Economics Professor Donald Parsons argues that GW’s School of Public Health has made, and will continue to make, tremendous strides.
The two news items – the first indicating trustee concerns that GW is not the active participant in this critical policy debate, the second that there are extraordinarily few SPHHS faculty with long-term University commitments – are two sides of the same problem. However, unlike many GW academic shortcomings, this is one the University is actively resolving. A major transformation of SPHHS is underway that will make the school a more capable responder to future health care policy crises.