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New Lab Test to Detect Persistent HIV Strains in Africa May Aid Search for Cure

Dr. Guinevere LeeA multinational team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, including lead author Dr. Guinevere Lee, assistant professor of virology in medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, have developed a test that will help measure the persistence of HIV in people affected by viral strains found predominantly in Africa—a vital tool in the search for an HIV cure that will benefit patients around... Read More

Dr. Jones Receives MERIT Grant Funding Research On How the Immune System Can Banish HIV

Dr. Brad JonesDr. Brad Jones, associate professor of immunology in medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a $4.2 million MERIT grant to study how the immune system in some people infected with HIV can keep the virus under control, which could lead to novel therapeutic strategies for thwarting or eliminating HIV. The grant, from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).The “Method for Extending... Read More

Dr. Margaret (Molly) McNairy Named NAM Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine

Dr. Margaret (Molly) McNairyDr. Margaret McNairy, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been selected as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine (ELHM) Scholar by the National Academy of Medicine.Launched in 2016, the ELHM program annually selects early- and mid-career professionals who have demonstrated leadership and professional achievement in biomedical science, population health, health care and related fields.... Read More

Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Symposium Celebrates Patient Safety Initiatives and Innovations

The Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Poster Symposium was held at Griffis Faculty Club last month, on May 22, 2024. For more than a decade, this event has been an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary celebration of grassroots quality and patient safety initiatives and innovations.Co-sponsored through the Quality Improvement Academy-Weill Cornell Medicine (QIA), the NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Department of Nursing, and the Physician Organization’s Division of Quality and... Read More

Dr. Mohammad Arifuzzaman Wins 2024 Tri-Institutional Breakout Award

Dr. Mohammad Arifuzzaman, a postdoctoral associate in the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a 2024 Tri-Institutional Breakout Award for Junior Investigators.Weill Cornell Medicine, The Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center present the awards annually, recognizing exceptional investigators for their remarkable research achievements,... Read More

Study Identifies ILC3s as Critical Link Between Potent IL-23 Driven Inflammatory Response

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered a previously unknown link between two key pathways that regulate the immune system in mammals—a finding that impacts our understanding of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). This family of disorders severely impacts the health and quality of life of more than 2 million people in the United States.The immune system has many pathways to protect the body from infection, but sometimes an overactive immune response results in autoimmune... Read More

Study Finds Home Health Aides Struggle with Mental Health

Home health aides (HHAs) are vulnerable to stress, isolation and depressive symptoms, which impact their own health as well as their patients’ desire to age in place, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. HHAs are a rapidly growing workforce trained and certified to provide personal and medical care, as well as emotional support, in the home.“As a doctor, I’ve learned that home health aides are a critical part of patients’ well-being,” said senior author Dr. Madeline Sterling,... Read More

Weill Department of Medicine Pilots Full-Day Education Retreat

The Weill Department of Medicine’s Education Office recently piloted a full-day Education Retreat for faculty across the Department to share projects, programs, and initiatives directly impacting medical education practices and operations. Dr. Kirana Gudi, Vice Chair of Education, provided opening remarks for the May 7 event. Presenters included Drs. Kate Penziner and Bryan Leppert, who shared their experience involving residents in developing content for the Department’s internal medicine... Read More

Dolores T. Reynolds Recognized for Lifetime Achievement at Second Annual Nursing Awards

Dolores T. Reynolds, R.N., a Research Administrator in the Division of Cardiology, won the Lifetime Achievement Award at Weill Cornell Medicine’s recent second annual nursing awards, held in Belfer Research Building on May 8.After studying nursing in her native Ireland and training in London, Ms. Reynolds came to the United States in 1993 to pursue a nursing career in the New York City area. She came to Weill Cornell Medicine in 1998, where she worked in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory... Read More

Numerous Weill Department of Medicine Faculty Recognized At Convocation and Commencement Ceremonies

Numerous Weill Department of Medicine faculty members and Weill Cornell Medicine residents were honored during last week’s commencement and convocation ceremonies.Congratulations to our Senior List Excellence inTeaching awardees: Dr. Juliet Aizer, Dr. Andrea Card, Dr. Emily Coskun, Dr. Bryan Leppert, Dr. Anthony Ogedegbe, Dr. David Scales, Dr. Deborah Silber and Dr. Alexis Vien.Dr. Brian Eiss won the Elliott Hochstein and Richard A Hermann MD Teaching Awards. He says he always wanted to be a... Read More