5 things to know about Mason's College of Public Health
Dean Perry spoke with the Washington Business Journal about future plans for the College of Public Health, including workforce development and fundraising initiatives. Read the article here.
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- July 25, 2024BS in Community Health graduate Kristen Alleyne accredits her College of Public Health courses for giving her the skills and confidence to excel in diverse public health settings.
- July 24, 2024After identifying a gap in service-delivery during his practicum, Troy Fontenot developed an innovative pilot program Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing to deliver groceries to seniors.
- July 19, 2024This research is focused on smoking cessation particularly for Virginia youth and is funded in part by a Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth grant
- July 17, 2024With the help of Inova Health System, George Mason University is ready to partner with other Virginia universities on research to improve health during pregnancy and early childhood.
- July 16, 2024Marrs will develop fundraising priorities and strategies; lead campaign strategy for university fundraising initiatives; and oversee the stewardship of donors and prospects.
- July 15, 2024Rima Nakkash, interim Chair of the Department of Global and Community Health in George Mason University’s College of Public Health, convenes a youth council to inform vape prevention methods targeted towards LGBTQ+ college students in Virginia.
- July 12, 2024Denise Hines and Anna Pollack were promoted to the title of Full Professor.
- July 9, 2024Katherine Scafide honored for bruise research and discoveries in support of survivors of intimate partner violence
- July 8, 2024Professor Farrokh Alemi receives NIH grant to pilot first-of-its-kind, evidence-based artificial intelligence tool to address the medication needs of Black and African American people with depression. This is part of the college’s Innovate for Good story series.
- June 25, 2024New findings published in the Journal for Applied Gerontology by College of Public Health researchers suggest that personalized music intervention, especially with songs from adolescence and early adulthood, is effective at reducing the use of medication, alleviating agitation levels, and enhancing mood and social engagement among nursing home residents living with dementia.
- June 24, 2024Research from George Mason University and funded by NIEHS studied the association between trace amounts of elements in ovarian follicular fluid and ovarian response during in-vitro fertilization (IVF)
- June 21, 2024Research from George Mason University College of Public Health assistant professor Lucas Prieto found an indirect relationship between internalized gay ageism and older gay men’s sexual satisfaction when mediated by body image, but internalized gay ageism does not influence their erectile dysfunction.
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