News from WCM

As executive director for women’s health, a role that complements her position leading obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Riley will unify, coordinate and drive new paradigms for women’s health care across medical specialties.

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have revealed the detailed workings of a cell membrane protein that has essential roles in all animals. 

A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators is working to cross-train the next generation of cancer researchers in cancer biology and the use of artificial intelligence tools for research.

Temporarily disabling a protein complex that organizes DNA into loops inside the cell’s nucleus drastically disrupted the three-dimensional structure of the genome, but surprisingly most genes continued to function as usual, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found. 

We sat down with Dr. Jia Ruan to learn more about her clinical research and how she thinks it will help lymphoma patients.

As states reassess Medicaid coverage following recent federal policy changes and the end of pandemic-era protections, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, the Cornell Health Policy Center and Ariadne Labs are championing evidence-based health care policy reform and expanded Medicaid coverage for children. 

Leaders in the field discussed a shift in research toward looking at shared mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases at the recent 13th annual Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute Symposium held in the Belfer Research Building at Weill Cornell Medicine.

A $1 million Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society will help a multi-institution team led by Dr. Bishoy Faltas, associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, to develop new therapy combinations for hard-to-treat urinary tract cancers.

Six researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have received Young Investigator Awards from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. 

On March 20, the Class of 2026 learned where they will be doing their internship and residency training—setting the stage for the next several years of their medical careers and lives.

Applying artificial intelligence techniques to cardiac ultrasound data may make it easier to identify patients with advanced heart failure, a new study has found. 

More than 100 students from across Cornell campuses and 17 other universities gathered in New York City March 6–8 for the Cornell Health AI Hackathon.

As the conflict engulfing the Middle East complicates clinical instruction for medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, medical education leadership in New York has rapidly launched telehealth electives to help students in Doha complete their education.

An enigmatic type of circulating tumor cell called a dual-positive cell is associated with shorter survival time in patients with advanced breast cancer, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

A gene called FOXJ1 may drive resistance to taxane chemotherapy during treatment for advanced prostate cancer, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 

Prior exposure to one strain of influenza virus may weaken children’s ability to mount an effective antibody response against their subsequent exposure to a different flu strain, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

Dr. Ekta Khurana, an associate professor of systems and computational biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a two-year, $1 million Challenge Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to work with researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on an AI-based method for early detection of treatment-resistant prostate tumor subtypes.

A new study has overcome a long-standing challenge—how to isolate and study elusive HIV-infected cells called authentic reservoir clones (ARCs) that evade the immune system, making the disease difficult to cure. 

A machine-learning model developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators may provide clinicians with an early warning of a complication that can occur late in pregnancy.

The WCCHR provides survivors of persecution or torture seeking asylum in the U.S. with objective forensic evaluations, which are psychological and physical assessments, including gynecological exams, that can last up to three hours. Since its inception, the center has evaluated more than 1,100 people.