Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Where You Live Matters: A First-of-Its-Kind Study Illustrates How Racism is Interrelated With Poor Health A team of health equity researchers from several institutions has leveraged a complex web of data to test a hypothesis: That structural racism is associated with resources and structures at the neighborhood… Read More
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Medical Education News from AMSNY: January 2024
Highlights Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Students Build Life-Improving Devices for Kids With Disabilities Cooking is one of Faith Slump’s favorite pastimes, but it’s been a challenge for the 10-year-old. Faith was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, and to use the stove, get items from the fridge, or… Read More
Biomedical Research News from AMSNY: December 2023
Highlights Norton College of Medicine at Upstate Medical University Embarks on Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Trial Upstate Medical University has been chosen to join a national $32 million multi-institutional clinical trial to improve patient outcomes following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Learn more. Weill Cornell Medicine: Scientists Use… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: December 2023
Highlights Governor Hochul Announces More Than $4.6 Million to Expand Access to Health Care, Eliminate Health Care Disparities for New Yorkers At a press conference on December 5 at the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, the New York State Department of Health announced more than $4.6 million in… Read More
Biomedical Research News from AMSNY: November 2023
Highlights Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Search for Human Longevity Genes Aided by $13.6 Million Grant Renewal It’s long been recognized that extreme longevity—living to 100 or older—is an exceptional achievement (fewer than 1% of people do so) and is influenced by genes since it tends to run in families. Intensive efforts to identify those… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: November 2023
Highlights Weill Cornell Medicine: Celebrating 125 Years of Excellence in Education Weill Cornell Medicine has been at the forefront of medical education since its inception, with a steadfast commitment to providing the best training for generations of physicians. Founded in 1898, the institution—known at the time as Cornell University Medical College—sought to provide students with… Read More
Biomedical Research News from AMSNY: October 2023
Highlights Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at University at Buffalo Researchers Discover How a Gene Only Some of Us Have May Protect Against Neurodegeneration University at Buffalo researchers have discovered how an active form of a gene present in 75% of the human population works to protect the brain against neurodegeneration. Published online… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: October 2023
Highlights University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Pathway Program Proves Access Can Cultivate Scientists In the summer of 2021, the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Commission and the City College of New York launched the partnership program NEUROCITY. By collaborating with the Summer Scholars Program at the University of Rochester School… Read More
Biomedical Research News from AMSNY: September 2023
Highlights Columbia University Irving Medical Center Selected as a Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence As part of the National Institutes of Health’s Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative, Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been selected as a Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence. The NIH announced $24… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: September 2023
Highlights Albert Einstein College of Medicine: World-Renowned Scientist and Researcher Yaron Tomer, MD, Named the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean Yaron Tomer, MD, has been named the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, effective October 2nd, 2023. Following a comprehensive national search, Dr. Tomer stood out as… Read More