GCH Faculty

Amira Roess, epidemiologist and professor in Mason’s College of Public Health, discusses what you need to know about air quality alerts and how it affects your health. 

Chair of the Department of Global and Community Health Carolyn Drews-Botsch continues her study of unilateral congenital cataracts by studying the risks and benefits of prolonged patching in preschool-aged children.

Professor of public health Dr. Amira Roess shares why it is imperative we all get the latest COVID vaccine

Monkeypox emergency orders are set to expire, but eradication isn't likely.

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Caught COVID on a Cruise.

CVS cuts cost of menstrual products in 12 states with "tampon tax"

5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Caught COVID on a Cruise

A new study by Dongqing Wang, assistant professor of Global and Community Health, finds there is high COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in five sub-Saharan African countries mostly because of perceived lack of safety and perceived lack of effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. 

Michelle S. Williams, assistant professor in the Department of Global and Community Health, shares important facts about breast cancer that are often misconstrued or misunderstood.

With a new National Institute of Mental Health grant, professor Rima Nakkash and other United States and Lebanon researchers will study whether engaging young adults as community mental health workers in humanitarian settings helps not only to support those communities in crisis, but protects the well-being of the young workers as well.