The Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, led by Dr. Laith Abu-Raddad, director of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Biomathematics Research Core, associate professor of public health and assistant professor of public health at the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, received the Best Research Team of the Year 2013 award from the Qatar National Research Fund. The award is given annually for the most productive research project among those funded by the Qatar National Research Fund, the grant-funding arm of Qatar Foundation and the leading organization for funding research projects in Qatar. Fund leaders announced the winner of the award during its fifth annual form May 14.
A 2012 paper co-authored by Dr. Tara F. Bishop, the Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar in Public Health - Clinical Evaluation, assistant professor of public health and assistant professor of medicine, was one of three seminal articles in medical professionalism to win the Professionalism Article Prize from the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation on May 7. The article, "Overuse of Health Care Services in the United States," was published in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Ethel Cesarman, assistant director of the Molecular Hematopathology Laboratory and professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, co-organized the 16th International Workshop on Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus and Related Agents, which occurred from June 30 to July 3 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Researchers working on all aspects of Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus and related viruses attended the workshop to present their work and interact with colleagues. Scientific sessions with platform and poster presentations covered topics ranging from basic virology to epidemiology to clinical advances.
Dr. Marshall Glesby, director of the Cornell Clinical Trials Unit, associate chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, professor of medicine and professor of public health, and Dr. Tim Wilkin, associate professor of medicine and investigator for the Cornell Clinical Trials Unit, jointly received the CTSC Award for Teaching Excellence for their course, "Clinical Trials Design and Analysis." The award is given in recognition of instructors who have made a difference in clinical and translational research education. This honor is based on student feedback provided in annual course evaluations.
Dr. Marcus Reidenberg, chief of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, professor of pharmacology, professor of medicine and professor of public health, has been elected to the United States Pharmacopeial Convention's Therapeutic Information and Formulary Support Expert Committee. In March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requested the USP to develop the Medicare Model Guidelines under the Medicare Modernization Act. Among its various activities, the committee will develop revised guidelines for drug benefits for Medicare and guidelines for other drug benefit programs. The USP is a scientific nonprofit that sets standards, enforceable in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration, for the identity, quality and purity of medicines, as well as food ingredients and dietary supplements manufactured, distributed and consumed worldwide.
Dr. Renat Shaykhiev, assistant professor of genetic medicine, co-chaired the scientific symposium "The Multifunctional Basal Cell: More than a Progenitor" at the 2013 American Thoracic Society International Conference May 17-22 in Philadelphia, Pa. The annual conference brings together a multi-disciplinary group connected by expertise in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. The society is the leading medical association dedicated to advancing clinical and scientific understanding of pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses and sleep-related breathing disorders.
Dr. Stacy K. Ugras, a resident in the Department of Surgery, was selected as the Breast Cancer Alliance fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for 2013-2014, an honor reserved for a top candidate.
In May, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar faculty received awards in recognition of their dedication to students. The following are winners of the 2013 Excellence in Education Awards
Pre-Medical Program Awards
Foundation Program - Dr. Renee Richer
1st Year Pre-Medical Program - Dr. Daniel Renzi
1st Year Pre-Medical Program - Dr. James Roach
English Writing Pre-Medical Program - Mr. Ian Miller
2nd Year Pre-Medical Program - Dr. Moncef Ladjimi
2nd Year Pre-Medical Program - Dr. Kevin Smith
Medical Program Awards
Molecules, Genes and Cells - Dr. Khaled Machaca
Human Structure and Function - Dr. Rachel Koshi
Host Defenses - Dr. Ali Sultan
Brain and Mind - Dr. Naim Haddad
Basis of Disease - Dr. Thurayya Arayssi
Basis of Disease - Dr. Gerardo Guiter
Medicine, Patients and Society I - Dr. Ziyad Mahfoud
Medicine, Patients and Society II - Dr. Naim Haddad
Clinical Clerkship - Dr. Badreldeen Ahmed
Clinical Clerkship - Dr. Hassen Al-Amin
Clinical Clerkship - Dr. Thurayya Arayssi
Clinical Clerkship - Dr. Bakr Nour
1st Year Visiting Faculty - Dr. Estomih Mtui
2nd Year Visiting Faculty - Dr. Robert Kim
2nd Year Visiting Faculty - Dr. Estomih Mtui
More than two dozen of Weill Cornell's faculty received Excellence in Teaching Awards June 19
Juliet Aizer, M.D. - Medicine, Patients and Society II
Jessica Ancker, Ph.D. - Public Health Clerkship
Zoltan Antal, M.D. - Pediatrics Clerkship
Lily Belfi, M.D. - Introductory Clerkship
Evelyn Chu, M.D. - Primary Care Clerkship
Susanna Cunningham-Rundles, Ph.D. - Advanced Biomedical Science
Jeremy Dittman, Ph.D. - Molecules, Genes and Cells
Rosalinda Guce, M.D. - Human Structure and Function
Erica Jones, M.D. - Medicine Clerkship