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Dr. Sara Czaja Leads New Center for Aging and Behavioral Research

Dr. Sara Czaja, an internationally recognized behavioral scientist with a background in engineering, has been serving as the Director of the newly launched Center on Aging and Behavioral Research at Weill Cornell Medicine since her recent recruitment to the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Under Dr. Czaja’s direction, the new center is achieving major breakthroughs in research in applied gerontology. Advances at the center are rapidly creating a better quality of life for an ever... Read More

Breakthrough on Cell-free DNA Published in PNAS: Dr. Dadhania, Co-senior Author

Dr. Darshana DadhaniaDr. Darshana Dadhania, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, served as co-senior author on a breakthrough paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (August 2019) that has deciphered a new role for cell-free DNA (dead fragments of DNA) in identifying viruses and bacteria and associated damage in the human body. Dr. Dadhania collaborated with Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran (Division Chief) and Dr. John R. Lee (... Read More

The Weill Department of Medicine Remembers Esteemed Colleague and Friend Dr. Charles L. Christian

With profound sadness, the WDOM announces the passing of Dr. Charles L. Christian. Dr. Christian – a premier leader in the field of rheumatology – passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2019. He served as Physician-in-Chief of the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) for 25 years, and, on two occasions, as the Acting Physician-in-Chief (NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) and as Chair of Medicine (Weill Cornell). Dr. Christian, who achieved major advances in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and in... Read More

Dr. Laura Alonso Appointed to Chief of the WDOM’s Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Laura Alonso, M.D., ChiefAfter a national search, Dr. Laura Alonso will become the next Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism as of September 1, 2019. She will also serve as the Director of the Weill Center for Metabolic Health. An accomplished physician-scientist, Dr. Alonso was previously the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Term Chair in Diabetes and Director of Beta Cell Biological Studies at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Alonso received a B.A.... Read More

Dr. Dupnik Receives a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Dr. Kathryn M. Dupnik, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Global Health and the Division of Infectious Diseases, has received a Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA) from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). Out of 210 applications, 16 physician-scientists were selected with input from a panel of distinguished experts in the medical field. For her project entitled, “Dynamics of the HIV Reservoir and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Burden in People with HIV-TB,” Dr. Dupnik was... Read More

Dr. Shin Receives a Visioning Award from Dr. Pollack’s NYC Visioning Initiative

Dr. Joseph ShinDr. Joseph Shin has received a Visioning Award from the New York City Visioning initiative that was established by Dr. Martha E. Pollack, President of Cornell University, Ithaca. Dr. Pollack had created and charged a 12-member committee of faculty from the Ithaca campus, Cornell Tech, and Weill Cornell Medicine to envision what the university’s presence in New York City might look like over the next decade. Thirty projects were submitted to the committee and four projects were... Read More

Dr. Peck Receives 2019 Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine

Dr. Robert Peck (Photo credit: Studio Brooke)Dr. Robert Peck, an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has been honored with the 2019 Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine from the American Medical Association Foundation. Dr. Peck was appointed to Director of the Training Program at the Weill Bugando School of Medicine in Tanzania in 2007. Since then, he has mentored more than 240 U.S. medical residents, 40 medical students, 19 undergraduates, and 10... Read More

The Young Investigators Award Recipients of 2019

The 28th Young Investigators Award was announced on June 26, 2019 at Medicine Grand Rounds. This award is presented annually to members of the Weill Department of Medicine below the rank of professor who perform on outstanding levels in the areas of clinical and/or basic biomedical research. It is supported by the Michael Wolk Foundation.WinnerDan Landau, M.D., Ph.D.Single-cell Multi-omics to Chart Malignant Blood Cell EvolutionRunners-UpIliyan D. Iliev, Ph.D.Gut Mycobiota Shapes Host Immunity... Read More

Dr. Ben-Gary Harvey Leads Successful Launch of New Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Program for Patients with Emphysema

A new program for Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) has been successfully launched in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, led by Dr. Ben-Gary Harvey who serves as the division’s Director of Bronchoscopy and Procedure Services. The bronchoscopic endobronchial valve treatment represents a major advancement in the management of individuals with COPD because it is the first minimally invasive procedure to help emphysema sufferers breathe better without major surgery.Dr.... Read More

Dr. Sara J. Czaja Honored by the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)

Dr. Sara J. Czaja, a Professor of Gerontology in Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, has been honored with an award from the GSA for her work as a co-author on the book, Designing for Older Adults: Principles and Creative Human Factors Approach. Dr. Czaja and colleagues will receive the GSA’s Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award (in the realm of behavioral and social sciences) at the 2019 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting held in Austin, Texas.Designing for Older... Read More