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Dr. Ruan Earns Top 10 Clinical Research Award for Lymphoma Research

Dr. Jia Ruan, an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, who works with the The Lymphoma Clinical Research Group at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, has been awarded a 2016 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum. The award is in recognition of breakthrough research demonstrating the efficacy of an innovative combination therapy for treating mantle cell lymphoma (published in The New England Journal of Medicine).Read the full story here.

Dr. Michael G. Knight Named as a '40 Under 40' Leader in Health

Dr. Michael G. Knight, who trained in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named as one of the '40 Under 40 Leaders in Health' by the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF). The NMQF is an organization dedicated to eliminating health disparities through innovation, collaboration and data-driven initiatives.Dr. Michael KnightIn its inaugural year, the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Health program honors influential young minority leaders – including physicians,... Read More

New Breakthrough on the Causes of Allergic Inflammation of the Lung: Study from the Artis Lab Published in Nature Immunology

Dr. Laurel MonticelliPublished today, April 4, 2016, in Nature Immunology, research from the Artis Lab, leading a five-institution collaboration, has uncovered a pivotal finding implicating a metabolic pathway that promotes allergic inflammation in the lung. The groundbreaking studies identify that an enzyme, Arginase-1, changes the metabolism within ILCs, a recently identified class of innate immune cells. Dr. Laurel Monticelli, first author and a postdoctoral associate in the Artis Lab, used... Read More

Dr. Niederman Featured in ISICEM News: Prevention of Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

Dr. Michael Niederman, Clinical Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, was recently featured in an article in ISICEM News, the official daily newsletter of the 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Niederman provided his perspective on whether, and how, VAP (ventilation-associated pneumonia) can be prevented in the ICU. An ongoing challenge that involves a complex set of issues, studies suggest that half of all VAP is preventable. Dr.... Read More

Dr. Goyal Receives Prestigious Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases

Dr. Parag GoyalThe New York Academy of Medicine has announced that the Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases has been awarded to Dr. Parag Goyal. Dr. Goyal, currently a fellow in the Division of Cardiology, trained in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine.The Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship is a one-year award that will support Dr. Goyal's research project, "Patient Identified Contributors to Readmission Among Older Adults with Heart Failure." The project... Read More

Dr. Garrett-Bakelman Invited by NASA to Speak on Medical Genomics

Dr. Francine Garrett-Bakelman, an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, was invited by NASA to speak on "Medical Genomics." On February 11, 2016, she delivered a talk at the Universities Space Research Association, Lunar and Planetary Institute, in Houston, Texas, reporting on medical genomic technologies, applications, and their integration into clinical care.Dr. Francine Garrett-BakelmanDr. Garrett-Bakelman's talk was held as part of NASA's "Friday Science... Read More

Dr. Cohen Appointed to Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Dr. David E. Cohen has been appointed as Vincent Astor Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Weill Department of Medicine. Dr. Cohen will be joining the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in July of 2016.David E. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.Dr. Cohen received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University in 1987. He completed internal medicine residency... Read More

Dr. Cantley Receives 2016 Wolf Prize in Medicine

Dr. Lewis C. Cantley has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Wolf Prize in Medicine. Dr. Cantley, who serves as the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, received this award in recognition of his groundbreaking discovery of the enzyme (PI3K) and the signaling pathway that it controls. Dr. Cantley found that human cancers frequently occur due to activation of PI3K, which has led to targeted drug development and clinical trials in the field of cancer.Related LinksWeill... Read More

Dr. Pitt Appointed to Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)

After a national search, Dr. Geoffrey Stuart Pitt has been appointed to Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Pitt will be joining the Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Division of Cardiology as the Ida and Theo Rossi Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Weill Department of Medicine in July of 2016. As Director of the CVRI, he will lead and direct the basic and translational research program focused on cardiovascular diseases and... Read More

Dr. Sonnenberg Publishes Collaborative Study in Nature Medicine: New Promising Approach for Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Dr. Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has published pivotal findings in Nature Medicine. Dr. Sonnenberg, a member of the Roberts Institute for Research in IBD, has led an international team that developed an innovative therapeutic approach that blocked production of an inflammation-promoting molecule in mice – but left key protective immune factors intact. This breakthrough has provided promise for a new... Read More