NYU Grossman School of Medicine and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Researchers Ask: How Do Our Memories Last a Lifetime? New Study Offers a Biological Explanation

Whether it’s a first-time visit to a zoo or when we learned to ride a bicycle, we have memories from our childhoods kept well into adult years. But what explains how these memories last nearly an entire lifetime?  A new study in the journal Science Advances, conducted by a team of international researchers, has uncovered a biological explanation for long-term memories. Learn more.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: 5-Minute Test Leads to Better Care for People with Dementia in the Primary Care Setting

The underdiagnosis of dementia, especially among Black and Hispanic patients, is a long-standing challenge in medicine. A new study, published in Nature Medicine, finds that an easy, five-minute assessment paired with recommendations built into the electronic medical record system led to a three-fold improvement in diagnosis and treatment for patients in a primary care setting compared to a control group. Learn more.

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo Study: Researchers Use Big Data to Establish Long COVID Subtypes Based on More Than 250,000 VA Patients

The announcement earlier this month from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine of a consensus definition of long COVID mentioned that it was not the final word on this condition but that the definition would be revised as new findings are published. Earlier this year, researchers at the University at Buffalo and the Department of Veterans Affairs who were using big data to work on a data-driven long COVID definition were invited to report their findings in testimony before the National Academies. Learn more.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Mount Sinai Expands Center for Post-COVID Care to Serve Patients in East Harlem and South Bronx

Mount Sinai has expanded its Center for Post-COVID Care—the first and largest center of its kind—to another location to better serve patients in East Harlem and the South Bronx. The new site will help meet the needs of a growing number of patients with long-term symptoms from COVID-19 needing access to world-leading care. It will also enhance long COVID care for minority populations living in underserved communities who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, but underdiagnosed with long COVID. Learn more.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine: ‘Self-Taught’ AI Tool Helps to Diagnose & Predict Severity of Common Lung Cancer

A computer program based on data from nearly a half-million tissue images and powered by artificial intelligence (AI) can accurately diagnose in cases of adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer, a new study shows. Researchers at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center and the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, developed and tested the program. Learn more.

University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry: Louis Constine’s Seminal Contribution to Radiation Oncology

Louis (Sandy) Constine, MD, FACR, FASTRO, has been a specialist in radiation and pediatric oncology for 50 years. This month, his career reached a high point when the premier journal in his field published a series of 30 landmark studies with Constine as the lead editor and frequent author. The research addresses the toxic side effects of radiation therapy for young people and will guide safer treatment planning for children with cancer around the world for decades to come. Learn more.

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Brain Health Is Rooted in State of Mind, Finds Study

Having more positive experiences in life is associated with lower odds of developing brain disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, slower cognitive decline with age, and even a longer life.  But how feelings and experiences are translated into physical changes that protect or harm the brain is still unclear. Learn more.

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo: Most Stem Cells Die After Being Injected Into the Brain. This New Technique Could Change That.

When the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord becomes damaged, a number of debilitating conditions can result that limit mobility, inhibit independence and reduce life expectancy. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease, affecting more than 2.5 million individuals globally every year. Learn more.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University announced the publication of new research from the Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Program in AIDS and Behavior, a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer. The study, Personality Traits and eHealth Study Enrollment Among Racial and Sexual Minoritized Men Living with HIV, analyzed the role of personality traits in HIV study participation among Black and Latinx sexual minority men. Learn more.

Weill Cornell Medicine: New Lab Test to Detect Persistent HIV Strains in Africa May Aid Search for Cure

A multinational team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators developed a test that will help measure the persistence of HIV in people affected by viral strains found predominantly in Africa—a vital tool in the search for an HIV cure that will benefit patients around the world. The study, published in Nature Communications on July 2, helps fill a major gap in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) research. Learn more.

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: A New Viral Target Could Help Combat the Global Measles Resurgence

A multinational research team led by Columbia University and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology has identified a novel way to attack measles, paving the way for new vaccines and antiviral drugs that could help combat the virus’s global resurgence.  The study was published in the journal Science. Learn more.

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: 9/11 Responders Exposed to More Toxins Show Higher Incidence of Dementia

Evidence that World Trade Center (WTC) responders during 9/11 and its aftermath have since suffered poorer brain health than others not exposed to WTC toxins has mounted in recent years. A new study led by Stony Brook University researchers that evaluates more than 5,000 WTC responders indicates that those who had more exposures to WTC-related toxins have dementia at a higher rate than other responders with fewer WTC-related toxic exposures. Learn more.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Researchers Unveil Comprehensive Youth Diabetes Dataset and Interactive Portal to Boost Research and Prevention Strategies

A team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed the most comprehensive epidemiological dataset for youth diabetes and prediabetes research, derived from extensive National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data collected from 1999 to 2018. The dataset, revealed through the newly launched Prediabetes/diabetes in youth ONline Dashboard (POND), aims to ignite a new wave of research into the escalating issue of diabetes among young people. Learn more.

New York Medical College: Making Strides Against Obesity

As one of today’s most prevalent—and most complex—chronic diseases, obesity warrants less stigma and over-simplification, and more empathetic evidence-based approaches. From genetic detective work to smell-and-taste perception, New York Medical College is modeling best practices for advanced treatment, preventative care, and even novel therapeutics. Learn more.

