Mar
22
2015
TV 10/55’s Long Island Bureau Chief spoke with top researchers about a possible ‘brain drain’ on Long Island. Watch the interview with Jo Wiederhorn, AMSNY’s President and CEO, here.
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Gotham Gazette: Warning: Top Medical Researchers Leaving New York at Unhealthy Rates
Mar
20
2015
Dr. Rudolph Leibel, a man who has won international acclaim for his study of how genes impact obesity and type-2 diabetes, is warning that New York isn’t doing enough to keep its most brilliant medical researchers in the state. Read more on this plus Jo Wiederhorn’s input here.
WXXI News: NY Med Schools Ask Legislature to Invest in Retention of Top Biomedical Researchers
Mar
16
2015
Medical Schools in New York State are asking the legislature to include $50 million for faculty development in the state budget. University leadership calls the NYSTAR Faculty Development Program an investment needed to grow programs that will attract high-profile entrepreneurial biomedical researchers. Jo Wiederhorn, President of the Associated Medical Schools of New York, says state… Read More
STEPping Toward Success in Medicine
Mar
9
2015
This article in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education covers the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP consortium) sponsored by AMSNY. The program aims to remedy the disproportionate numbers of people of color in the medical and health professions. The March 9th issue can be found here.
Long Island Business News: Science’s war between the states
Mar
3
2015
“There have been quite a bit of cutbacks throughout the research grant awards in the federal process,” AMSNY CEO Jo Wiederhorn said. “Other states have started putting large amounts of money into programs to recruit researchers from other states.” Read more here.
Capital New York: Medical schools hope to fare better on state research money
Jan
14
2015
The Associated Medical Schools of New York is renewing its request for the state to invest millions of dollars in the NYSTAR Faculty Development Program, an initiative that aims to recruit and retain biomedical researchers. Jo Wiederhorn, president and C.E.O. of the Associated Medical Schools of New York, a consortium of the state’s 16 public… Read More
Capital New York: On Veterans Day, cutting-edge PTSD research in N.Y.
Nov
11
2014
Researchers in New York are, for the first time, developing medications specifically targeted for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as veterans return home from Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more here. (Capital New York is now POLITICO New York.)
Time Warner Cable News Capital Region: Jo Wiederhorn and Alexander Neumeister
Nov
11
2014
Jo Wiederhorn (AMSNY) and Alexander Neumeister (NYU Langone) talk about funding medical research in New York State. Watch the interview here.
WABC-TV NY: Junior High Students Learn at Mount Sinai Through Hands-on Experience
Nov
6
2014
One hospital is trying to get young teens interested in medicine, and it begins with the scalpel. Some junior high school students got a chance to dissect sheep brains as part of a program that’s inspiring would-be doctors. It’s not exactly your typical day at school but these 7th and 8th graders are spending the… Read More
Crain's NY Business: Triaging New York's doctor shortage
Aug
15
2014
Jo Wiederhorn, president and chief executive of the Associated Medical Schools of New York, advocates for New York state’s 16 medical and five dental schools. Medical academia contributes $85 billion a year to the state economy, but it is also confronting a shortage of doctors and a backlash against rising health costs. Read the interview… Read More