Spring 2019 Issue

Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, visiting assistant professor of clinical research and leadership at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has been selected to serve on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Commission on Health Equity.

David Mendelowitz, PhD, professor of pharmacology and physiology and of anesthesiology and critical care at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is now serving as the interim chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology.

A team of researchers at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center, led by Rohan Fernandes, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the immunotherapy to treat cancer.

A study by Colin Young, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, seeks to better illuminate the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Daniela Drago, PhD, RAC, associate professor of clinical research and leadership at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was recently recognized as a fellow of The Organization for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA).

Expert pulmonary clinician and researcher Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, has joined the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences as the medical director of the GW pulmonary hypertension program and as a professor of medicine.

District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR) investigator Rebecca Lynch, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was awarded an R21 grant from the National Institute of Aller

The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the GW Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) selected Adam Friedman, MD, FAAD, professor of dermatology, to serve as the interim chair of the GW Department of Dermatology.

Pedro José, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was honored with a Presidential Award for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in December 2018 at Malacañang Palace in Manila

Vishal A. Patel, MD, FAAD, FACMS, an accomplished Mohs/dermatologic surgeon and cutaneous oncologist, has joined the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center. He will serve as the director of the recently established cutaneous oncology program at the center.