University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Researchers Find Intriguing New Tool for Tendon Healing: Nanoparticles for Precision Drug Delivery

Harnessing nanoparticles to deliver drugs precisely to a surgically repaired tendon is a promising new approach that reduced scar tissue formation and improved mechanical function in a study appearing in Science Advances. Researchers’ success in pinpointing a drug therapy inside the body, at the cellular level, proved to be a highly efficient delivery method that could be used to treat other injuries. Learn more.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine: Experts Alert Doctors & the Public to the Arrival of Hard-to-Treat Fungal Skin Infections in the U.S.

Healthcare providers should watch out for new and highly contagious forms of ringworm or jock itch, which are emerging as a potential public health threat, according to a pair of reports. In the first of the studies, experts at NYU Langone Health who focus on the spread of contagious rashes document the first reported case in the United States of a sexually transmitted fungal infection that can take months to clear up, even with treatment. Learn more.

Weill Cornell Medicine: Commercial Astronauts Shed Light on Flights’ Health Impacts and Create Spaceflight Atlas

Short-term space travel causes many of the same molecular and physiologic changes as long-term space missions, but most reverse within months of returning to Earth. Yet, those changes that are longer-lasting and distinct between crew members reveal new targets for aerospace medicine and can guide new missions, according to the results of a massive international research endeavor by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, SpaceX, and other organizations. Learn more.

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund Establishes $5.5 Million Research Endowment

Breast cancer research at the Stony Brook Cancer Center is taking a long-lasting, impactful leap forward thanks to the generous support from the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund. The Fund, which has been supporting research grants at Stony Brook for the last 25 years, has established a new $5.5 million endowment that will be used in perpetuity to fund breast cancer research at Stony Brook Medicine. Learn more.

CUNY School of Medicine: NIH Awards $3.1 Million to CUNY Medicine Scientist to Investigate a Little-known Molecular Pathway in Heart Disease

Jun Yoshioka, MD, PhD, a molecular biologist at the CUNY School of Medicine, has been awarded two grants totaling more than $3.1 million over four years from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The investigations aim to illuminate the decisive but little-understood role that an ancient family of proteins conserved from yeast to humans may have in heart disease. Learn more.

Norton College of Medicine at Upstate Medical University Researcher Awarded $439,000 Grant to Develop 3D-Model for Studying Glaucoma’s Mechanisms

Glaucoma affects 3 million Americans, is incurable, and is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide.  Even with the disease’s prevalence, how and why it develops is still largely not understood. Samuel Herberg, PhD, is an assistant professor of ophthalmology & visual sciences, as well as a researcher at Upstate’s Center for Vision Research, is working to create new ways to study the cells and structures in the eye that can help better understand glaucoma. Learn more.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Juan Pablo Maianti, Ph.D., Awarded Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Cancer Research

Juan Pablo Maianti, Ph.D., a member of the National Cancer Institute-designated Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center and assistant professor of biochemistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, was awarded a 2024 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. Dr. Maianti is one of only five New York City area-based scientists to receive the award this year, which provides $750,000 over three years for innovative basic science cancer research. Learn more.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Student Wins 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Award for Brain Research

The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is proud to announce that fourth-year medical student Brandon Santhumayor is the recipient of the 2024 AANS/CNS Joint Section Tumor Neuro-Oncology Trainee Award at the 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Conference. The AANS Conference is an annual event that brings together world-class neurosurgeons and neurosurgical medical professionals. Learn more.

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: Future Physicians Attain Research Funding From the American Heart Association

Two student researchers from the College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) have secured the prestigious Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease from the American Heart Association (AHA). Each year, the Scientific Councils of the AHA award $2,000 to students researching cardiovascular disease topics within basic, clinical, translational, or population sciences. Learn more.

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New York Medical College and Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute Forge Powerful Ties in Health Research

New York Medical College’s (NYMC) newest partner in health research and clinical innovation may be 2,000 miles away, but its contours perfectly map onto campus capabilities—shortening the distance from bench-to-bedside. In just two years of collaboration, the Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute and NYMC have already forged powerful ties, pilot projects, and paradigm shifts in collaborative impact. Learn more.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s Committee on Plant-Based Health & Nutrition held their third conference earlier this month, bringing together clinicians, students, and community leaders to address the growing diabetes epidemic and develop strategies for using lifestyle interventions to prevent, manage, and achieve remission of diabetes. Learn more.

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine: CORK: Leading Osteopathic Research Into the Future

Osteopathic physicians (D.O.s) and scientists from around the world traveled to the Long Island campus, where they joined members of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) community for its inaugural Conference on Osteopathic Research and Knowledge (CORK). Throughout the two-day event, which took place on June 22 and 23, scholars exchanged insights and forged connections that will help propel osteopathic research into the future. Learn more.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Hosts 59th Academic Competition

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell hosted the 59th Annual Academic Competition and Research Symposium, sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs at Northwell Health. This year’s event featured over 100 research poster displays and presentations, showcasing the scholarly work of graduate and undergraduate academic trainee programs. The entries were selected from nearly 300 abstracts submitted for this year’s symposium. Learn more.

CUNY School of Medicine: Five CUNY Medicine Students Chosen as Compassion Ambassador Program Scholars at UC San Diego

Five first-year CUNY School of Medicine students were selected to participate in a year-long mentored research program designed to help them build projects that center on understanding, empathy, and Compassion through a medical lens. The students are advancing a wide range of projects, including different elements of a human rights clinic for asylum seekers, the preservation of culture of underrepresented medical students through cooking, and confronting anti-Blackness in medical education. Learn more.