The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

09/09/2026

Join the Medical Center Student Council and the community on Friday, September 18, at the SMHS Fall Picnic for an afternoon of food, making connections, and fun. 🧺

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Kick off the new academic year with the Medical Center Student Council at our annual SMHS Fall Picnic! Join students, faculty, staff, family, and friends for an afternoon of great food, community, and fun.

09/08/2026

Join on Wednesday, September 16, for the Annual Allan B. Weingold, MD, Memorial Lecture, "Beyond the Bedside: Leading the Future of Women's Health."

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Join us for the annual ALlan B. Weingold, MD, Memorial Lecture

09/04/2026

Fall semester at is officially underway! Check out some highlights from the last few weeks 📸

09/02/2026

On Saturday, August 29, welcomed the members of the MD Class of 2030 into the medical profession during the school’s 28th Annual White Coat and Honor Code Ceremony!

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The Class of 2030 brings research experience, varied academic backgrounds and a range of experiences to the start of medical school.

09/01/2026

Congratulations to the GW SMHS MD Class of 2030, who received their white coats this past weekend! We can't wait to follow your medical school journey over the next four years. 🥼👏

08/25/2026

Last month, the GW Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer (SPARC) concluded its annual summer research experience with a poster session where students presented their research.

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The George Washington University (GW) Summer Program Advancing Research on Cancer (GW-SPARC) concluded its annual summer research experience on July 30 with a poster session where students presented their summer research.

08/24/2026

faculty member Vishal Patel, MD, FAAD, FACMS, was recently featured in GW Today on the implications of global warming for dermatology.

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Associate Professor Vishal Patel, a dermatologist, says many factors explain the surge in skin cancer rates.

08/22/2026

One week to go until the MD Class of 2030 gets their white coats! 🥼

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GW MD Program Class of 2030 White Coat and Honor Code Ceremony.

08/20/2026

The newest members of , the MD Class of 2030, arrived on campus on July 30 for three days of orientation, meeting classmates, faculty, and school leaders as they prepared to begin their medical education.

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Incoming first-year George Washington University medical students spend three days getting to know their classmates, exploring campus, and preparing for the years to come.

08/19/2026

researchers Jeet Vora and Raja Mazumder were recently published in Cell Press for their contributions to the paper, "BiomarkerKB: An Integrated Knowledgebase Supporting Biomarker-Centric Exploration of Biomedical Data."

The findings detail the development of a standardized biomarker data model that harmonizes biomarker information across diverse biomarker types and captures contextual information such as condition, specimen, biomarker role, evidence, and provenance. This will make it much easier for researchers to find connections between biomarkers, diseases, and potential treatments.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4wB22ZC