The Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMSNY) brings you the following compilation of the most recent updates and news on research from the academic medical centers in the state.
Highlights
- Researchers at the Academic Medical Center
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants for Research
- Other Funds for Research in New York State
Cancer
Cardiology
- University at Buffalo Biochemist Discovers New Clues to Infertility in Study on Cholesterol
- Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Protein That Keeps Blood Stem Cells Healthy as They Age
- Physical Activity Can Protect Overweight Women from Risk for Heart Disease
Genetics
- DNA on the Witness Stand: Court Face Challenges When Linking Genetics to Criminal Behavior
- The Optogenetics Revolution
Neurology
- New Evidence Links Air Pollution to Autism, Schizophrenia
- Sleep After Learning Strengthens Connections Between Brain Cells and Enhances Memory, NYU Langone Scientists Find
- Study Explores Roles of Dopamine Receptors in Prefrontal Cortex
- Neural Circuits and Motor Control: Q&A with Eiman Azim
Other Studies
- Survival Differences Among Young Black and White Adults with Kidney Failure on Dialysis are Most Striking in Poor Neighborhoods
- TB Dogma Upended: Even Uninfected Cells Trigger Immune Defenses
- Albany Medical Center Physician Wins Sports Medicine Research Award
Researchers at the Academic Medical Centers
Neurobiologist Thomas Jessell to Receive $500,000 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
June 3, 2014 – Thomas Jessell, PhD, the Claire Tow Professor of Motor Neuron Disorders in the Departments of Neuroscience and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University, is the recipient of the 2014 Neuroscience Prize from the Gruber Foundation. Jessell is being honored with this prestigious international award for his seminal work on the development and wiring of spinal cord neurons involved in the control of movement. He is also co-director of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, co-director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, all at Columbia.
Peter Palese, PhD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Elected Member of the Class of 2014 of the Prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences
June 2, 2014 – The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced its 2014 class of new members. Included among the list are leaders in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector is Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Peter Palese, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology.
Stockton Kimball Awardee is Noted Medical Physics Researcher
June 2, 2014 – Pioneering medical physicist Stephen Rudin, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of radiology and director of radiation physics, has received the 2014 Stockton Kimball Award for outstanding scientific achievement and significant service to the University at Buffalo.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants for Research
Tracking How Breast Cancer Spreads: Einstein Receives $10 Million NIH Grant
June 19, 2014 – The American Cancer Society predicts that 40,000 American women will die from breast cancer this year. Most of those deaths will occur due to cells from the primary tumor that spread to other parts of the body—the process known as metastasis. Now, the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a $10 million grant to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to fund research into how breast cancer cells move and spread in the body, and how to predict which breast cancer tumors will metastasize.
University at Buffalo receives $4 million NIH grant to study oral health in postmenopausal women
June 11, 2014 – University at Buffalo researchers have received an interdisciplinary bioinformatics grant of $3,986,404 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health to conduct a prospective study of the oral microbiome and periodontitis in postmenopausal women.
Other Funds for Research
NYU School of Medicine and CUNY Receive CDC Grant to Establish NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center Focused on Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Inequities
June 6, 2014 – NYU School of Medicine and City University of New York (CUNY) announced that they received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create a new public-private partnership, the NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center (NYU-CUNY PRC). Once opened on September 30th, 2014, researchers at the center will integrate evidence-based interventions into community-clinical approaches to reduce cardiovascular disease disparities in New York City, with a particular emphasis on ethnically diverse and immigrant communities.
New Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Established at Weill Cornell Medical College
June 5, 2014 – Weill Cornell Medical College announced today that through the generosity of longstanding benefactor Jill Roberts and the Jill Roberts Charitable Foundation it is establishing the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dr. David Artis, one of the world’s leading immunologists, was recruited from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to direct the institute, which is dedicated to understanding the molecular underpinnings of inflammatory bowel disease with the goal of translating basic research breakthroughs into the most advanced therapies for patients.
Study: New Test Preicts if Breast Cancer Will Spread
University at Buffalo Biochemist Discovers New Clues to Infertility in Study on Cholesterol
© 2014 School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. All rights reserved.
Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Protein That Keeps Blood Stem Cells Healthy as They Age
Physical Activity Can Protect Overweight Women from Risk for Heart Disease
DNA on the Witness Stand: Court Face Challenges When Linking Genetics to Criminal Behavior
The Optogenetics Revolution
New Evidence Links Air Pollution to Autism, Schizophrenia
Sleep After Learning Strengthens Connections Between Brain Cells and Enhances Memory, NYU Langone Scientists Find
Study Explores Roles of Dopamine Receptors in Prefrontal Cortex
© 2014 School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. All rights reserved.