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George Mason’s Center for Community Mental Health received a grant from the Potomac Health Foundation that will directly support its Stepped Mental Health Care Program in Prince William County.

For firefighters, even training is a risk. ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ researchers Craig Yu and Joel Martin are hoping to change that.

It was a day that residents in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore metropolitan areas won’t soon forget: March 26, 2024, when the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed, killing six and leaving many more forever impacted. Since then, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ professors Elise Miller-Hooks, Alireza Ermagun, and Shanjiang Zhu have received two NSF RAPID grants to study the cause and impact of the collapse, and potential preventative methods for the future.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Mason and Partners (MAP) Clinic holds free clinics throughout Northern Virginia every day. This summer, two of those community-based clinics helped local elementary school students get back-to-school ready.

On Friday, Oct. 27, Mason’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Department of Psychology hosted a grand opening of its new facility for the Center for Community Mental Health and Center for Evidence-Based Behavioral Health, two centers whose research and community services are deeply connected to strengthening our communities.

Economic downturn and reductions in Medicaid coverage drive demand for free wellness, preventative, and COVID-related services.