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 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, 2024NIH grant to fund depression chatbot for Black patients
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 11, 2024Tampons contain lead, arsenic and potentially toxic chemicals, studies say. Here’s what to know.
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July 10, 2024‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states – and the people who want to keep it legal. The country has seen hundreds of thousands of child marriages since 2000. As activists push for new laws, an unlikely cohort stands in their way.
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 27, 2024Fairfax City and Town of Vienna Launch Program to Bolster Culinary Workforce
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.
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