Overheard
Notable
“We’re clearly missing something here, and that means we need more data on women — data on the physiology of their coronary artery disease and how it tends to differ from men’s, and data on their responses to different treatments and surgical techniques.”
“I do believe it is within our grasp to make sure that nobody dies while waiting for an organ.”
“Health departments and community advocates got the message out about mpox — how the disease presented, how it spread, how it could be treated and prevented, including vaccination. The sharp decrease in cases directly resulted from these efforts.”
“I give a lot of credit to young people who don’t want to shove it under the rug anymore but name it and tell people it’s wrong to talk about patients in a racist or biased way.”
“I’m optimistic that this will be a game changer for these patients.”
Summer 2023 Front to Back
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From the Dean
Message from the Dean
As Weill Cornell Medicine marks the 125th year since its founding, it is striking to reflect upon how our values have endured. -
Features
Window Into the Future
An ambitious research program could hold clues to improving the health of women and their children across their lifespans. -
Features
Caught on Camera
Recordings made in Dr. Simon Scheuring’s lab reveal how elusive molecules embedded in cell membranes get their jobs done — for good and ill. -
Features
Risks and Rewards
Alumnus Dr. Anthony Fauci (M.D. ’66) joins Dr. Jay Varma in a candid conversation about the future of public health and more. -
Notable
Two Landmark Anniversaries
Weill Cornell Medicine is celebrating more than a century of excellence in medical education, scientific discovery and patient care, commemorating 125 years since its founding. -
Notable
Honoring Diversity
In a celebration of Weill Cornell Medicine’s commitment to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in academic medicine, the institution honored nearly a dozen faculty, students and staff. -
Notable
Overheard
Weill Cornell Medicine faculty members are leading the conversation about important health issues across the country and around the world. -
Notable
News Briefs
Notable faculty appointments, honors, awards and more — from around campus and beyond. -
Notable
Dateline
The Salzburg-Cornell Seminars, now part of the Open Medical Institute (OMI), celebrates 30 years of knowledge-sharing, having served more than 26,000 fellows from 130 countries. -
Grand Rounds
There Is Hope
How immunotherapy offered a new lease on life -
Grand Rounds
Medical School, Minus the Debt
Weill Cornell Medicine’s debt-reduction program. -
Grand Rounds
News Briefs
The latest on teaching, learning and patient-centered care. -
Discovery
Filling a Critical Gap in the Gut
An important discovery positions fungi as a missing part of research on how the gut biome influences health. -
Discovery
New Clues to Coma Recovery
Delays in regaining consciousness may serve a purpose: protecting the brain from oxygen deprivation. -
Discovery
Findings
The latest advances in faculty research, published in the world’s leading journals. -
Alumni
Profiles
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 and Graduation. -
Second Opinion
Nurturing Well-Being
How can the health-care workforce recover from pandemic burnout? -
Exchange
High-Risk, High-Reward
Two enterprising scientists discuss how the ecosystem for innovation at Weill Cornell Medicine provides the support entrepreneurial faculty and students need to turn their promising research into commercially viable drugs and other treatments. -
Muse
In the Flow
Dr. Navarro Millán is a rheumatologist, clinical investigator and multi-instrumentalist. -
Spotlight
Making Health Care Affordable and Equitable
Dr. Cheryl Pegus (M.D. ’88) is a cardiologist working in health-care businesses on new products to meet consumer needs, enhance health equity and improve health outcomes.