Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: When Omicron Struck, Mount Sinai’s Students Signed Up to Help Several days after Christmas, second-year medical student Arman Azad met with top administrators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to plan how he and fellow students could help the Mount Sinai Health System… Read More
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Announces New Biomedical Laureates as Part of Drive to Diversify Research The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai announced the appointment of two new Laureates as part of its Biomedical Laureates Program, building on an institutional commitment to broadening diversity and mentorship opportunities. The announcement… Read More
Highlights Weill Cornell Medicine: $5.6 Million Gift Expands Debt-Free Scholarship Funding for Medical Students Building on their longtime commitment to social justice, equity and diversity, Louise and Leonard Riggio have made a $5.6 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine to establish a named scholarship for medical students with financial need who are Black…. Read More
Highlights Albert Einstein College of Medicine: NIH Funds New Center to Treat Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder at Einstein and Montefiore Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System have been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to establish a multidisciplinary research center focused on treatments for people with both… Read More
Highlights Albany Medical College: Dr. Alan Boulos Named Interim Dean of Albany Medical College Albany Med announced new roles for senior leaders. “As we serve our community through the pandemic for all our patients’ needs, we also look to further evolve the Albany Med Health System – a partnership of hospitals dedicated to… Read More
Highlights Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Developed Treatment Strategy May Lead to HIV Cure Armed with a novel strategy they developed for bolstering the body’s immune response, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have successfully suppressed HIV infections in mice—offering a path to a functional cure for HIV and other chronic viral infections. Their… Read More
Highlights Crain’s New York Business: State Med Schools Report Record-High Diversity More than 21% of first-year students last year at medical schools across the state were from underrepresented backgrounds, the first time the rate exceeded 20% since it has been tracked. Crain’s New York Business reported on the development, citing the Associated Medical Schools… Read More
Highlights SUNY Upstate Medical University Conducts New Clinical Trial Testing Seasonal Flu Vaccine Upstate Medical University is seeking volunteers for a clinical trial involving a new flu vaccine similar to the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which could be more effective in combatting seasonal flu. Upstate is working with Pfizer to study a new mRNA-based… Read More
Highlights Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell: The Road to Medical School Begins Long Before the Application Process – Zucker School of Medicine’s Admissions Director Offers Sound Advice for Improving Your Chances of Being Accepted You’ve decided to become a doctor, so what’s the next step in your journey? The process of gaining… Read More
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Researchers Report Troubling Increase in Homebound Older Adults, Especially Blacks and Hispanics, During Pandemic In a paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai researchers describe a troubling increase in the numbers of homebound older adults, likely driven by the pandemic, from 5 percent in the… Read More
