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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- September 9, 2025Mitcham secures funding to advance food-as-medicine initiatives in Southwest Virginia
- September 8, 2025What Makes Bruises Change Color Over Time?
- September 4, 2025John Cantiello recognized for his leadership, teaching, and research in the field.
- September 4, 2025Interdisciplinary teams sweep the awards with actionable plan to address sexually transmitted infections in young adults.
- September 3, 2025Updated food reactivity tool explains why we eat what we see.
- September 3, 2025Q&A: For older adults, expert says extreme heat can mean life or death
- September 3, 2025Martin Binks, metabolic disease expert, created a novel food cue image bank that will produce more accurate and consistent food-related brain response research
- September 2, 2025Healthy aging scholar and gerontologist Li-Mei Chen warns that older adults aged 60 years and older face disproportionate risks of dehydration, heat stroke, exhaustion, and other heat-related illnesses.
- September 2, 2025Perry, a globally renowned environmental and occupational health scientist and Inaugural Dean of the College of Public Health, has been recognized for her leadership, innovation, and excellence in public health education.
- August 27, 2025In the College of Public Health, researchers are embracing AI’s potential while also interrogating it, testing it, and redesigning it to work better for real people. Faculty are building AI tools to detect cancer earlier, support dementia patients, guide students through biostatistics, document evidence of violence, and flag burnout in caregivers—targeting some of public health’s toughest challenges.
- August 21, 2025George Mason’s College of Public Health becomes first in Virginia to receive full accreditation.
- August 20, 2025Aaron Mitchell on use of ‘low-value’ cancer care in Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare
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