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WASHINGTON (April 30, 2014) — The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Institute has launched its sixth module on cancer recovery and rehabilitation.

In the recent article "More Than a Diagnosis: Medical Students and Teaching Hospitals Address Patients' Spiritual Needs", published in the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Report, writer Rebecca Greenberg spoke with GWish Director Dr.

Christina Puchalski, M.D., director of the GW Institute for Spirituality and Health, was featured in News-Medical for her recently published paper on the history of the burgeoning field of spirituality and health.

Christina Puchalski, M.D. '94, RESD '97, director and founder of the George Washington University (GW) Institute of Spirituality and Health and professor of medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), has received a $558,502 grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) received a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to fund its program, “Training Faculty to be Mentors in Humanism: A Faculty Development Program to Nurture Students’ Inner Growth.”

Dr. Christina Puchalski was recently quoted in a Catholic News Agency article, entitled, "Pope praises elderly for their wisdom". To read the full text of the article, please visit the link below.

The Fetzer Institute convened experts in different disciplines from around the world (health, art, humanities, law, etc) to explore ways in which compassion, love and forgiveness are exemplified in the different sectors.

Juli Anne Callis, president and CEO of the National Institutes of Health Federal Credit Union (NIHFCU, www.nihfcu.org), one of the largest credit unions in the Washington, D.C.

GWish has received a two-year grant to pilot a Reflection Mentor Program in the GW Internal Medicine Residency Program from the F.I.S.H. Foundation. The program introduces the reflection process as an essential component of professionalism.