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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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May 20, 2025Li-Mei Chen assistant professor in the Department of Social Work, and Health Services Research PhD student Linda Hayes Bennett participated in the annual Gerontological Society of America’s Capitol Hill Advocacy Day. The advocacy campaign brought together researchers and professionals from across the country to promote aging-related policy priorities and champion additional funding.
May 19, 2025Neighborhoods matter, according to new research. Assistant Professors Anna Parisi and Melissa L. Villodas and Graduate Research Assistant Nana Acquah at George Mason University’s Department of Social Work used secondary data to study the relationship between trauma exposure, perceptions of neighborhood crime, and substance use among women under community supervision (probation or parole).
May 14, 2025With her kids in school and ambitions to become a nurse practitioner, the George Mason nursing student is charting her path with purpose
May 13, 2025Community Health student Paris Stephens shares how her undergraduate research experience on cancer care interventions bridges the connection between her commitment to lead ethical research initiatives and her dedication to becoming a more skilled public health practitioner.
May 9, 2025Aspiring health care leaders get vivid lesson on the role of leadership in trauma care
May 9, 2025Rocío Rodríguez Morales, MSW ‘25, a first-generation student, found support and community at George Mason as she forged a new career path with her third degree.-
May 8, 2025Pilot grants fund interdisciplinary faculty research on prevention, community impact, and clinical innovation
May 8, 2025Melissa Perry, ScD, MHS, Dean of George Mason’s College of Public Health, will graduate this spring with her Costello MBA—her third graduate degree, earned while serving as a full-time dean, raising two children, and leading one of the largest and fastest-growing public health programs in the region.
May 2, 2025The award is the highest achievement attainable for university faculty, representing outstanding contributions to research and scholarship in their field.
May 2, 2025Growing up, George Mason University senior Haila Salaheddine was not a big fan of going to the dentist. “I was initially very fearful of the dentist. When I was living in Lebanon, there wasn’t really preventative care for oral hygiene,” said Salaheddine, a community health major.
May 1, 2025George Mason University’s College of Public Health honored for critical collaborations with Prince William County Community Services Board to uplift mental health and reduce the prevalence of substance use disorders.
April 28, 2025Supplements using multiple micronutrients could more effectively prevent the occurrence of small vulnerable babies and thereby reduce infant mortality.
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