GCH Research

AcademyHealth recognizes Jhumka Gupta for research on gender-based violence against women and girls, migration, and vulnerable populations.

Research by PhD student Priscilla Aba Aggrey reviews the effects of prenatal nutrition, physical activity, and education programs on pregnancy weight gain among women in low- and middle-income countries.

George Mason-led research finds that food-based prenatal supplements improve birth weights across Africa and South Asia.

The importance of how parents talk to their kids about sexual trauma.

Research from George Mason sheds light on how beliefs, experience, and concern shape conversations about sexual violence in Black families.

In partnership with Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi, Jhumka Gupta and PhD in public health candidate Samantha Kanselaar uncover the devastating burden of period poverty, mental health, and food and housing insecurity among college students in Hawai’i.

PhD in public health, social and behavioral science student G. Thomas Wilson shares his work studying the lesser-known experiences of caregivers who identify as sexual and gender minorities.

Social science researcher Iulia Fratlia and social work student Bryce Neuman will implement an action plan to increase walkability with funding from the Virginia Walkability Action Institute.

From improving underserved communities’ care to supporting faculty research on women living with HIV, Janell Addo-Boateng, MPH ’25, gained hands-on experience in policy, evaluation, and communication.

MB Mitcham and her research colleagues will identify the necessary infrastructure, procedures, and additional partners needed to establish a strengthen Rural Food as Medicine Pathways in Southwest Virginia.