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Weill Cornell Medicine has awarded eight grants of $100,000 each to faculty for a variety of research projects on COVID-19, funded by the institution’s Board of Overseers and additional donors. The grants will support studies aimed at understanding fundamental aspects of the disease, the body’s immune response and social determinants of health that affect COVID-19 outcomes. 

A team led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists has pioneered a method for manufacturing functioning human blood vessels and demonstrated that they can carry blood in lab-grown model organs and tumors.

With highly qualified doctors needed now more than ever, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar welcomed its new cohort of incoming students with a comprehensive three-day orientation program – delivered fully online this year for the first time in the institution’s history.

Endocrinology Chief Dr. Laura Alonso—A specialist in diabetes research and treatment—is exploring ways to restore the body’s insulin production

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technological tools to ease the burdens on home health aides – mostly minority women who tend to be isolated, overworked and poorly compensated.

Two papers from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators make recommendations on addressing health disparities related to COVID-19 and broader social factors that impact patient health.

Dr. Ari Melnick, the Gebroe Family Professor of Hematology/Oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded the American Society of Hematology's (ASH) 2020 Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize for advancing treatment of acute myeloid leukemia through epigenetic research.

A preclinical model of a common type of breast cancer provides new insight into why an immunotherapy known as checkpoint inhibition has not yet been effective against the cancer

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

The risks of stroke and heart failure in an individual increase as the number of social determinants of health increase, according to two new studies by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The social factors that affect health include race, education level, annual household income and neighborhood poverty.

Dr. John Leonard, an esteemed physician-scientist who specializes in lymphoma research and treatment, has been named senior associate dean for innovation and initiatives at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

Weill Cornell Medicine is a leader in performing a promising nonsurgical procedure for weight loss

The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States population this spring may have been 80 times greater than official reports.

On Aug. 18, the Weill Cornell Medical College Class of 2024 gathered virtually for an online matriculation ceremony that welcomed them to the start of their medical training at the institution.

Dr. Kristen Marks, an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Weill Cornell Medicine and associate attending physician at the medical center, leads the team conducting Moderna Therapeutics’s phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center—one of dozens of medical centers around the U.S. where this still-experimental vaccine will be tested. 

Dr. Lewis Cantley, the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has won the 2020 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research.

Dr. Bishoy Faltas works to develop more effective therapies for bladder cancer, a disease that’s notoriously hard to treat—and historically under-studied

The greatly increased risk of cancer and cancer mortality with aging may be due in part to the buildup in the body of a key cancer-promoting molecule, according to new preclinical research from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.

In recognition of its decades-long commitment to advancing diversity within medical education, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Travelers Summer Research Fellowship Program has been awarded the 2020 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. 

Abnormal immune activity in lupus, a chronic disease that can cause rashes, fatigue, joint pain, and kidney failure, seems to occur mostly in small subsets of immune cells in patients, potentially enabling better targeting for future treatments, according to a study from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.