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Study Highlights Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Public Health Education and the Importance of Faculty Diversity

Study Highlights Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Public Health Education and the Importance of Faculty Diversity

A new study conducted identifies institutional characteristics associated with public health student diversity, including faculty diversity.

GW Center for Injury  Prevention & Control hopes to convince young men and other drivers to slow down

TikTok Campaign to Stop Aggressive Driving in D.C. Launched

GW Center for Injury Prevention & Control hopes to convince young men and other drivers in DC to slow down.

Hottest year on record

Media Tip Sheet: GW Experts Available to Comment on Heat Waves Scorching the Globe

Record-high temperatures are baking not only the U.S. but countries around the world this week, with multiple regions breaking past records.

GW Expert Available to Comment on Florida State Board of Education's New Set of Rules for Schools

The Florida State Board of Education this week is slated to weigh approval of a slew of proposed rules, including measures that would prohibit use of the social media app TikTok on campuses and bar...

Media Tip Sheet: Trump Target Letter

Former President Donald Trump has been informed that he is the subject of investigation following his 2020 election loss, compounding additional legal troubles facing him as he campaigns to return to...

Canadian fires threaten air quality

Media Tip Sheet: GW Experts Available to Discuss Return of Unhealthy Air From Canadian Wildfires

Smoke from wildfires in the western half of Canada has once again drifted southward creating unhealthy air quality levels in the U.S.

Emily Bender

Media Tip Sheet: GW Expert Available on EPA lead paint Regulation

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023 the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new bill that would affect millions of buildings nationwide.

Ryan Watkins

GW Expert Available to Discuss FTC's OpenAI Investigation

On Wednesday, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up behind ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot has harmed consumers through its...

artificial sweeteners

Media Tip Sheet: GW Expert Available to Comment on Aspartame’s Links to Cancer

The WHO is expected to release two separate committee reports that will designate aspartame, as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.”

Iowa Seal

Media Tip Sheet: GW Experts Available to Comment on Iowa’s Six Week Abortion Ban

In a special session, Iowa’s legislature passed a bill that bans most abortions after 6 weeks into pregnancy.