May 20, 2020
Primary care physicians experience more burnout and anxiety than other health professions
Clinician burnout is a growing public health concern, with the National Academy of Science reporting that 35-54% of U.S. nurses...
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May 19, 2020
Mason and Partner Clinics extend free COVID-19 testing for uninsured and low-income populations
Mason and Partner Clinics recently received much needed supplies from the Virginia Department of Health to provide free COVID-19 testing....
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May 18, 2020
Kris Gebhard: Combining their passions to create a career
Putting a hold on community organizing and activism work to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology was not an easy...
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May 18, 2020
Using machine learning to help flatten the curve in COVID-19 pandemic
For public health experts fighting COVID-19, there are still many unknowns including how the disease spreads through populations, what impact...
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May 17, 2020
Electrical engineering graduate student’s project predicts daily COVID-19 infections
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, experts have been analyzing data sets to try to predict the number of people who...
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May 13, 2020
Graduation Profile: Could 3D printing change a life? This Mason senior is confident it can
When Denys Kuratchenko began working at Northern Virginia Community College’s 3D printing lab in 2017, he didn’t anticipate that his...
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May 12, 2020
COVID-19 impact on violence against women: WHO/George Mason urge governments and healthcare providers to apply lessons from past humanitarian crises, make more resources available
While data are still scant, experts who have studied the impact of humanitarian crises such as conflicts and natural disasters...
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May 12, 2020
The College of Health and Human Services is awarded seed funding grants for two urgent COVID-19 studies
The College of Health and Human Services faculty have received two seed funding grants from George Mason University to pursue...
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May 12, 2020
Meet alumna, Nicole M. Sekel (MS Nutrition ’19), who’s interested in bone health and the optimization of athletic performance through nutritional intervention
Nicole M. Sekel speaks on her experience in Mason’s MS in Nutrition program, research, and her current post-grad position.
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May 6, 2020
George Mason University social work students join a telehealth pilot program serving vulnerable populations during pandemic
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on millions of lives and has disproportionately affected those in vulnerable populations. According to...
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May 6, 2020
George Mason University health college continues NSF funded study of coronaviruses
The College of Health and Human Services received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the emergence...
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May 4, 2020
Mason tests the impact of COVID-19 on children and families in first national longitudinal childhood study during a pandemic, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)
“I’ve never been so stressed in my life,” says one research participant—a teacher and mother of three—as she tries to...
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May 4, 2020
Mason team’s models serve as backbone for web portal that support models for hospital response to COVID-19
George Mason University professor Elise Miller-Hooks and her team have been studying and modeling the flow of patients through American...
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April 30, 2020
Researchers at George Mason developing quicker coronavirus antibody test
Scientists at George Mason University are working to develop an easy-to-administer COVID-19 antibody test, which could mean using a simple...
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April 30, 2020
On the front lines: Continuing public mental health care amid COVID-19
What does it mean to be a public servant during a global pandemic? It isn’t easy, but it’s important.
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