CHHS Research
Assistant Professor Michelle S. Williams will create two online training programs: (1) To train community health workers to implement a lung cancer screening awareness program and (2) To educate high-risk populations about prevention for the disease.
Four faculty awarded pilot funding from the College of Public Health
The funding will help faculty begin new research projects around birth outcomes, environmental exposures, gestational weight gain, and e-cigarette cessation, respectively.
Mason researchers develop first social media intervention for Chinese American dementia caregivers
Led by Alicia Hong, professor of Health Administration and Policy, the interdisciplinary team developed a culturally-tailored WeChat wellness program to improve caregiver skills and reduce their stress.
Romanian researchers shared their environmental epidemiology research with doctoral students
Associate Professor of Global and Community Health Michael Bloom's work with international scholars is a testament to Mason's position as global research university
In sickness and health: the influence of paid leave on employee commitment
George Mason Associate Professor of Health Administration and Policy discusses the importance of job-protected paid leave.
Anand discusses research on paid leave with U.S. policymakers
Anand Discusses Research on Paid Family Leave with U.S. Policymakers
High COVID vaccine hesitancy in sub-saharan Africa
A new study by Dongqing Wang, assistant professor of Global and Community Health, finds there is high COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in five sub-Saharan African countries mostly because of perceived lack of safety and perceived lack of effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
Gaming vignettes support teaching gender-affirming care
A teaching intervention by Andrea Landis and Bethany Cieslowski in the School of Nursing suggests that experiential learning opportunities are fundamental to learning about gender-affirming care.
The truth about breast cancer myths
Michelle S. Williams, assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health, shares important facts about breast cancer that are often misconstrued or misunderstood.
Public health schools and programs collaborate to study young adults in humanitarian settings
With a new National Institute of Mental Health grant, professor Rima Nakkash and other United States and Lebanon researchers will study whether engaging young adults as community mental health workers in humanitarian settings helps not only to support those communities in crisis, but protects the well-being of the young workers as well.
Subscribe to CHHS Research