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Ageism is the most socially acceptable prejudice on the planet, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination toward people because of their age is more normalized than even racism or sexism.

A physician-author sounds the alarm about drug-resistant bacteria—and shares his own experiences on the front lines of treatment.

Physicians, researchers and policymakers around the globe are grappling with the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria—a threat with the potential to derail decades of medical advances.

Two Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Anthony Rosen and Dr. Neel Naik, were recently recognized by the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine for their contributions to the field of emergency medicine.

New federal regulations will dictate when and how physicians can order advanced imaging tests for Medicare patients to prevent unnecessary procedures and curb healthcare spending. These rules will achieve their goals only if providers can devote substantial resources and planning ahead of their implementation in 2020. 

Dr. Joseph J. Fins, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics and the E. William Davis, Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, was among an elite group of scholars invited to attend the Pontifical Academy of Sciences’ workshop on personalized medicine on April 8 and 9 in Vatican City.

One of the most successful interventions in reducing infectious disease worldwide, vaccination still has limited effectiveness in protecting one group of patients – newborn infants. 

Dr. Gina Lee, a former postdoctoral fellow in the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine who has now joined the institution’s faculty, has won a 2019 Tri-Institutional Breakout Award for Junior Investigators.

Dr. Jonathan Avery is working to combat stigma within the medical community against patients who struggle with substance use disorders.

Dr. Jonathan Shoag, a urologic oncology fellow and instructor of urology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named a winner of this year’s prestigious Damon Runyon Physician-Scientist Training Award.

Findings from a recent study by a team of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers explain why a bladder cancer patient responded exceptionally well to a targeted drug when others did not. 

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

More than 370 students celebrated a milestone on May 30: graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. 

Dr. Allan Ropper, M.D. ’74, has been awarded the Weill Cornell Medicine Alumni Association Award of Distinction.

Dr. Katharine Hsu, M.D. ’94, Ph.D. ’93, professor of medicine and attending physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, has been awarded the Weill Cornell Graduate School Alumni Award of Distinction.

On the eve of their commencement, students from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences were recognized for their outstanding achievements.

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

The event, sponsored by the institution’s BioVenture eLab, is the culmination of a nine-week mentoring program that is designed to improve the ability of Weill Cornell Medicine clinicians and researchers to commercialize their concepts.

An athlete, artist, writer and scientist, Claire Oh allowed her disparate passions to guide her career.

For Ngozi Monu, the key to success is balance. By the time she entered medical school, she was a two-time Olympian with a doctorate.