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Professorship Endowed by Maurice R. Greenberg and the Starr Foundation NEW YORK (April 26, 2007) — An internationally recognized authority in vascular surgery, Dr. K. Craig Kent has been named the first Greenberg-Starr Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, named...

Dr. Randi Silver speaks to the junior fellows, ninth-grade students enrolled in the Junior Fellows program of the New York Academy of Medicine, during their recent visit to Weill Cornell labs. Dr. Aihao Ding leads the students through a...

The Rab10 Protein Helps Regulate the Uptake of Glucose Into Cells, According to Weill Cornell Medical College Study NEW YORK (April 3, 2007) — Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a protein called Rab10 as an important partner...

Appointment to Professor Barbara L. Bass, M.D., Professor of Surgery. (Dr. Bass is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.) Donald J. D'Amico, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology (with tenure). Bruce Davidson, M.D., Professor of Medicine. Edith I....

Dr. Robert Abrams, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, was named the 2007 Clinician of the Year by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). The award acknowledges Dr. Abram's commitment to ensuring access to quality mental health care for...

March was National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a program founded to generate widespread awareness about colorectal cancer by encouraging people to learn more about prevention and early detection of the disease. Colorectal cancer is currently the second-leading cause of...

Seventh-graders from the East Side Middle School learned how scientists use their equipment at Weill Cornell Medical College. Twenty-three teams of student investigators from East Side Middle School-with names like "The Independent Variablezzz," "The Brown-Eyed Perfectionists," and "20/20"-displayed science...

Class of 2010 student Anastasia Grivoyannis and Professor of Pharmacology Dr. Hazel Szeto. First-year student Brian Rebolledo and Office of Medical Student Research Director Dr. Joel Pardee. First-year student Crystal Hung discusses her study on fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia with...

NEW YORK (April 2, 2007) — Women who get hot flashes have higher blood pressure than those who don't, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medical College. High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart...

Results of NY-ELCAP Study Led by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell NEW YORK (March 29, 2007) — Annual computed tomography (CT) screening identifies a high proportion of patients with early-stage lung cancer, according to the latest findings of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical...

With Past Contributions, Gift Is One of Largest in the History of Psychiatry NEW YORK (March 23, 2007) — The New York Community Trust announced today that it has made a grant of nearly $70 million from its DeWitt Wallace...

Weill Cornell Mouse Study Finds SS31 Helps Pancreatic Cells Survive and Thrive NEW YORK (March 21, 2007) — A peptide developed by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College may expand the availability and durability of islet cell transplant for patients...

Weill Cornell Team Devises First High-Throughput Means of Tracking Single Molecules in This Drug Discovery "Hot Spot" in the Cell NEW YORK (March 21, 2007) — The ribosome is a kind of factory for protein in the cell, and as...

Paper Seeks to Clarify What Can Be a Confusing Array of Treatment Options Higher Success Rates Shown in Procedures Using Plate System NEW YORK (March 21, 2007) — Patients with serious degenerative spinal disease, a painful condition in which the...

The graduate students arrive at the NICU with their knitted hats, with Dr. Jeffrey Perlman (far right), chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine; Barbara Loughlin (third from right), wife of Dr. Gerald Loughlin, chairman of the Department of...

Over the last decade, there have been significant advances in skin care, yet the most important advice on preventing skin damage remains age-old: protect yourself from the sun. Although the effects of sun damage were a common refrain throughout...