News Briefs
Notable
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion
A dozen members of the Weill Cornell Medicine community took home awards for their exemplary efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. Award recipients include faculty members Dr. Maria Lame, Dr. Michelle Lee, Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi, Dr. Pinkal Desai, Dr. Lindsey Reif and Dr. Deirdre Sawinski; alumni Dr. Dakotah Lane (M.D. ’13) and Dr. Cristina Toledo-Cornell (M.D. ’13); fellow Dr. Lily Yan; medical student Chimsom Orakwue; doctoral student Josue Barnes; and staff member Daisy Torres-Baez.
“At the end of the day, achieving equity is the only way, I think, to achieve humanity in this world we live in,” says Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine.
New Leaders at Weill Cornell Medicine
“These are diseases of silence and shame. It’s vital to raise awareness of these conditions and their prevalence, and how they affect women’s confidence, quality of life and intimate relationships. We need to empower women, remind them that they are not alone and involve them in the treatment process.”
— Dr. Larissa V. Rodríguez, the new chair of the Department of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and urologist-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, about conditions she treats, such as incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
“I look forward to serving the community and providing high-quality care so all patients feel their needs have been met, no matter their race, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic background or orientation.”
— Dr. Denise Howard, the new chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Illustrations: Harriet Lee Marrion
Fall 2022 Front to Back
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From the Dean
A Message from the Dean
As an academic medical center, our tripartite mission is what drives us forward: we thrive on providing world-class care to our patients, making groundbreaking discoveries that are changing the future of medicine, and teaching the health care leaders of tomorrow. -
Features
The Search for a Cure
Weill Cornell Medicine scientists aim to liberate those living with HIV by subduing the virus for good. -
Features
Evasive Action
Could interrupting the evolutionary process of mutating cells hold the key to vanquishing cancer? Researchers led by Dr. Dan Landau are on the case. -
Features
New Frame of Mind
Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Conor Liston (M.D. ’08, Ph.D.) and his team are poised to upend the way mental health disorders are diagnosed and treated. -
Notable
New Cancer Director
Internationally acclaimed medical oncologist Dr. Jedd Wolchok, whose innovations in immunotherapy revolutionized melanoma treatment, was recently recruited as the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine. -
Notable
3 Questions
Dr. Jay Varma, director of the new Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response, explains why an interdisciplinary approach is critical. -
Notable
Overheard
Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members are leading the conversation about important health issues across the country and around the world. -
Notable
Notable News Briefs
Faculty appointments, honors, awards and more — from around campus and beyond. -
Notable
Dateline
In the global scientific effort to understand vaccine and natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2, Weill Cornell Medicine’s location in Qatar, a country of only a few million people, has been making an outsized contribution. -
Grand Rounds
Chiari Malformation
When is Surgery Necessary? -
Grand Rounds
3 Questions
Dr. Susan Loeb-Zeitlin, who worked with a multidisciplinary team to launch the new Women’s Midlife Program, shares insights about making menopause manageable. -
Grand Rounds
Social Impediments to Health
The murder of George Floyd and the resulting national reckoning on race, along with the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, galvanized creation of the Anti-Racism Curriculum Committee at Weill Cornell Medicine. -
Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds News Briefs
The latest on teaching, learning and patient-centered care. -
Discovery
COVID-19 and Diabetes
Basic science and clinical investigations converge to offer answers. -
Discovery
Development of Schizophrenia
Multiple changes in brain cells during the first month of embryonic development may contribute to schizophrenia later in life. -
Discovery
Findings
The latest advances in faculty research, published in the world’s leading journals. -
Alumni
Profiles
From taking the lead in newborn medicine to forging critical connections to move research from the bench to the bedside, our alumni are making an impact. -
Alumni
Notes
What’s new with you?
Keep your classmates up to date on all your latest achievements with an Alumni Note. -
Alumni
In Memoriam
Marking the passing of our faculty and alumni. -
Alumni
Moments
Marking celebratory events in the lives of our students, including Match Day, the White Coat Ceremony and Graduation. -
Second Opinion
A New Lens
What’s one way that medical education must change to better address health inequities? -
Exchange
Pivot Points
Two women leaders at Weill Cornell Medicine whose professional paths have connected discuss the power of mentorship — for themselves and other women in academic medicine. -
Muse
Two Forms of Truth
Dr. Laura Kolbe, whose poetry has garnered notable honors, talks candidly about how her writing helps her build a bridge to her work as a clinician. -
Spotlight
Building Connections
Dr. Kathleen Foley (M.D. ’69) has been bringing people together throughout her expansive career as a specialist in pain management and palliative care for cancer patients.