College of Public Health

The 50 Most Influential People in Northern Virginia.

Northern Virginia Magazine named Melissa Perry, Dean of the College of Public Health, one of the area’s top 50 most influential people of 2024. The top 50 list recognizes those who are making a difference in Northern Virginia and giving back to their community.

When George Mason alum Samantha Carrico enters a room, eyes usually lock onto her charismatic coworker Rylynn, a five-year-old Labrador golden retriever mix. But while Fairfax County’s facility dog gets all the attention, Carrico is the key to making it all happen.

Cara Frankenfeld, a global and community health professor at George Mason, studies the connection between gut bacteria and weight gain in peri- and post-menopausal women.

Professor John Cantiello reviews the literature to find out who is cheating, how, and how to head it off

Continued full approval affirms that George Mason’s traditional and accelerated BSN programs meet all Virginia regulations and requirements for training nurses for their licensure.

A program developed in SWVa will serve as a statewide model to address a shortage of health care workers

New 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.

George Mason University scientists, nurses, and researchers in the College of Public Health have just entered the second cycle of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program called Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO).

René Najera, DrPH, MPH, is the director of public health at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and an adjunct professor in the Department of Global and Community Health.