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As more states legalize cannabis (now 37) for medical or recreational purposes its use during pregnancy is increasing, along with the potential for abuse or dependence. 

Dr. Costantino Iadecola, director and chair of the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Anne Parrish Titzell Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded the 2021 Basic Research Prize from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Awards, honors, prizes and achievements for the month of October.

Loss of the gene SATB2 contributes to changes in stem cells that typically develop into the inner lining of the colon, or large intestine, transforming them into a cell type that normally lines a portion of the small intestine called the ileum, according to new preclinical research from Weill Cornell Medicine. 

Dr. Michael Kaplitt, a professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and a longtime leader in developing cutting-edge surgical therapies for movement disorders, leads a team that has been awarded a three-year, $8.9 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative. 

A respected pediatrician, educator and leader in the Weill Cornell Medicine community for nearly 30 years, Dr. Susan Bostwick has another title to add to her long list of accomplishments: associate dean of affiliations. 

Collaborating with traditional healers to deliver point-of-care HIV tests to individuals in rural Uganda quadrupled testing rates compared with standard referrals to HIV clinics.

Weill Cornell Medicine has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2021-2024 for continuous innovation in teaching and assessment.  

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, making it the fourth year in a row the institution has received the accolade for its exceptional commitment to diversity and inclusion. 

Dr. Hugh C. Hemmings, senior associate dean for research and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest recognitions in health and medicine.

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to participate in a multicenter clinical initiative focused on understanding and treating cirrhosis, scarring of the liver that leads to the organ’s failure and increases the risk of liver cancer.

Lymphomas can turbo-charge their ability to proliferate by crowding growth-supporting enzymes into highly concentrated compartments within tumor cells, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Virginia Pascual has received an inaugural Global Team Science Award from the Lupus Research Alliance.

More than a decade after the Vietnam War ended, a group of American veterans came together to form a humanitarian nonprofit called Vets With a Mission. Their goal: to help rebuild the country where they’d witnessed so much destruction— and to make peace with their own experiences there. 

The effectiveness of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in treating ulcerative colitis depends on a small set of beneficial bacterial strains, suggests a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

Dr. Larissa V. Rodríguez, a distinguished physician-scientist and urologic surgeon who specializes in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, has been named chair of the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and urologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Apart from being a neurosurgery physician assistant at NewYork- Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, my primary responsibility for several years was taking care of my father, Eddie, managing his medications and the symptoms of his Parkinson’s disease. It was a difficult and trying few years for my family, but mostly for my dad, and in March 2019 he passed away.

A brain circuit that works as a “brake” on binge alcohol drinking may help explain male-female differences in vulnerability to alcohol use disorders, according to a preclinical study led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.

COVID-19 may bring high risks of severe disease and death in many patients by disrupting key metabolic signals and thereby triggering hyperglycemia, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. 

Over the past few decades, HIV treatment has advanced remarkably: simply by taking one pill each day, most patients can suppress the virus to the point where it’s undetectable and can’t be transmitted to someone else. While the therapy— generally a combination of three drugs in a single dose—has markedly slowed the HIV epidemic, it hasn’t stopped it entirely.