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The WDOM Congratulates HRSA Health Equity COVID-19 Grantees

These awards are supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to the Weill Cornell Medicine Diversity Center of Excellence of the Cornell Center for Health Equity.HRSA Health Equity COVID-19 GranteesDr. Christopher GonzalezHRSA Health Equity Fellow, Division of General Internal MedicineDr. Peggy Bk. LeungAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal MedicineDr. Anyanate G. JackAssistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of... Read More

Dr. Sonnenberg Receives ICIS-LUMINEX John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research

Dr. Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology in Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, WDOM, has received the inaugural ICIS-LUMINEX John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research.The ICIS-LUMINEX John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research recognizes Dr. Sonnenberg for “establishing himself as an extramurally funded and well-respected independent investigator, and his innovative... Read More

Intercampus Team of Investigators Receive NIH Grant to Develop Method for Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infection Using Cell-Free DNA

Dr. Darshana DadhaniaA team of intercampus investigators has received a $3.65 million grant from the NIH to develop an inexpensive method for accurately diagnosing urinary tract infections in kidney transplant patients by carrying out molecular profiling of cell-free DNA in urine.The intercampus team, based at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus, is headed by Dr. Darshana Dadhania, an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, WDOM, and... Read More

Dr. Shen Receives NIH-funded R37 Award for a Study on Advance Care Planning at End-of-Life

Dr. Megan Johnson ShenDr. Megan Johnson Shen, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, has received an R37 award from the National Institutes of Health in support of her research on advance care planning (ACP) and end-of-life (EoL) care.There is a prevalent patient-reported need to incorporate social networking into the advance care planning process for older adults. Dr. Shen’s project will take a new approach to this need in a study that... Read More

Dr. Lee and Colleagues Publish Key Finding on Gut Commensal Microbiota and Urinary Tract Infection

Dr. John R. Lee, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and colleagues have published a paper in Gut Microbes on gut commensal microbiota and a decreased risk for Enterobacteriaceae bacteriuria and urinary tract infection (UTI). In this paper, which reflected further analysis stemming from their previous paper published in Nature Communications (December 2019), 168 kidney transplant recipients, who provided 510 fecal specimens, were evaluated.“We found that... Read More

WDOM Hosts Fifth Annual Research Retreat and Keynote Speaker

On October 5, 2020, the WDOM will hold its fifth annual Research Retreat. In a virtual format hosted by Dr. Anthony Hollenberg, Chair, WDOM, Dr. John Leonard, and Dr. Steven Lipkin, the event will welcome this year’s speaker, Dr. Nancy J. Brown, Dean of the Yale School of Medicine.The WDOM’s Research Retreat will provide a distinct forum to bring together a diverse range of established and emerging faculty and trainees and experts in complimentary fields to foster and expand research efforts in... Read More

Study Recruiting 1,000 Healthcare Workers to Investigate Underlying Factors Driving COVID-19 Outcomes: NYP-WELCOME

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian are recruiting 1,000 health care workers for a study on COVID-19 that seeks to answer the question: why do some people become severely ill, while others have no symptoms? The study aims to recruit 1,000 asymptomatic health care workers.NYP-WELCOME volunteers will visit the Weill Cornell Clinical and Translational Science Center monthly, respond to a brief questionnaire about their health and potential exposure, receive... Read More

Weill Department of Medicine Announces 2020 Annual Report

The Weill Department of Medicine announces its 2020 Annual Report. The report recaps news and activities by division for the calendar year 2019, along with several current feature stories. There are also updates on COVID-19 activities, leadership, honors and awards, and educational programs.

CHAP Features Dr. August and Team as “Site of the Month” in The Pulse

Dr. Phyllis August and team have been featured in the CHAP study’s newsletter, The Pulse, as “Site of the Month.” Dr. August serves as Site PI for the NIH-funded study, which is focused on chronic hypertension and pregnancy (CHAP).From left to right:Line Malha, M.D., M.Sc., Nephrology Co-InvestigatorRosemerie Marion, ANP, R.N., Research Nurse CoordinatorPhyllis August, M.D., M.P.H., Site PIEmmanuel Edusei, B.S., Research CoordinatorAmrin Khander, M.D., Maternal Fetal Medicine Co-InvestigatorThe... Read More

The WDOM Welcomes Dr. Louis (Lou) Bridges, Jr. as Chief of the Division of Rheumatology

The Weill Department of Medicine is pleased to welcome Louis (Lou) Bridges, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., as our new Chief of the Division of Rheumatology effective September 1, 2020. Dr. Bridges is the newly appointed Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Hospital of Special Surgery (HSS). An internationally recognized clinician-scientist known for his work in the areas of arthritis, rheumatology and immunology, Dr. Bridges’ work has advanced health disparities in rheumatology... Read More