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Dr. Ronald Crystal to Address National Press Club Event Sponsored by NHLBI; To Speak on Future of Research and Treatment for Deadly Chronic Lung Disease NEW YORK (January 18, 2007) — The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has...

Pre-medical student Salman Al Jerdi (Class of 2012, left) was among those students distributing leaflets about immunization at Landmark shopping mall in November. Youssef Francis (Class of 2012) gets behind the National Health Authority's Multi-Antigen Mass Immunization Campaign, as...

John Bul Dau, featured in the documentary "God Grew Tired of Us" about the "lost boys" of Sudan, speaks at Weill Cornell. Christopher Dillon Quinn, director of "God Grew Tired of Us." Mr. Dau with students, including Dan Friedman...

Doctors Without Borders/Weill Cornell Medical College Symposium at Cornell Club to Explore Ways to Fast-Track Drug Research and Development Howard P. Milstein to Give Symposium's Introductory Address and Provide Financial Support NEW YORK (January 11, 2007) — Each year, tuberculosis...

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...

Appel Institute for Alzheimer's Research Further Establishes Medical College as a World Leader in the Study of Neurodegenerative Disease NEW YORK (December 19, 2006) — Weill Cornell Medical College has announced today a vital gift of $15 million from Helen...

Dr. Scott Blanchard, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, is the recipient of a $200,000 James D. Watson Investigator grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research. The award will help support Dr. Blanchard's...

Cornell University President Dr. David Skorton (right) and Dr. Brian Kelly welcome guests at the Cornell Inventor Recognition Reception on Dec. 8. Dr. David Christini and Dr. David Hajjar, dean of the Graduate School President Skorton and Dr. Yi...

As another year passes and we move into 2007, the Weill Cornell community can look back on the past year and be proud of our accomplishments. We continue to train some of the brightest medical students in the country,...

Newly Created Position to Spearhead New Office of Institutional Advancement NEW YORK (December 15, 2006) — Senior development professional Susan Holt has been named to the newly created position of chief development officer at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is...

NEW YORK (December 14, 2006) — Weill Cornell Medical College has received a two-year $200,000 grant funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and administered by the RAND Corporation to establish the New York City Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research Center (NYC-IGRC)....

23-Protein Group Is Highly Accurate and First to Be Validated in Autopsied Patients, Cornell and Weill Cornell Team Report NEW YORK (December 11, 2006) — Scientists at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a panel of 23...

Dr. Owen Davis, associate professor of reproductive medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, has been named director of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The society was founded in 1944 and has grown to include members throughout the United States...

Lynn Goldstein, a dietitian at the Monahan Center, discusses tips for a healthier holiday season. Julie Negrin, director of Culinary Arts at the Jewish Community Center, demonstrates a few healthful recipes to try for the holidays. For many people...

Interest in sub-Saharan Africa brought many students to the region, including second-year student Sandra Demars, who traveled to Durban, South Africa, during the 2006 summer. Second-year student Yu Nina Niu gives a presentation of her visit to Shanghai's Children...

As Reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, AMG 531 Appears Safe, Effective Against the Autoimmune Disease NEW YORK (November 14, 2006) — Attacking a platelet-depleting autoimmune disease in a whole new way, an experimental drug is helping patients...

Microarray Technology Spots Patterns in Fine-Needle Aspirates That Identify Malignancy NEW YORK (November 14, 2006) — By fine-tuning "fine-needle aspiration" biopsies with a super-fast genetic microarray technology, a team of surgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York...

Tolterodine Plus Tamsulosin Works Better Than Either Drug Alone, Concludes NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell JAMA Study NEW YORK (November 14, 2006) — A major clinical trial finds that a combination of two common medications — tolterodine (Detrol LA) and tamsulosin (Flomax) —...