NEW YORK (Feb. 27, 2007) — Weill Cornell Medical College has received a $121,000 New York City Business Solutions Training Grant from the New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS). The money will fund training programs that advance the skills of employees working in the newly opened Weill Greenberg Center, the Medical College's innovative ambulatory care and medical education building.
A total of 105 employees will be trained: 50 team leaders will learn supervisory customer-service skills; of these, 29 trainees will be promoted as a result of training. In addition, 55 new hires will be trained for newly created facilities positions.
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the City of New York to create opportunities for career development for Weill Cornell employees and honored that we were selected to receive the grant. Working together with the City to improve employment options should prove to be of real value to our institution as well as the City," says Susan B. McCreight, senior director of human resources at Weill Cornell Medical College. "I want to recognize Louise M. Holmes, training manager in human resources at Weill Cornell Medical College, who was principally responsible for securing this important grant."
Grant awardees, such as Weill Cornell, were selected based on their ability to create and retain jobs; provide entry-level and incumbent workers with career-advancement opportunities; and increase wages in key growth and priority sectors. Grants totaling $350,000 were awarded to six companies in Staten Island, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.
The 13-story, 330,000-square-foot, $230 million Weill Greenberg Center serves as the new focus for patient care and education at the Medical College, as well as the flagship building for Cornell University in New York City. A comfortable, modern and aesthetically pleasing environment designed to make the ambulatory patient experience pleasant and efficient, the building houses numerous specialty clinical programs, as well as world-class research and medical education. Located at 1305 York Ave. at East 70th St., the building opened in January 2007.
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Weill Cornell Medical College
Weill Cornell Medical College — located in New York City — is committed to excellence in research, teaching, patient care and the advancement of the art and science of medicine. Weill Cornell, which is a principal academic affiliate of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, offers an innovative curriculum that integrates the teaching of basic and clinical sciences, problem-based learning, office-based preceptorships, and primary care and doctoring courses. Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research in such areas as stem cells, genetics and gene therapy, geriatrics, neuroscience, structural biology, cardiovascular medicine, AIDS, obesity, cancer and psychiatry — and continue to delve ever deeper into the molecular basis of disease in an effort to unlock the mysteries behind the human body and the malfunctions that result in serious medical disorders. Weill Cornell Medical College is the birthplace of many medical advances — from the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer to the synthesis of penicillin, the first successful embryo-biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S., and most recently, the world's first clinical trial for gene therapy for Parkinson's disease. Weill Cornell's Physician Organization includes 650 clinical faculty, who provide the highest quality of care to their patients.
Lezlie Greenberg
leg2003@med.cornell.edu