Weill Cornell's Clinical and Translational Science Center Awarded for NIH-Winning Video
With more than 1,000 "likes" on YouTube, a video created by Weill Cornell's Clinical and Translational Science Center was named a winner in a contest sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
The "Go with the CTSC and the NIH Common Fund: A Rap" video, which has been viewed more than 4,000 times, was one of the top five most "liked" videos in the NIH 10-Year Commemoration Symposium Song and Video Competition. The competition, which ended on May 9, encouraged investigators whose research is supported by the NIH Roadmap/Common Fund to submit short songs and videos that creatively and engagingly break down their complex science into easily digestible language.
The CTSC's prize: a certificate signed by NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins, and a screening of the video during the Common Fund's 10-Year Commemoration Symposium on June 19.
The 90-second rap music video stars Tim Baker, a program specialist at the CTSC and seasoned hip-hop artist. Baker wrote the song's lyrics and CTSC writer Jesse Jou produced the video, which features music by Kojo Kisseih, one of Baker's musical collaborators. The video captures the work the CTSC does, with NIH Common Fund support, to translate research breakthroughs from the lab to patients.
Established in 2007 with a $49 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the CTSC is a multi-institutional consortium in New York City that strives to advance preventive interventions and treatments through translational research.
Additional Awards and Honors
Dr. Zachary Grinspan, assistant professor of healthcare policy and research and assistant professor of pediatrics, gave an invited lecture titled "Potential Value of Health Information Exchange for People with Epilepsy" at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio on Feb. 19.
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, professor of healthcare policy and research (education), was reappointed to the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct by the Regents of The University of the State of New York for the term beginning Oct. 1, 2013 and ending Sept. 30, 2016. The Office of Professional Medical Conduct is responsible for investigating all complaints of misconduct, coordinating disciplinary hearings that may result from an investigation, monitoring physicians whose licenses have been restored after temporary license surrender, and monitoring physicians, physician assistants and specialist assistants placed on probation as a result of disciplinary action.
Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, chairman of the Department of Surgery, the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery and professor of surgery, was the Puestow/Freeark Visiting Professor on Jan. 22 at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill. His lecture was titled "Novel Strategies in the Management of Complex Small Bowel Crohn's Disease."