NIH grant funding

With a new $3.69 million grant, the Research and Engagement for Action in Climate and Health (REACH) Center--which includes George Mason--is set to tackle the urgent intersection of climate change and public health in the nation’s capital. George Mason University

In a new study, George Mason researcher Michael Bloom has found associations between use of skin care products and exposure to potential developmental toxicants.

Culture of Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing fellowship advances relationship-building and change through storytelling to improve public health. 

NIH grant to fund depression chatbot for Black patients

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. 

Professor Carolyn Drews-Botsch and her team examined whether extended periods of patching for children with unilateral congenital cataracts (UCC) negatively impacted parenting stress, child’s motor development, child behavior, or child’s self-perception.

The Institute for Biohealth Innovation is launching a professional development National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant Program application bootcamp, which is limited to 6-8 faculty members. Applications are due January 26.

Professor of statistics Lily Wang is leading a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary team to find biomarkers for aging-related diseases from the latest biomedical imaging techniques. A program run by the NSF and NIH has awarded Wang’s team $1,199,772 for the study.

Chair of the Department of Global and Community Health Carolyn Drews-Botsch continues her study of unilateral congenital cataracts by studying the risks and benefits of prolonged patching in preschool-aged children.

George Mason University researcher Allison Jack recently received an Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) Network award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her research efforts aimed at understanding why some autistic individuals receive very late diagnoses, or none at all.