Infectious Diseases

Dr. Kyu Rhee Inducted into Association of American Physicians

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Dr. Kyu Rhee, a distinguished physician-scientist currently a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Weill Department of Medicine, has been elected to the esteemed Association of American Physicians (AAP).Election to the AAP is one of the top honors in health and medicine, recognizing physician-scientists exhibiting excellence in the pursuit of medical knowledge and the advancement of basic or translational science...

Drs. Kaner and Glesby Receive NIH Grant to Fund Antibiotic Trial for Patients with HIV and Emphysema

The study is focused on whether doxycycline may slow the progression of emphysema (a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), in people with well-controlled HIV who are current or former smokers.

WDOM Celebrates Dr. Johnson’s 60 Years of Distinguished Service in Infectious Diseases and Global Health

Dr. Warren D. Johnson
Dr. Johnson has mentored investigators working on some of the world's most virulent infectious diseases, from HIV/AIDS to malaria, hepatitis, leptospirosis, schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, and cryptosporidiosis.

Drs. Fitzgerald and Rhee Receive $5 Million TRAC Grant from the NIH

The Tri-institutional TB Research Advancement Center (TRAC) is a collaboration between an exceptional group of investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, Rockefeller University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

2022 Fellow Award in Research Announced at Medicine Grand Rounds

2022 Fellow Award
This award was initiated by Dr. Ralph Nachman in 2002 to recognize outstanding research during fellowship training.

WDOM Congratulates Dr. Jean Pape on Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Jean Pape
GHESKIO founder and the Howard and Carol Holtzmann Professor in Clinical Medicine, Dr. Jean Pape has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Fund for the Future (FFF) Awards Announced: Advancing Research Careers of Junior Faculty

The Weill Department of Medicine has announced five winners who will receive Fund for the Future (FFF) awards.

WDOM Physician-Scientists Play Key Role in Possibly Curing HIV Infection by Special Stem-Cell Transplant

Drs. Van Besien, Hsu, and Glesby
Drs. Koen Van Besien, Jingmei Hsu, and Marshall Glesby have led a clinical trial involving a patient living with HIV who has now been free of the virus for 14 months.

Women Physicians from the WDOM Highlighted as Portrait of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Unveiled at NYP’s Lower Manhattan Hospital

Dr. Blackwell was the first woman in the United States to become an M.D. The occasion was in honor of National Women Physicians Day held on February 3, 2022.

Dr. Morales Receives 2022 Pilot Grant Award of the Mastercard Diversity-Mentorship Collaborative

Dr. Ayana Morales
This one-time grant will support Dr. Morales’s project focused on understanding the role of an oncoprotein, Wilms' Tumor 1, in HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma.