January 5, 2021
Vibrent Health partners with universities and healthcare organizations to create COVIDsmart research study to help public health policy makers respond to current and long-term impacts of health crises
Vibrent Health, a health technology company powering the future of precision health research, in partnership with the Eastern Virginia Medical...
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December 23, 2020
VA Bio will Direct New “Virginia Bio-Connect” Statewide Consortium
Governor Northam and the Virginia Biotechnology Association announced today that GO Virginia has approved a competitive grant request to help...
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December 21, 2020
Mason announces collaboration with Noble Life Sciences for antiviral and antibacterial research
George Mason University has signed a collaboration agreement to give Noble Life Sciences access to the National Center for Biodefense...
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December 17, 2020
Mason professor says social isolation, lack of routine threatens mental health of children, teens
During the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. children and teens are increasingly struggling with mental health issues as they become more disconnected...
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November 23, 2020
Thank you to our public health community
In most years, those entrusted with safeguarding the public’s health – public health practitioners and researchers and countless others –...
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November 18, 2020
George Mason University Center for Psychological Services offers free mental health support to essential workers
The George Mason University Center for Psychological Services has long been a resource for maintaining the mental health of the...
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November 16, 2020
Tip sheet: COVID-19 and the seasonal flu
Dr. Roess is a professor at George Mason University's College of Health and Human Services, Department of Global and Community...
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November 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic: How US universities responded
As the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, universities were forced to make difficult operational decisions to help slow...
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October 30, 2020
Innovation Pharmaceuticals and George Mason University announce public release of laboratory testing results demonstrating Brilacidin’s COVID-19 treatment potential
Innovation Pharmaceuticals (OTCQB:IPIX) (“the Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, and George Mason University’s (Mason’s) National Center for Biodefense and...
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October 28, 2020
Collective impact partnership models help close health care workforce gap
Currently, approximately 1.6 million Virginians live in primary care shortage areas and 2.2 million in mental health care shortage areas...
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October 28, 2020
Scientists develop a potential antibiotic from Komodo dragon blood
Komodo dragon blood may hold the key to tackling the “looming crisis” of antimicrobial resistance, according to scientists behind a...
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October 21, 2020
George Mason University awarded $465,000 grant from National Institutes of Health to study environmental chemical exposures and racial disparities in fetal development
Dr. Michael S. Bloom, associate professor at the George Mason College of Health and Human Services has received a $465,214...
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October 20, 2020
4-VA awards 2020-21 collaborative research grants
Through a unique statewide program designed to encourage collaboration among Virginia universities, nine George Mason University faculty members, including three...
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October 19, 2020
Using virtual reality to support addiction recovery
Can virtual reality help people with substance abuse issues avoid a relapse? A team of George Mason University researchers thinks...
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October 19, 2020
Yang receives funding for services in support of COVID-19 mitigation mapping events
Chaowei Yang, Professor, Director, NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center, Geography and Geoinformation Science, received $90,000 from the U.S. Department of State...
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