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Study Reveals New Clues in Liver Disease Prevention

The aging liver undergoes dramatic changes in its functional organization and other key attributes, which may underpin its increasing susceptibility to disease, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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How Vessels in the Lungs Switch Gears to Promote Healing

A protein called PAR1 helps lymphatic vessels structurally transform to boost fluid drainage and support healing when the lungs are injured according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine.

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New Precision Medicine Approach Identifies a Promising Ovarian Cancer Treatment

A pairing of two experimental drugs inhibits tumor growth and blocks drug-induced resistance in ovarian cancer, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

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Fat May Play an Important Role in Brain Metabolism

While glucose, or sugar, is a well-known fuel for the brain, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have demonstrated that electrical activity in synapses—the junctions between neurons where communication occurs—can lead to the use of lipid or fat droplets as an energy source.

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Dr. Coleman to Receive Greenberg Award (May 2)

February 19, 2001

Dr. D. Jackson Coleman, chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and the John Milton McLean Professor of Ophthalmology, will receive NewYork Weill Cornell's highest honorthe Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Awardat the Greenberg Award dinner on May 2 at...

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New Foot Center Opens

February 19, 2001

Ready to welcome patients to the new Foot Center are co-directors Dr. David Levine (left) and Dr. Rock Positano, and administrator Vickie Hoffmann. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has opened a new Foot Center located in the Starr Pavilion...

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New Microarray Core Facility Opens

February 12, 2001

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Division of Research Support Services, has announced the opening of a new Microarray Core Facility. The facility, operated by the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, offers an Affymetrix-based system for gene expression...

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Fourth International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer (Feb. 23-25)

February 12, 2001

The 4th International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer, hosted by Weill Cornell's Department of Radiology, will be held at the Medical College on Friday, Feb. 23, to Sunday, Feb. 25. Conference participants will review the protocol for early...

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Anatomy of Anatomy: Discussion and Exhibition (Feb. 21)

February 12, 2001

Author/photographer Meryl Levin joins five Weill Cornell panelists in a special presentation and discussion of her book and traveling exhibition "Anatomy of Anatomy," which documents a group of Weill Cornell medical students, Class of 2001, and their dissections of...

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Dr. Hajjar Receives $12.3 Million Renewal NIH Program Project Grant in Vascular Cell Signaling

February 12, 2001

Congratulations to Dr. David Hajjar, director of Weill Cornell's Center for Vascular Biology, who recently received a five-year, $12.3 million renewal award from the NIH for his Program Project Grant in Vascular Cell Signaling. Research in this program addresses...

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Dr. Clayson Receives 'Dean's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching'

February 12, 2001

Dr. Clayson receives the Dean's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching presented by Dean Antonio Gotto (right) and Dr. Jack Barchas (left), chairman of the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Clayson with many of the first- and second-year medical students...

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Office of Environmental Health and Safety (Formerly Office of Life Safety)

February 12, 2001

The Medical College's Office of Life Safety has changed its name and is now the Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S). "Environmental health and safety" is the prevalent terminology in the field, according to George Meeker, director of...

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Weill Cornell Faculty in the News - February 12, 2001

February 12, 2001

Weill Cornell hosted a Meet the Press media event on Feb. 2 in the Griffis Faculty Club. The program included presentations by health reporters Paul Moniz of WCBS-TV, Judy Messina of Crain's, Barbara Durkin of Newsday, and Hallie Levine...

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Dmitriy Aronov, High School Student Working in Weill Cornell Lab, Is Intel Science Talent Search Finalist

February 9, 2001

New York, NY (February 9, 2001) — One of the 40 national finalists in this year's Intel Science Talent Search contest is Dmitriy Aronov, a Stuyvesant High School student who pursued his project in the lab of Dr. Jonathan D....

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Weill Cornell Faculty in the News - February 5, 2001

February 5, 2001

Dr. Barbara Bartlik (psychiatry) was interviewed by The New Yorker on new developments in female sexual dysfunction. Dr. Sandra Belmont (ophthalmology) appeared on both "NBC Nightly News" and WABC radio speaking about laser thermal keratoplasty (LTK) for treatment of...

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Dr. Lewis Drusin

Dr. Drusin to Receive C.U.'s Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award

February 5, 2001

Dr. Lewis Drusin Dr. Lewis Drusin, professor of clinical public health and professor of clinical medicine, and an exceptionally active and loyal alumnus of the Medical College (Class of 1964), is one of six winners of Cornell University's 2001...

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'Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention Research' Is Topic for Dean's Hour (Feb. 7)

February 5, 2001

Dr. Gilbert Botvin, professor of psychology in public health and professor of psychology in psychiatry, will present "Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention Research" at the Dean's Hour on Feb. 7 in Weill Auditorium. He will discuss the problem of...

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NewYork Weill Cornell Community Invited to Special JAMA-Lasker Foundation Research Presentation at Rockefeller Univ. (Feb. 6)

February 5, 2001

Members of the NewYork Weill Cornell community are invited to a special presentation on "Opportunities for Medical Research in the 21st Century," on Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 9:45 to 11:45 a.m., at Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium. Co-hosted by JAMA...

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Dr. Chervenak Appointed Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology

February 5, 2001

Dr. Frank Chervenak (left) is congratulated by Dean Antonio Gotto, who announced Dr. Chervenak's appointment at Ob/Gyn Grand Rounds. Dr. Frank Chervenak, who has been acting chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has been appointed the Given...

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Weill Cornell Faculty in the News - January 29, 2001

January 29, 2001

Women's Health Advisor, a subscription newsletter sponsored by Weill Cornell's Center for Women's Healthcare and edited by Dr. Orli Etingin (medicine), will be cited in a Time magazine feature as one of the publications that senior citizens are reading...

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Dr. Steven Schroeder, President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to Be First Lubin Distinguished Visiting Professor in Public Health

January 29, 2001

Dr. Steven A. Schroeder, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will be the guest of the Department of Public Health as the first Lorraine and Ralph Lubin Distinguished Visiting Professor at WMC, Feb. 14–15. On Wednesday,...

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Weill Cornell Hosts Media Breakfast on Complementary Medicine

January 29, 2001

The Office of Public Affairs will host a breakfast presentation for the news media on Thursday, Feb. 1, at which three of Weill Cornell's leading experts on complementary and integrative medicine will make presentations. Following introductions by Dean Antonio...

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'The Gospel of Germs' Is Topic for Dean's Hour/Heberden Society Lecture (Jan. 24)

January 22, 2001

Nancy Tomes, Ph.D., professor of history at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, will present the combined Dean's Hour and Heberden Society Lecture (in the history of medicine) on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 5 p.m. in...

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Dr. D. Jackson Coleman to Receive Greenberg Distinguished Service Award (May 2)

January 22, 2001

Dr. D. Jackson Coleman Dr. D. Jackson Coleman, chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and the John Milton McLean Professor of Ophthalmology, has been named the recipient of the 2001 Maurice R. Greenberg Distinguished Service Award. He will receive...

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