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Dr. Landau Wins the Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research

Dr. Dan Landau, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, has been awarded the 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. He is one of seven winners of the coveted award, which is given to early career investigators. The Pershing Square Foundation supports young investigators who demonstrate creativity, passion, and an ability to think unconventionally while exploring new territory in research to discover cures for cancer.Dr.... Read More

2018 Wallis Prize for Women's Health Research Awarded at Medicine Grand Rounds

The Dr. Lila A. and Benedict Wallis Prize for Women’s Health Research was founded in 2000 by Dr. Lila A. Wallis in honor of her late husband Dr. Benedict Wallis, to encourage outstanding research in women’s health. This award is funded by the Wallis Prize Fund with a prize of $3,000 to the winner and $1,500 to the runner up. This year, the judges decided on joint winners who will split the total prize monies. The finalists presented their work on June 6, 2018 at Medicine Grand Rounds.... Read More

QUDoM Class of 2018 Graduation at Fifth Annual QIPS Poster Symposium

On May 23, 2018, the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) hosted graduation events for Quality University – WDOM (QUDoM) Class of 2018, beginning with presentations of their quality improvement (QI) research projects at Grand Rounds. The events culminated with an awards presentation at the 5th annual Quality Improvement/Patient Safety (QIPS) poster symposium held in Griffis Faculty Lounge. QUDoM and the QIPS committee are led by Dr. Jennifer I. Lee, Vice Chair for QPS, Dr. Robert J. Kim, and... Read More

Dr. Ferrarone Named the Lee Cooperman Physician-Scientist of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Dr. John FerraroneDr. John Ferrarone, a Fellow in Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, has been named the Lee Cooperman Physician-Scientist of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. With this honor, Dr. Ferrarone will receive a four-year award in the amount of $460,000 to support his research activities in the area of lung adenocarcinoma, which is the most common form of lung cancer. Specifically, Dr. Ferrarone is studying lung adenocarcinomas that simultaneously... Read More

Dr. Leonard Receives Honorary Fellowship Award from the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association

Dr. John LeonardDr. John P. Leonard, the Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology, has been named as a recipient of the Honorary Fellowship Award from the Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Association. The award will be presented to Dr. Leonard at the Alumni Association’s reunion event held on October 5, 2018. Since 1970, this award has been given annually to Weill Cornell faculty (who did not receive an M.D. or Ph.D. from the Medical College) in... Read More

Health Equity Symposium Attracts Distinguished Support from the Medical and Tech Communities

L to R: Drs. Deborah Estrin, David Satcher, Augustine M.K. Choi, Monika Safford, and Avery August at the 2018 Health Equity SymposiumThe 2018 Cornell Tri-Campus Health Equity Symposium attracted more than 100 guests from the medical and technological sectors. The event was hosted by Co-Directors Dr. Monika Safford (Division Chief, General Internal Medicine, WDOM) and Dr. Avery August (Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Cornell University). The keynote speaker for the event was the... Read More

Dr. Anthony Hollenberg Appointed Chairman of the WDOM

Dr. Anthony HollenbergDr. Anthony Hollenberg, a premier physician-scientist in the field of endocrinology, has been appointed to serve as Chairman of the Weill Department of Medicine (WDOM) effective February 1, 2018. The WDOM is the largest clinical and academic department at Weill Cornell Medicine encompassing 16 divisions and 2,600 physicians and scientists. Dr. Hollenberg was recruited from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, where he is currently a... Read More

Division of General Internal Medicine Hosts “#ProudtobeGIM” Event

On January 29, 2018, the Division of General Internal Medicine hosted a special event – “#ProudtobeGIM.” Held in Griffis Faculty Club, the highly successful event that covered the full spectrum of general internal medicine was attended by 115 attendees. The event, which was centered around poster sessions and networking, covered a plethora of GIM-related topics from evidence-based medicine, integrative health and wellbeing, health care delivery and systems, to training issues, hospital... Read More

Dr. Martinez Receives More than Two Million Dollars in NIH Funding for The Capture Study

Dr. Fernando MartinezDr. Fernando Martinez, Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, is serving as Principal Investigator (PI) on a newly funded R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The nearly $11 million dollar grant (over five years) will fund The Capture Study through 2021. The Capture Study, guided by strong preliminary data, seeks to identify COPD patients who are underrecognized and undertreated in primary care. Employing a highly innovative... Read More

Dr. David Montrose Receives 2-Year Grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation

Dr. David MontroseDavid Montrose, Ph.D., an Instructor of Pharmacology in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has been awarded a 2-year grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Dr. Montrose’s project – Modulating the Microbiota and Metabolome for GI Cancer Prevention – was selected for funding after a rigorous review by the Foundation.The project, set to begin in January 2018, is focused on determining whether the chemopreventive effects of the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib, are... Read More