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George Mason College of Public Health Awarded Ground-Breaking Accreditation from Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

Virtual reality pilot program shows promise for preventing substance misuse and violence.

NIH grant to fund depression chatbot for Black patients

George Mason researchers harness the power of artificial intelligence to match patients with the most effective antidepressant for their unique needs.

This research is focused on smoking cessation particularly for Virginia youth and is funded in part by a Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth grant

Professor 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. 

Research led by PhD doctoral candidate Kevin Cevasco suggests patient engagement with chatbots isn’t necessarily better than human interactions in improving health intervention uptake and adherence.

Funding from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) will create the School Nurse Leadership Academy, a first-of –its-kind program dedicated to fostering leadership in school nursing.

Cieslowski will lead innovation in immersive technologies including the Virtual Reality and Simulation Center, which continues to expand its team.

Melissa Perry, dean of Mason’s College of Public Health, is an ardent proponent of virtual reality as a tool to help solve the nation’s health challenges. But she also worries that technology has helped create an “epidemic of loneliness” that has heightened the importance of a shared humanity and “being present for each other.”