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Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 7.

A monthly highlight of grants obtained by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, clinicians and students.

Weill Cornell Medical College has appointed Dr. Carla Boutin-Foster and Dr. Rache M. Simmons to the newly-created leadership positions of assistant deans for faculty diversity in the Office of Faculty Diversity in Medicine and Science.

Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar students honor faculty plus additional awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Aug. 24 - Aug. 31.

Weill Cornell Medical College has been awarded three new research grants from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society totaling $1.8 million. The funds will support critically-needed translational research for blood cancers, accelerating promising discoveries from the laboratory to the patient's bedside.

The annual White Coat Ceremony Tuesday was a moment each of the 103 students who comprise the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2016 have anxiously anticipated since they first set their sights on a career in medicine.

For a group of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, there's nothing more ethical than formalizing credentialing standards for ethicists who advise patients, families and clinicians on difficult cases. For that reason, these researchers have devised and implemented a process at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital they hope will forge a national paradigm for credentialing clinical ethics consultants who often counsel on issues of life and death.

Dr. Louis Aronne advocates for obesity drug outcome measures plus additional awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Aug. 17 - Aug. 24.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Aug. 8 its approval of Lucentis (ranibizumab injection) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema, an eye condition in people with diabetes that causes blurred vision, severe vision loss and sometimes blindness. Research and advocacy from two Weill Cornell Medical College leaders contributed to the FDA's approval.

Internal medicine residents honored at annual banquet plus additional awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Aug. 10 - Aug. 17.

Tiny space age probes -- those that can see inside single living cells -- are increasingly being used to diagnose illness in hard-to-reach areas of the body.

Your body is a reflection of your health, and every day it sends out signals about how healthy or unhealthy you may be. If you can read the signs correctly, you will be better equipped to detect and prevent the onset of illness.

Two researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have deciphered a mouse's retina's neural code and coupled this information to a novel prosthetic device to restore sight to blind mice. The researchers say they have also cracked the code for a monkey retina -- which is essentially identical to that of a human -- and hope to quickly design and test a device that blind humans can use.

A pioneer in reproductive endocrinology, Dr. Brij B. Saxena, the Harold and Percy Uris Professor of Reproductive Biology and professor of endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College, passed away on July 30. Dr. Saxena, who joined the Medical College faculty in 1966, dedicated more than 45 years of service to Weill Cornell and discovery research.

Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher speaks with Dr. Mark Lachs, co-chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, who is particularly interested in ending elder abuse and promoting healthy aging.

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the week of Aug. 3 - Aug. 10.

Researchers have successfully developed and tested a new prostate cancer screening method that uses the combined power of a novel drug therapy and changes in PSA levels over time to identify men with a high PSA who are more likely to have aggressive prostate cancer despite negative biopsies.

The research enterprise at the CornellNYC Tech campus has taken a major step forward, with key stakeholders beginning to shape the school's focus on fostering technologies to promote a healthier life.