- January 9, 2026
The Department of Nutrition and Food Studies was chosen as one of six trial sites for its expertise in obesity and weight loss.
- November 6, 2025
Navy veteran Becca Simon says coming to George Mason University and her experience as a student in the College of Public Health Department of Social Work has been life-changing.
- October 27, 2025
In addition to fostering student-athletes' wellness, the collaboration will offer applied learning for nutrition students in the college.
- October 16, 2025
Cognitive training program implemented by George Mason University social work researchers offers promising, non-medicine-based methods to support brain health in older adults.
- October 15, 2025
Digital health researcher Y. Alicia Hong’s WECARE intervention will invigorate resilience in family caregivers of individuals with dementia
- September 24, 2025
Clinical nutrition researcher Raedeh Basiri studied the importance of choosing quality over quantity when it comes to sugar consumption and the potential benefits of daily mango consumption for those with prediabetes.
- August 19, 2025
This milestone demonstrates the college’s commitment to expanding opportunities for students and strengthening public health across Virginia and the nation.
- July 16, 2025
The third International Conference on Public Health and Environment, co-hosted by the college, brought together researchers from nine countries to address urgent environmental and occupational health issues — from air pollution to antimicrobial resistance — and to explore cross-border solutions.
- June 10, 2025
A pilot program led by George Mason social work professor Li-Mi Chen used virtual scenarios to improve training for nursing home staff.
- Groundbreaking mobile app captures and documents bruises to help survivors of interpersonal violenceJune 5, 2025
An interdisciplinary George Mason University research team is breaking new ground in using artificial intelligence to develop a mobile app to accurately capture and document bruises of victims of interpersonal violence.