New York, NY (September 19, 2000) — A research team consisting of scientists from the Department of Psychiatry of Weill Cornell Medical College and the Department of Psychology of Harvard University has launched a major study of the enigmatic form...
New York, NY (September 15, 2000) — In the fast-moving field of health care, there is no end to new questions about quality, safety, access, and costs. To help answer some of these questions in a timely and scientific manner,...
$4.5 Million Grant from NIH Will Help To Turn Genomic Knowledge into Promising Drug Targets New York, NY (September 5, 2000) — In the wake of the completion of the human genome sequencing project, five New York research institutions have...
New York, NY (September 1, 2000) — Dr. Claudia Henschke, Chief of the Chest Imaging Division of the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, is leading a statewide consortium of medical institutions in a large-scale study of...
New York, NY (August 22, 2000) — A Peace Corps volunteer who spent three years in west Africa, a former member of the Chicago Bears, dancers and choreographers, enough musicians to start an orchestra — such are the talents and...
New York, NY (August 7, 2000) — The Starr Foundation, which has long supported the research and educational programs of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University and its clinical affiliate NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, has contributed $15...
Finding Promises Improved Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Tumors & Heart Disease New York, NY (August 7, 2000) — A team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, led by Dr. Craig T. Basson, has discovered a genetic mutation that...
New York, NY (August 3, 2000) — Carrying to a new level their clinical and basic research, a team of scientists and physicians at Weill Medical College of Cornell University has won a major international competition for a five-year, $7.5...
New York, NY (August 3, 2000) — A new procedure has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to correct farsightedness. Laser Thermal Keratoplasty (LTK) takes less than three seconds per eye and involves no cutting or...
New York, NY (August 1, 2000) — Of the 13 distinguished healthcare professionals whom President Clinton has appointed to a new White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, two are from New York Weill Cornell Medical Center: Dr....
New Research May Lead to New Male Contraceptives and New Treatment Approaches to Sterility/Infertility New York, NY (July 28, 2000) — Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have begun to elucidate the actual molecular and cellular processes by which post-ejaculation...
New York, NY (July 21, 2000) — Since at least 1500 B.C., people have believed in the health benefits of garlic. China and India used it as a blood-thinning agent, and it has been found in tombs in Egypt and...
New York, NY (July 11, 2000) — Helping the healthcare industry meet the challenge of providing the best quality care with the most efficient use of resources, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and its Department of Public Health are...
New York, NY (July 10, 2000) — Hao Wu, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, has been named one of a select group of Pew Scholars in the Biomedical...
New York, NY (July 10, 2000) — Dr. Timothy Ryan, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, has received one of the five McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards for...
NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center paid tribute to the late Dr. David E. Rogers by naming its Chelsea AIDS Unit in memory of the distinguished AIDS advocate last month. Part of the Hospital's Center for Special Studies, directed by...
One hundred and twelve MDs, representing the largest class in the history of the Medical College, and 30 PhDs and 3 MSs, from the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, received their newly minted diplomas on May 25...
Weill Cornell Graduate School students and faculty of the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience were a "hit" at both Hunter College Elementary School and P.S. 183 last month during "Brain Awareness Week." Students and faculty answered questions about the...
Congratulations to Sanford Weill, chairman of Weill Cornell's Board of Overseers and chairman and CEO of Citigroup Inc., for his recent appointment to President Clinton's Export Council. The Council, established within the Department of Commerce, advises the president on...
Dr. Jeffrey Borer, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology at Weill Cornell, will deliver the 2000 Roy C. Swan Lecture in Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Borer will discuss the "Effects of the Extraterrestrial Environment on Cardiovascular Pathophysiology" on Wednesday,...