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Dr. Lewis Cantley Receives $3 Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

For excellence in cancer research, Dr. Lewis Cantley, the Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor in Oncology Research and Professor of Cancer Biology in Medicine, received an Inaugural $3 Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. The award was given to Dr. Cantley for his landmark discovery of the signaling pathway phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K).Related LinksArticle in The New York Times

On the Heels of Breakthrough Test for Kidney Transplant Patients, the First International Nephrology Conference is Held in Qatar

Dr. Manikkam SuthanthiranDr. Manikkam Suthanthiran recently attended the first ever Nephrology Conference held in Qatar as guest speaker. The event was covered in The Peninsula, a Qatar newspaper featuring local news with a global vision. Dr. Suthanthiran was quoted in the article on a recent groundbreaking "non-invasive" test for kidney transplant patients that he and his team developed in their laboratory at NYP/WCM."This non-invasive test is a good substitute for allograft needle biopsy; it... Read More

Employee Recognition Program Honors First "Star Performer" and Other Outstanding Employees

Drs. Etingin (L) and Midoneck (R) with Nadine MirandaThe Employee Recognition Review Committee (R3) of the Department of Medicine (DOM) completed its first bimonthly review of all nominees. The program, which honors outstanding service by DOM employees, named Nadine Miranda, Senior Patient Coordinator, Iris Cantor Women's Center, as the top "Star Performer" of this first review cycle.She was given a gift certificate, and Dr. Etingin and Dr. Midoneck congratulated her on-site when she received... Read More

DOM Awards $50,000 Seed Grants to Three Recipients

Dr. Jennifer Downs in TanzaniaDr. Duane HassaneThe ad hoc committee for the Department of Medicine Seed Grant for Innovative Research reviewed numerous outstanding applications for 2012. The three recipients are Dr. Jennifer Downs, Dr. Duane Hassane, and Dr. Yariv Houvras. Each recipient will receive a one-year seed grant in the amount of $50,000. Click for research project titles and the exciting research underway in the fields of HIV, acute myeloid leukemia, and genetics.The seed grants are... Read More

Marcus M. Reidenberg Award in Community Service Established

Dr. ReidenbergDr. Marcus M. Reidenberg, Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Public Health, and Chief of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, was recently honored by the Weill Cornell Office of Community Service and Student Affairs with the creation of the Marcus M. Reidenberg Award in Community Service. Upon hearing of the creation of the Award, Dr. Reidenberg said, "It is always thrilling for a teacher to get this kind of acknowledgement from one's students. I feel very honored and... Read More

Dr. Leonard Highlighted in Westchester Magazine as a Cancer Buster

Dr. John LeonardDr. John P. Leonard, a hematologist and oncologist and an internationally recognized expert in lymphoma, shared his knowledge – as well as a hopeful vision for the future – in the January 2013 issue of Westchester Magazine, which listed its "Top 8 Game Changers in Westchester." For more than a decade, Dr. Leonard, Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Associate Dean for Clinical Research (WCMC), has been at the forefront of personalized... Read More

Human Kidney Allograft Sequenced for the First Time: Landmark Paper in Transplantation

Dr. SuthanthiranWCMC investigators, collaborating with national and international scientists, have achieved a milestone in the field of kidney transplantation. For the first time, a human kidney allograft (and/or involving a kidney from a human) has been sequenced for the expression pattern of small RNAs. This original research by Dr. Manikkam Suthanthiran and colleagues has resulted in a landmark paper in Transplantation.The original research entitled "MicroRNA Sequence Profiles of Human... Read More

Dr. Schafer Receives Prestigious Williams Award: Two Decades of Progress in Internal Medicine

Dr. Andrew SchaferDr. Andrew I. Schafer will receive the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM)'s highest honor – the Williams Award – at the association's Winter Meeting 2012. The Robert H. Williams, M.D., Distinguished Professor Award acknowledges outstanding leadership by a chair of a department of internal medicine at a medical school. According to the official announcement, it is considered to be 'the most prestigious prize in the field of academic internal medicine.' The nominating... Read More

Dr. Melnick Decoding the Software Behind Cancer: Landmark Paper in Cancer Discovery

A world-renowned expert in epigenomics, Dr. Ari Melnick, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, has achieved yet another advancement for the targeting of cancer therapies. Published in Cancer Discovery, Dr. Melnick led a team of national and international scientists in a first of its kind study in which they decoded the key "software" instructions that drive three of the most virulent forms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Specifically, they uncovered that ALL's "software" is... Read More

Dr. Rhee's Research Shows How Antibiotic Drugs Work in Living Cells

Dr. Kyu Y. Rhee, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and a team of physician-scientists applied the technology of mass spectrometry to study the process by which existing antibiotics attack tuberculosis once inside bacterial cells.Related LinksWeill Cornell Newsroom