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A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine led by Dr. Louis Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center and the Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research in the division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, shows tirzepatide (trade name Zepbound) promoted greater weight loss in individuals with obesity than did semaglutide (trade name Wegovy) in a 72-week clinical trial that compared the safety and efficacy of the injectable drugs. When both drugs are...

Dr. Warren Johnson, a professor emeritus of medicine and founding director of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Center for Global Health, has been awarded the institution’s Joan and Sanford I. Weill Exemplary Achievement Award.

Weill Cornell Medicine established the Weill Award in 2018 in honor of the institution’s preeminent benefactors, Joan and Sanford I. Weill, and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the institution’s renaming. The award, which carries a $50,000 cash prize, is presented to...

Dr. Alexandra Huttle

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Alexandra Huttle, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics and an Instructor in Medicine in the Weill Department of Medicine, saw a striking number of her young patients presenting suicidal ideation (SI), notably three cases of recent suicide attempts (SA) by children under the age of 12 in a single week. Dr. Huttle was halfway through her pediatrics...

Pictured left to right: Drs. Arnab Ghosh, Oliver Fein

At the David Rogers Health Policy Colloquium, which is a forum for invited speakers to present their research, clinical programs, or demonstration projects, followed by a discussion with students, faculty and staff, Dr. Arnab Ghosh, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, gave a presentation titled “Climate and Health Policy: Where to from here?” urging policymakers,...