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First Year of Diversity Faculty Development Mentoring Circles Program Completed

The WCM Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Diversity Center of Excellence of the Cornell Center for Health Equity, and the Weill Department of Medicine celebrated the completion of the first year of our Diversity Faculty Development Mentoring Circles program and welcomed our second cohort on February 27, 2020. Program participants - WCM underrepresented minority faculty - enjoyed an informal dinner and remarks from Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell... Read More

Dr. Guo Publishes Pivotal Paper in Science on Genome Editing of Gut Bacteria

Dr. Chun-Jun GuoDr. Chun-Jun Guo, Assistant Professor of Immunology in Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is lead author on a new study published in Science that has targeted a bacterial species - Clostridium sporogenes – commonly found in the human intestines. To carry out the research, Dr. Guo, and colleagues developed a new tool (CRISPR-Cas-based genome editing system). The study has yielded breakthroughs to help illuminate a growing body of evidence that gut microbial... Read More

Publication in Cell Metabolism Suggests Gut Microbiome Controls Blood Glucose Levels Through the Liver

Dr. David CohenDr. David E. Cohen, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has published a paper (as senior author) in Cell Metabolism that has opened a new window on the control of blood glucose levels through the liver via gut microbiome. Dr. Tibor Krisko, Assistant Professor of Medicine, and Dr. Hayley Nicholls Krisko, Assistant Professor of Metabolism Research in Medicine, served as co-authors on the paper.Funding for this study came from the NIH and a Pinnacle Research Award (... Read More

Dr. Wilkin Appointed as a Principal Investigator on $8.3 Million Grant from the NCI: HPV Clinical Trials

Dr. Timothy Wilkin, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, will serve as a co-Principal Investigator, in collaboration with the Moffitt Cancer Center and the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, on a five-year $8.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. The grant will fund critical studies on HPV-related cancers in people living with HIV and will include clinical trials focused on two forms of cancer – oropharyngeal and cervical.Related LinksWeill Cornell... Read More

Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Celebrates New Outpatient Primary Care Practice

A longtime supporter of NewYork-Presbyterian, Kathryn Greenberg made a transformational gift to the Hospital to create a new home for The Center on Aging in honor of Dr. Ronald D. Adelman, co-Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine.On January 30, 2020, NewYork-Presbyterian hosted a special event to celebrate Mrs. Greenberg and the grand opening of the Division’s new outpatient primary care practice. Now located on the second floor of the Payson Pavilion at NewYork-... Read More

Empowering Educators: WDOM Hosts Educational Forum in Collaboration with The Academy for Teachers

On January 23, 2020, Dr. Anthony Hollenberg, Weill Chair, WDOM, hosted a group of more than 20 teachers selected by The Academy for Teachers to participate in a master class at Weill Cornell Medicine.Part of The Academy for Teachers’ mission is to raise respect for teachers in NYC and the teaching profession as a whole; those teachers who were selected for Dr. Hollenberg’s master class had undergone a competitive process. All of them were science teachers, most of whom teach Living Environment... Read More

Dr. Tung Appointed to Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Judy Tung, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, has been appointed to serve as Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Tung is one of WCM’s leading internists and Chair of the Department of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. In her role as Associate Dean for Faculty Development, she will be providing the Office of Faculty Development with operational and strategic support.Related LinksWCM... Read More

Diversity Holiday Mixer Held at Griffis Faculty Club

A Diversity Holiday Mixer; co-sponsored by the Weill Department of Medicine, the Diversity Center of Excellence of the Cornell Center for Health Equity, and the Dean's Office of Diversity and Inclusion; was held in Griffis Faculty Club on January 7, 2020. The festive and extremely well-attended event included trainees, faculty, as well as Dr. Susana Morales, Vice Chair, Office of Diversity, and many other members of diversity leadership.

Targeting the Type 1 Interferon Pathway to Treat Lupus: Dr. Crow Provides Perspective in Science

In a perspective published in Science, Dr. Mary K. Crow, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, WDOM, and the Physician-in-Chief and Chair of Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery, has provided an analysis on new research findings involving the overproduction of type 1 interferon in lupus. The new research has yielded data on one of the mechanisms that might explain why interferon is being made in excess in lupus, and Dr. Crow notes this advance “also supports therapeutic targeting of the... Read More

The Challenges in Designing Clinical Trials for Lupus: Dr. Salmon Publishes Editorial in NEJM

Dr. Jane E. Salmon, Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, WDOM, and the Collette Kean Research Chair, Hospital for Special Surgery, has published an editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine that highlights the need for greater flexibility in clinical trial design for lupus. She notes that there is a challenge in designing clinical trials for lupus in terms of selection of outcomes instruments and suggests a remedy.Related LinksEditorial in NEJMHSS Newsroom