Public Health

This year at the college's annual National Public Health Week “Conversations and Connections” event, experts explore the health consequences of isolation—and our collective responsibility to address it.

Pediatric ophthalmology researcher Carolyn Drews-Botsch's research helps parents and healthcare providers decide whether or not to continue patching their children who were treated for unilateral congenital cataract (UCC) after the child’s vision can be reliably tested. 

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

Research from George Mason University and funded by NIEHS studied the association between trace amounts of elements in ovarian follicular fluid and ovarian response during in-vitro fertilization (IVF) 

George Mason University scientists, nurses, and researchers in the College of Public Health have just entered the second cycle of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program called Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO).

Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Community Health Rodman Turpin examines how better understanding the experiences of Black sexual minority men can improve their interactions with the health care system 

The inaugural Empowered Communities Conference brings together diverse stakeholders to drive impactful change in public health.

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.

Moderator Dean Melissa Perry and expert panel explore the intersection of climate change and health from diverse perspectives, drawing on insights from psychology, environmental science, and public health. Video included.

For this Endometriosis Awareness Month (March), Associate Professor Jhumka Gupta shares how endometriosis pain affects all areas of life and innovative solutions for combating stigma surrounding endometriosis-related chronic pain.