Highlights Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Black Barbershops are Highly Cost-Effective Sites for Blood Pressure Treatment Programs that bring pharmacists into Black-owned barbershops could dramatically improve hypertension control and reduce heart disease disparities among Black men at a relatively modest cost, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos… Read More
Highlights Albany Medical College: Dean of Albany Medical College to Retire After two decades, the distinguished dean of Albany Medical College will retire effective December 31, 2021, according to an announcement by Albany Med President and CEO Dennis P. McKenna, M.D. Vincent P. Verdile, M.D., the second longest-tenured dean of an American medical college, will… Read More
BY RUSCHELL BOONE NEW YORK CITY PUBLISHED 6:20 AM ET JUN. 29, 2021 Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a lack of diversity among physicians in medicine, but the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) is working to change that. The AMSNY is creating pathways for people who are underrepresented… Read More
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Awarded $42 Million to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Advance Influenza Research The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a seven-year contract valued at more than $42 million to advance basic research into influenza… Read More
By Nelson A. King Jamaican-American Dr. Akya Myrie. AMSNY/Akya Myrie Akya Myrie grew up in Canarsie, Brooklyn after her mother migrated to the United States in the 1980s from Jamaica and witnessed her family’s search for better medical services for her older brother, who is described as “profoundly mentally disabled.” While growing up in Brooklyn,… Read More
Highlights What the COVID Rookies Saw The New York Times explores the impact of the pandemic on New York City medical students who graduated early amid the COVID-19 crisis in Spring 2020. Learn more. Weill Cornell Medicine: Pandemic Pivot: Weill Cornell Trains Medical Students in Telehealth With in-person teaching in hospital and clinic… Read More
Highlights In Blow to Health Care’s Innovation Economy, State Cancels Funding for Stem Cell Research AMSNY’s Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan Teyan and Weill Cornell Medicine researcher Todd Evans, spoke with Crain’s New York Business about the importance of stem cell research and the impacts of funding cuts. Learn more. Weill Cornell Medicine: Low Income… Read More
Highlights Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: Cain Stepping Down as VP and Dean Michael E. Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo and the leader whose vision has fundamentally transformed and elevated every… Read More
MAYA KAUFMAN May 5, 2021 The state is planning to dissolve a program funding stem cell research, a move that scientists warn will deal a blow to New York’s health and science startup economy. Lawmakers eliminated the New York State Stem Cell Science program, or NYSTEM, as part of the budget approved last month…. Read More
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to Lead a Team Awarded $6 Million to Decrease Disparities in Cancer Clinical Trials Mount Sinai researchers have received a grant award to lead a collaborative team of New York institutions in an initiative that addresses disparities in the participation of Black, indigenous, and people of… Read More
