Multiple Sclerosis Center

Brain and Behavior, a required course for students in the fall of their second year, covers a wide range of topics—from basic neuroscience to diseases of the central nervous system and the physiology of mental illness. 

The Junior Faculty Fellowship Fund, which provides $50,000 in research support to exceptional junior faculty who are juggling basic or clinical research with childcare responsibilities, recently made awards to five Weill Cornell Medicine scientists and physicians.

Researchers have discovered that "good" cholesterol in blood also carries a protein that powerfully regulates immune function, and together they play an important role in preventing inflammation in the body.

A research team from Weill Cornell Medical College and The Rockefeller University has identified a bacterium it believes may trigger multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic, debilitating disorder that damages myelin forming cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Weill Cornell Medical College has established the new Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, a unique, multidisciplinary translational neuroscience research hub. Named in honor of long-time benefactors Gertrude and Louis Feil, the institute was created with a generous $28 million gift from the Feil Family.

(From left) Dr. Antonio M. Gotto Jr., Carole Feil, Marilyn Barry, Judith Jaffe and Jeffrey Feil celebrate the Gertrude and Louis Feil Family Research Building dedication, Oct. 4. Gertrude and Louis Feil's legacy of philanthropy at Weill Cornell Medical...

Gift Also Creates Two Feil Family Clinical Scholar Awards in Multiple Sclerosis NEW YORK (January 2, 2007) — The Feil Family Foundation, with matching funds from the Dean's Challenge, has pledged $5.33 million to establish the new Judith Jaffe Multiple...

Dr. Daniel Alonso was interviewed about the new Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar for New Physician magazine. Dr. Brian Apatoff (neurology) was interviewed about new developments in treating multiple sclerosis by Healthology.com. Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) was interviewed...

Dr. Brian Apatoff (neurology) was interviewed by the New York Post on multiple sclerosis. Dr. Louis Aronne (medicine) has begun a series of appearances on the CBS Early Show, commenting on and monitoring a weight-loss program for five participants....