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Fierce Healthcare: Dr. Peter Kongstvedt (affiliate faculty) is quoted on why researching long COVID might be beneficial

February 21, 2023

Do clinicians really need to diagnose long COVID? We asked the experts
NPR (Morning Edition): Dr. Katherine Scafide is featured in a segment on how her research helps nurses and police depict bruises on darker skin tones

February 21, 2023

New research could help nurses, police detect bruises on people with dark skin
8 News Now: Dr. Amira Roess’ comments from an Associated Press article are cited in an article on health officials closing the book on Mpox

February 8, 2023

Why health officials have closed the book on Mpox: Clark County’s final numbers
WTOP News: Dr. Rebecca Sutter is quoted in an article on the new George Mason opioid addiction center as a result of federal funding steered by Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)

February 7, 2023

New George Mason opioid addiction center to be built in Prince William County
Inside NOVA (audio option): Dr. Rebecca Sutter is quoted in an article on the new George Mason opioid addiction center as a result of federal funding steered by Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)

February 7, 2023

New George Mason opioid addiction center to be built in Prince William County
Washington Business Journal (subscription may be required): Chronicles the creation of the new Empowered Communities Partnership Center that is the result of the federal funding secured by Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA). Dr. Rebecca Sutter is quoted

February 2, 2023

GMU secures $1M in federal funding, lays out plans for new center to address the opioid epidemic
WUSA9: Picks up Mason’s press release about the $1M in federal funding for a new center to fight opioid overdoses, particularly among recently released from incarceration. Dean Melissa J. Perry and Dr. Rebecca Sutter are quoted

January 26, 2023

$1 million given to George Mason University to establish center to fight the growing opioid epidemic
WION (video): A study from the College of Public Health is referenced in a video on how loneliness is linked with unhealthy diets and a sedentary lifestyle

January 26, 2023

Loneliness is linked with unhealthy diet, sedentary lifestyle
Player FM (audio): Dr. Anna Pollack and Dr. Jhumka Gupta comment on the safety of common menstrual products

January 25, 2023

How Safe Are Common Menstrual Products?
Houston Defender Network: Dr. Jhumka Gupta is quoted in an article on how period poverty affects Black women and girls

January 25, 2023

Period poverty: Health crisis for Black women, girls
Patients Come First Podcast (Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association): Dr. Katherine Scafide is interviewed about her research that led to light sources better able to detect bruising on people with darker skin

January 23, 2023

Patients Come First Podcast - Katherine Scafide
Houston Chronicle: Picks up The Washington Post story in which Dr. Lawrence J. Cheskin is quoted

January 18, 2023

Navigating romance during Dry January? Here are tips for sober dating