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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

SMHS, Milken Institute SPH Offer Combined MD-MPH Degrees to Prepare Clinician Leaders

Starting summer 2018, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Milken Institute SPH will join forces on a new dual-degree MD/MPH program.

GW Research Days 2018

The Milken Institute School of Public Health (GWSPH) is an integral contributor to GW Research Days! We invite undergraduate, graduate (residential and online), postdoctoral students, and alumni...

Post-Seminar Interview: Talking Chickenizing with Ellen Silbergeld of Johns Hopkins

Ellen Silbergeld, PhD, spoke at GW about her book, Chickenizing Farms and Food, an in-depth answer to how we got the agriculture that we have. 

Insights into the Impacts of Our Nation’s Rapidly Changing Health Policy on Public Health

GW Health Policy Matters is a new website focused on the future of health policy.

GW Experts Available to Comment for American Heart Month

Experts at the George Washington University (GW) are available to comment on heart health-related stories.

Panel Event Focuses on Partnerships That Are Tackling Lead Exposure

A recent panel event focused on the work public health agencies and water utilities are doing to create innovative solutions to tackle lead exposure.

Interest in over-the-counter oral contraceptive pills is strong, study finds

Teens and women are interested in buying progestin-only birth control pills without a prescription, especially if insurers will cover the cost, a new survey finds.

Student’s Culminating Experience Project Featured on Journal Cover

The research into how heat exposure due to climate change may impact pregnant women also received media coverage.

Health Promotion in Action: GWSPH Researcher Teaches Eighth Graders About Nutrition Facts and Follies

An EXNS professor engaged 300 students at a local middle school with a guest lecture on making healthful choices in America’s complex food environment. 

New Research Highlights the Difficulty of Reducing Exposure to Widely Used Pollutants

Among the many environmental contaminants that Assistant Professor Ami Zota knows a lot about...