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Dr. Price providing testimony

As leaders in the field, our faculty are often asked to testify before Congress or are interviewed by major news outlets about their research or opinions on current public health events. The Milken Institute School of Public Health Office of Media Relations assists members of the media and elected officials in finding and contacting faculty experts for congressional testimony, newspaper and magazine article interviews or radio and television appearances.

 

Questions? Contact Milken Institute School of Public Health Office of Media Relations

Kathy Fackelmann
Director of Media Relations
(202) 994-8354
kfackelmannatgwu [dot] edu

 

Archive

Milken Institute SPH Announces Merger of Departments to Create a New Department of Health Policy and Management

The re-unification of the two departments will maximize faculty’s ability to conduct interdisciplinary research & provide a cutting edge training ground for students.

Alumni Profile: Jerusha Murugen MPH ‘12

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Global Health Program Analyst, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD

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Increasing Minimum Legal Age to Purchase Tobacco Products Will Improve Health, New Study Says

Dept Chair, Paula M. Lantz, PhD works with The Institute of Medicine, to release a report looking at the public health outcomes of increasing the MLA of tobacco products.

GW Research Aims to Strengthen Emergency Response Capacity in West Africa

The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa, which started back in December 2013, has resulted in a significant and ongoing death toll, exceeding 9,150 in February 2015. The West African...

Recent MPH Alumna Gives Oral Presentation at National Conference

MPH Alumna Cassie Phillips’ CE research links consumption of fast food with higher levels of phthalates in human urine.

Health Law Experts Urge Go-Slow Approach to Reference Pricing for Health Care in Blog Published by Health Affairs

The blog authors underscore the need for caution based on the limited conditions under which reference pricing has been tested to date.

GW Now Offers One-Year Master of Public Health in Epidemiology Program

The one-year program follows the same curriculum & credit-hour requirements as the two-year MPH in epidemiology but is structured in an intensive, accelerated format.

Dr. Ralph Mitchell’s Love of Microbes Is Infectious

A world-class microbiologist from Harvard is sharing his wide-ranging expertise with GW public health students this spring.

GW Professor Participates in Events to Launch the Girl Rising India Campaign and the Let Girls Learn Initiative

Amita Vyas participated in the Pre-Oscar launch of the film Girl Rising India as a producer, and an event at the White House for the Let Girls Learn Initiative.

EOH Latest Newsletter: GW’s #1 National Ranking for Internships, Professorial Lecturers’ Letter in Science, Students in Action, New Publications and More

In January 2015, the Princeton Review ranked GW as number 1 in the U.S. for internships.  Dean Lynn Goldman described our public health students, faculty, and staff as people of enormous...