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Secret Weapon for Quit-Smoking Campaigns: Pets

​​​​​​​Health informatics is one of the fastest-growing and in-demand health care career fields. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicts the demand for health information technologists, and other health informatics-related positions, will grow faster than the national average over the next 10 years. To put it simply, employment prospects are high.

An interprofessional Mason research team led by Associate Professor Hong Xue used machine learning and social media data in the first large-scale study to analyze factors that influence effective antismoking campaigns and user engagement.

Braun is a leading expert on private equity investments in health care and studies how private equity ownership impacts the quality of patient care in facilities like nursing homes or rehabilitation centers. Braun credits his experience at Mason for giving him a platform to grow into a national researcher and health policy leader.

Leading health policy researcher to advance the research function in the College  

Debora Goldberg, associate professor in Mason’s College of Public Health, leads the program made possible by a Health Resources and Services Administration cooperative agreement. 

Debora Goldberg, associate professor in Mason’s College of Public Health, is a leading expert on resiliency and well-being in the health care workforce. 

Doctor-Rating Websites Lack Convictions and Medical Malpractice Claims Against Some Physicians

Julie Kaplan to lead fundraising efforts for College of Public Health 

Alison Evans Cuellar, professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy, was appointed to the Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Youth through Health Care System Transformation committee.

Do clinicians really need to diagnose long COVID? We asked the experts

Gilbert Gimm, associate professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy, to serve as treasurer on the state public health association board.