The Institute for Biohealth Innovation

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November 18, 2019

Governor Northam announces life science, cancer research advancing in Virginia with $3.3 million ‘Catalyst’ awards

Governor Ralph Northam today announced that non-profit corporation Virginia Catalyst has awarded $3.3 million in grants to six innovative life...
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November 8, 2019

Mason pioneers tackle concussion diagnosis and monitoring with saliva

Mason researchers Emanuel “Chip” Petricoin and Shane Caswell connected across disciplines to address a slippery problem: diagnosing and monitoring concussions.
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October 22, 2019

Personalizing breast cancer treatments with multi-omics

George Mason University researchers Emanuel Petricoin and Mariaelena Pierobon lead personalized breast cancer trials that are extending patients’ lives and...
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October 18, 2019

George Mason University opens new health center for innovation

George Mason’s College of Health and Human Services officially unveiled its new health center for innovation in research and clinical...
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October 17, 2019

Adults with undiagnosed Celiac disease have lower bone density, says first study on topic

Research by George Mason University College of Health and Human Services found that adults who likely had undiagnosed celiac disease...
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September 19, 2019

Mason researchers bring innovation to military health

In August, nine George Mason University professors and a postdoctoral researcher attended the Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) in...
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September 18, 2019

Professor hopes to get a leg up on research to halt knee pain

Mason bioengineering professor Caroline Hoemann is making significant strides in developing treatments for chronic knee pain.
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September 18, 2019

NSF research traineeship offers new approach to STEM graduate education

A multidisciplinary team of George Mason University researchers is part of a groundbreaking approach by the National Science Foundation that...
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September 17, 2019

College launches new student cohort research study “Mason: Health Starts Here” at the Population Health Center

On September 17, the College of Health and Human Services kicked-off “Mason: Health Starts Here,” a first-of-its-kind transdisciplinary student cohort...
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September 10, 2019

Professor’s eyes are on the prize: A treatment to help others see better

When Mason Engineering’s Qi Wei sees people with vision troubles, she knows there is more to the problem than meets...
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September 5, 2019

George Mason University professors sequence the Komodo dragon genome

George Mason University researchers Monique van Hoek and Barney Bishop and their collaborators have released their findings on sequencing the...
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August 29, 2019

EveryONE: Nadine Kabbani

Dr. Kabbani is a Systems Biologist at the School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of...
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August 19, 2019

Research helps forensic nurses see underlying bruises

Would you get shot with a paintball—for science? The participants in a study at the College of Health and Human...
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August 4, 2019

George Mason University joins effort to combat opioid crisis

George Mason University has joined a new push to improve how opioid addiction is treated within the criminal justice system....
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June 27, 2019

Mason bioengineering grads invent device to improve brain and spinal surgery

Four recent George Mason University alumni have devised a mechanism that improves minimally invasive brain and spinal surgery, and they’re...
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