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Telemedicine is a growing field at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center—and Weill Cornell Medicine is at the forefront of training future physicians in the art of the virtual exam.

Dr. Dan Landau has received a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health for his research on how tumor cells evolve and acquire new mutations to evade cancer therapies.

A type of stem cell newly discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators is responsible for growing and healing the hard, outer surface of bone.

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

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a four-year, $2.7 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish a Diversity Center of Excellence dedicated to increasing the number of minority physicians in academic medicine.

Fewer men of color are pursuing medicine—but Dr. Maurice Hinson who was the first in his family to go to college, aims to change that.

As director of the Center on Aging and Behavioral Research, Dr. Sara Czaja and her team are developing and testing innovative strategies and interventions that strive to keep older adults independent and engaged, socially, intellectually and even professionally.

A protein linked to both Alzheimer’s disease and a form of dementia increases the risk of cognitive impairment by reducing the number and responsiveness of blood vessels in the organ.

Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Erin Mills Iannacone aims not only to bring more women to her field, but to broaden NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s surgical offerings.

Its name is an acronym used to convey its size, but researchers at Cornell Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine are hoping their hand-held cancer detection device’s impact in the developing world is anything but small.

With a $7.5 million gift from the Friedman Family Foundation endowed by Stephen and Vice Chair Overseer Barbara Friedman, Weill Cornell Medicine has established an innovative cross-campus center dedicated to improving human health through research in the complex relationship between nutrition, inflammation and the development of disease.

By studying the powerful influences shaping how we die, Dr. Holly Prigerson is leading the effort of reimagine medical care at life’s end.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may not be the best diagnostic choice universally for all men suspected of having prostate cancer, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

First-year students in Weill Cornell Medical College’s Class of 2022 learned basic bleeding-control techniques during a Stop the Bleed training on Aug. 20.

Dr. Lisa Newman, an internationally renowned breast surgeon and researcher, has been appointed chief of the Section of Breast Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, effective Aug. 20. 

From optimizing technology to prioritizing self-care, a prescription for the modern MD

Dr. Mary Charlson and investigators from the Clinical Directors Network have been awarded a $7.6 million, five-year contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study how health coaches may affect the health and wellness of patients with multiple chronic diseases.

Three distinguished Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Daniel Fitzgerald, Dr. Francis Lee and Dr. Virginia Pascual, have been inducted into the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

Levels of air pollution defined as “good” by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may still harm the lungs of cigarette smokers, according to a new study conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

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