Two multi-institutional teams led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have been awarded grant support from the Starr Cancer Consortium. Both grants will fund work applying new technologies to develop more detailed knowledge of tumor biology, with one team focusing on Hodgkin lymphoma and the other on the purity of tumor samples on pathology slides.
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.
With more than $750 million raised already, the campaign creates a new synergy between Weill Cornell Medicine’s tri-partite mission to care, discover and teach, with a laser focus on three areas.
Seven Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members leading multi-institutional research teams were awarded grants from The Starr Foundation's 12th Starr Cancer Consortium Grant Competition to fund their innovative cancer research projects.
Dr. Hugh Hemmings, Jr. has been appointed senior associate dean for research and Dr. Todd Evans has been appointed associate dean for research at Weill Cornell Medicine.
