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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October 15, 2020
Mason research on target to surpass $200 million for a record-breaking year
George Mason University anticipates reporting more than $200 million in sponsored research expenditures for fiscal year 2020, which would be...
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October 12, 2020
Reducing maternal mortality rates through health policy and research
Emily Eckert is a vocal advocate for improving access to quality health care for pregnant and postpartum women and has...
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October 5, 2020
Neural reconstruction database benefits many areas of research
Giorgio Ascoli, a professor of bioengineering in Mason’s Volgenau School of Engineering, and his team created NeuroMorpho.Org in 2006 to...
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October 2, 2020
5 questions with Amy Adams, Executive Director of the Institute for Biohealth Innovation at George Mason University
“5 Questions With…” is a weekly BioBuzz series where we reach out to interesting people in the BioHealth Capital Region...
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October 1, 2020
Population Health Center’s 2019-2020 highlights
This month we will celebrate the first anniversary of the College’s Population Health Center (PHC). As you may recall, the...
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