel, MS Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ’20, PhD ’24....
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August 19, 2025

George Mason interns make a difference at biotech start-ups

This summer, George Mason University graduate students rolled up their sleeves in busy labs, learned their way around unfamiliar equipment,...
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August 15, 2025

Harnessing VR to prevent substance use relapse

Substance use recovery is a lifelong process, but environmental triggers, such as alcohol at social gatherings or pain medication advertisements,...
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August 14, 2025

Bioengineering students spend the summer exploring career pathways at AstraZeneca

Ayham Elayan and Eileen Robles, bioengineering students graduating from George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing in December, spent...
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August 13, 2025

Youngkin launches university commercialization initiative to fast-track startups and accelerate innovation

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has launched a new Lab-to-Launch initiative to unlock innovation in Virginia by accelerating university research commercialization...
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August 12, 2025

AI’s blind spots, one PhD student’s clear vision

When artificial intelligence makes a mistake, the consequences can be annoying—or they can be life-altering. For one George Mason University...
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August 7, 2025

Potential link between fatigue and breast cancer recurrence

For many breast cancer survivors, fatigue may linger long after treatment ends, which can have a significant impact on cognitive...
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August 4, 2025

George Mason’s summer camps introduce K-12 students to STEM fields and life on a college campus 

George Mason University’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer camps, programs, and workshops are dedicated to inspiring the next...
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