February 19, 2024
New study of adolescents and young adults reveals that cognitive disabilities and major depressive episodes increase the risk of nicotine vaping
In 2022, 14% of high school students and 3% of middle school students reported using e-cigarettes, according to the Centers...
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February 15, 2024
Virginia’s health and well-being starts with strong food and nutrition policy, says Mason Department of Nutrition and Food Studies
On January 31, students and faculty in the College of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition and Food Studies took part...
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February 9, 2024
Associate Professor Erin D. Maughan receives VDOE Grant to invigorate the future of school nursing
Both regionally and across the country, there is a severe lack of programs dedicated to school nursing administrators (i.e. nurses...
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February 5, 2024
School nurses play critical role in HPV vaccination promotion and compliance
Each year, an estimated 13 million Americans are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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February 1, 2024
Low energy, high fatigue, and increased alcohol use may be early signs of declining mental health in nurses
Since 2020, in large part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 100,00 nurses have quit their jobs. By 2027,...
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January 30, 2024
Virginia Bio-Connect – The success of Virginia’s first statewide collaborative life sciences initiative
The end of 2023 marked the completion of Virginia’s first statewide life sciences initiative, Virginia Bio-Connect, which started in April...
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January 30, 2024
NSF rankings show Mason ahead of research funding goals
George Mason University’s $230 million in research funding in fiscal year 2022 was a 7% increase from 2021, putting the...
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January 30, 2024
Tech inefficiencies, piles of (electronic) paperwork, and increased patient volume contribute to burnout of primary care physicians, study finds
Burnout is an occupational phenomenon that results from chronic workplace stress, according to the World Health Organization. Burnout often includes...
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January 29, 2024
Strengthening global partnerships: Professor Amira Roess collaborates with international researchers to strengthen pathogen discovery
Since the first trade routes were established thousands of years ago, pathogens traveled along them spreading infectious diseases from once-isolated...
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January 24, 2024
Innovate for good: Social work case simulation goes virtual
The College of Public Health at George Mason University wants every student to be able to learn through virtual reality...
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January 22, 2024
Limiting leaking leachate
Most Americans don’t think much about their trash once they’ve taken it outside of their home, which is a testament...
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January 17, 2024
New Mason Nanofabrication Facility will help drive innovation in the commonwealth
Over the past decade, nanotechnology has taken the world by storm. From health care to electronics, it has radically transformed...
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January 9, 2024
Mason postdoc leads scientific breakthrough that could revolutionize cancer treatment
It isn’t often that someone graduates with a PhD and a scientific discovery, but George Mason University researcher Marissa Howard...
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January 3, 2024
Mason researchers study physical and mental demands on collegiate dancers
Researchers at George Mason University’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and College of Visual and Performing Arts are...
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December 15, 2023
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in menstrual products including tampons, pads, and liners
The average menstruator will use more than 11,000 tampons or sanitary pads in their lifetime. Vaginal and vulvar tissue that...
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