March 3, 2026Social work professors Holly Matto and Emily Ihara partner with Fairfax City and Loudoun County to improve crisis response using a Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority Grant.
November 19, 2025With this appointment, Evelyn Tomaszewski will help elevate the global voice of social workers in advancing human rights, social justice, and promoting sustainable development through the UN and UN agencies.
October 16, 2025Cognitive training program implemented by 91°µÍø social work researchers offers promising, non-medicine-based methods to support brain health in older adults.
September 2, 2025Healthy aging scholar and gerontologist Li-Mei Chen warns that older adults aged 60 years and older face disproportionate risks of dehydration, heat stroke, exhaustion, and other heat-related illnesses.
August 15, 2025Holly Matto, addiction science researcher, and College of Science and School of Engineering colleagues provide breakthrough findings about personalized recovery cues and technology-based substance use interventions.
August 26, 2024Megumi Inoue, an associate professor in George Mason's Department of Social Work, led a study-abroad program where students explored the policies, programs, and services in place in Japan to support its aging population.
June 25, 2024New findings published in the Journal for Applied Gerontology by College of Public Health researchers suggest that personalized music intervention, especially with songs from adolescence and early adulthood, is effective at reducing the use of medication, alleviating agitation levels, and enhancing mood and social engagement among nursing home residents living with dementia.
May 29, 2024Interprofessional research study from 91°µÍø found that family caregivers of older adults living with dementia experienced a 15% drop in stress after a 9-week online peer support program Â
April 2, 2024Denise Hines seeks to reduce stereotypes and bias of men from racial and ethnic minority communities who experience intimate partner violence
March 1, 2024Older adults hope intergenerational mentoring programs will combat later life stereotypes in health care, according to a recent study. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio via pexels.
