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The program offers tuition coverage and stipends to allow graduate students to advance their research without worrying about funding their work through outside sources.

This research is focused on smoking cessation particularly for Virginia youth and is funded in part by a Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth grant

NIH grant to fund depression chatbot for Black patients

Professor Farrokh Alemi receives NIH grant to pilot first-of-its-kind, evidence-based artificial intelligence tool to address the medication needs of Black and African American people with depression. This is part of the college’s Innovate for Good story series. 

Gimm, a Health Administration and Policy faculty member, and Inoue, a Social Work faculty member, have both contributed significant research to support healthy aging and improve the well-being of older adults and family caregivers.  

Our eyes are more frequently on screens than on human faces.

George Mason researchers harness the power of artificial intelligence to match patients with the most effective antidepressant for their unique needs.

MeAgainMeds.com, a free AI-powered website, helps clinicians more effectively match patients with the optimal antidepressant using big data.

A new study led by Professor Jeah Jung found that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans do not equally improve the quality of care across all racial and ethnic groups. The study compared gaps in the quality of care received by non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and Asian enrollees versus non-Hispanic White enrollees in MA and traditional Medicare. 

Interprofessional research study from George Mason University found that family caregivers of older adults living with dementia experienced a 15% drop in stress after a 9-week online peer support program  

In addition to being the MHA Online Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Maria Uriyo uses STEM/robotics as a tool to teach middle and high school age students problem- solving skills

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