Press releases, announcements, and statements
- April 30, 2024
With tick bites on the rise, College of Science and College of Public Health are collaborating to improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment with urine testing.
- April 22, 2024
Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner allocate $921,000 to expand training capacity and accelerate workforce development. Federal funding supports Mason’s Center for Health Workforce to serve as centralized technical assistance hub for Virginia health workforce development.
- March 5, 2024
George Mason University today announced an anonymous $4.85 million gift to advance groundbreaking research on bruise and injury detection for individuals who experience interpersonal violence. The funding will help develop new tools in imaging technology using a light source that is five times better than white light for identifying and visualizing bruising across all skin tones for use by forensic nurses, social service providers, and law enforcement.
- December 6, 2022
Mason and MedStar come together to establish the Future Nurse Program, preparing nurses for clinical practice, and addressing critical nursing workforce shortages in the region.
- November 1, 2022
Responding to the Commonwealth’s public health and workforce needs, new interdisciplinary College
will benefit the region and beyond - February 14, 2022
New center will help grow Virginia’s health workforce pipeline and support continuous learning, upskilling and health workforce development.
- Wed, 12/02/2020 - 11:40
Scholarship fund to support accelerated nursing students in perpetuity.
- Wed, 10/28/2020 - 12:00
Researchers seeking global partners to support participation in the survey, which will help inform global plans for rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and related resources
- Wed, 08/26/2020 - 14:32
Mason’s College of Health and Human Services offers Virginia’s first doctoral degree in public health.
- Mon, 08/10/2020 - 14:23
Mason and other Virginia colleges adopt screening tool for real-time surveillance, early detection, and coordinated reporting of COVID-19.