Press Releases

With tick bites on the rise, College of Science and College of Public Health are collaborating to improve detection, diagnosis, and treatment with urine testing.

Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner allocate $921,000 to expand training capacity and accelerate workforce development. Federal funding supports Mason’s Center for Health Workforce to serve as centralized technical assistance hub for Virginia health workforce development.  

George Mason University today announced an anonymous $4.85 million gift to advance groundbreaking research on bruise and injury detection for individuals who experience interpersonal violence. The funding will help develop new tools in imaging technology using a light source that is five times better than white light for identifying and visualizing bruising across all skin tones for use by forensic nurses, social service providers, and law enforcement.

Mason and MedStar come together to establish the Future Nurse Program, preparing nurses for clinical practice, and addressing critical nursing workforce shortages in the region.

Responding to the Commonwealth’s public health and workforce needs, new interdisciplinary College
will benefit the region and beyond

New center will help grow Virginia’s health workforce pipeline and support continuous learning, upskilling and health workforce development.

Scholarship fund to support accelerated nursing students in perpetuity.

Researchers seeking global partners to support participation in the survey, which will help inform global plans for rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and related resources

Mason’s College of Health and Human Services offers Virginia’s first doctoral degree in public health.

Mason and other Virginia colleges adopt screening tool for real-time surveillance, early detection, and coordinated reporting of COVID-19.