Highlights Albany Medical College and Microleads to Launch Clinical Study on Precision Neuromodulation Therapy Micro-Leads Medical, Inc., a clinical neurostimulation startup developing a high-resolution spinal cord stimulation therapy for treating chronic focal pain without opioids, announced that it was awarded $10 million in therapy development funding. With the funding Micro-Leads will further develop its HD64TM implantable therapy… Read More
Highlights Introducing Interim Dean Dr. Lawrence Chin at SUNY Upstate Medical University Lawrence S. Chin, MD is the Interim Dean of the College of Medicine and the Robert B. and Molly G. King Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He is a native of Michigan and received his BS and MD degrees from… Read More
Highlights Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: New Research Reveals how Antiretroviral Drugs may Damage the Hearts of Infants Exposed to HIV but Uninfected All babies born to mothers infected with HIV are exposed to the virus in utero, but not all of them become infected with it. Yet, all pregnant… Read More
Highlights SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: Renowned Surgeon, Educator, Researcher, Textbook Editor, and Former Downstate Residency Alumni F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D. Named as Senior Vice President and Dean of The College of Medicine SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University president Wayne J. Riley, M.D. announced that F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D. FACS, the Medical College of Ohio… Read More
Highlights Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Moving Einstein’s Discoveries Through the Marketplace Jonathan Lai, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry at Einstein, engineers peptides, proteins, and antibodies into novel therapies and vaccines. In 2016, he helped develop the first antibodies that can potently neutralize the two deadliest ebolavirus strains. Most recently, he has published findings on a… Read More
Highlights NYU School of Medicine Renamed NYU Robert I. Grossman School of Medicine In a surprise announcement during NYU Langone Health’s annual Violet Ball, Elaine Langone and her husband, Kenneth G. Langone, chair of the board of trustees of NYU Langone Health, informed the attendees that NYU School of Medicine will be renamed NYU Robert… Read More
Highlights AMSNY and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Educate the Public About Research on Stem Cell Awareness Day For more than 15 years, Doctor Eric Bouhassira and his team have been researching stem cells at Albert Einstein College of Medicine with the mission to use stem cells to create new red blood cells. Leading up… Read More
Highlights Weill Cornell Medicine Eliminates Medical Education Debt for all Qualifying Students A transformative new scholarship program established by Weill Cornell Medicine will eliminate medical education debt for all students who qualify for financial aid, the institution announced today. A lead gift from The Starr Foundation, directed by Weill Cornell Medicine Overseer Maurice R. Greenberg,… Read More
Highlights Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Columbia Ranked Top Medical Center for Research Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been named the top health care institution for scientific research by the 2019 Nature Index Annual Tables. The index highlights the institutions and countries with the highest outputs of top-quality research in the natural… Read More
Highlights SUNY Upstate Medical University Task Force Creates Info Hub for Students Affected by DACA Policy In early September 2017, the Trump Administration announced it was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects young adults who were brought to the United States illegally as children. Ending the program meant thousands of young… Read More
