Press Releases

WASHINGTON (Sept. 26, 2018) - Rong Li, PhD, will serve as chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

A study led by Paul Brindley, PhD, is looking at the cellular link between liver fluke and cholangiocarcinoma.

Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, was awarded a prestigious grant from The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.

A team at the GW Cancer Center will study the role of the COMPASS complex in the initiation and progression of pancreatic cancer.

WASHINGTON (July 27, 2018) -- The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital), in conjunction with The GW Cancer Center, has been named a Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) for its ongoing commitment to responsible lung cancer screening.

Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, received the 2018 Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons for his work in immunotherapies for patients with advanced cancer.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in partnership with the GW Cancer Center, has launched a new summer program to advance cancer research through enhancing diversity in the field.

The GW Cancer Center is pleased to welcome a team of internationally-recognized experts who together will lead the expanded Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies Program.

Catherine Bollard, MD, has been appointed as the associate center director for translational research and innovation.

Sharad Goyal, MD, professor of radiology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is tapping into this topic as the co-author/editor of “Precision Radiation Oncology," a book demystifying new technologies and methods in the field of precision medicine.