Highlights SUNY Upstate Medical University: Recovered from COVID-19? You may be Able to Help Others Upstate Medical University is seeking patients who have recovered from COVID-19 for an emergency clinical trial. The recovered patients would donate plasma, the liquid part of their blood, to help treat severely ill patients battling the disease. The project is… Read More
Highlight Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Student in Newsday: Fighting COVID-19 is the Right Call to Action I am a proud, first-generation, Chinese American graduating from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on April 10 – a month early. My mother’s family is from Wuhan, China, a beautiful metropolitan city… Read More
Coronavirus COVID-19 Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Data Scientists Launch Program to Generate Real-World Evidence on COVID-19 Treatments Data scientists from Columbia University and around the world are starting to use the world’s electronic health records and other clinical databases to find the best therapies and practices for treating patients with COVID-19. The… Read More
COVID-19 Education and Support Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Students Start COVID-19 Virtual Volunteer Group Students from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have formed the COVID-19 Student Service Corps, or CSSC, to lend a virtual hand to fellow health professionals during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The medical students have… Read More
Highlights New York State Releases New NYSTEM RFAs NYSTEM (New York Stem Cell Science), on behalf of the Empire State Stem Cell Board recently, announced the 2020 release of the Request for Applications (RFA). Approximately $50 million is available to support about 70 awards. Congratulations to scientists and advocates who have worked hard to raise… Read More
Highlights AMSNY’s Diversity in Medicine Program Eliminated in State Budget – Take Action! For 29 years, New York State has funded the highly successful Diversity in Medicine Program run by AMSNY, which has helped more than 500 underrepresented in medicine students become doctors. The program has helped diversify the state’s physician workforce, which improves health… Read More
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
