Weill Cornell Medicine Establishes Graduate Programs at Houston Methodist
News provided by
Share this article
Weill Cornell Medicine (PRNewsFoto/Weill Cornell Medicine)
NEW YORK and HOUSTON, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In an expansion of its top-ranked biomedical education curricula, Weill Cornell Medicine is launching an additional site for graduate programs at Houston Methodist for the 2021-22 academic year. This new site, offered by the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences at Houston Methodist, exemplifies the culmination of a decade-long endeavor to establish a biomedical pedagogical presence in Houston and builds on the 16-year academic affiliation between the two academic medical institutions.
E-Mail
IMAGE: Dr. Omar Albagha, one of the principal investigators of Whole genome sequencing in the Middle Eastern Qatari population identifies genetic associations with 45 clinically relevant traits , Nature Communications 2021 view more
Credit: Qatar Foundation
Doha, Qatar - (February 23, 2021) - A group of researchers at Qatar Foundation have reported the first and largest genetic association study in the Middle East, that has been published online in
Nature Communications - a leading a peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal published by Nature Research.
The study titled Whole genome sequencing in the Middle Eastern Qatari population identifies genetic associations with 45 clinically relevant traits highlights a vital piece of information wherein now there is a better understanding of the genetic risk factors that are specific to the Arab population, including those that are shared with other ethnicities.
Esmaily Lab/Provided
Visualization of a helmet designed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 by pumping air from the mouth to the helmet s vacuum port. Helmet design protects dentists, doctors from COVID-19
January 26, 2021
Visiting the dentist or an ear, nose and throat doctor can already make patients feel uneasy, and for those who can’t wear a mask due to the nature of their procedures, the transmission of COVID-19 has become an additional concern.
Researchers from Cornell have proposed a solution in the form of a transparent helmet that prevents 99.6% of virus-containing droplets exhaled by patients from reaching the environment. The helmet provides practitioners access to the patient’s nose and mouth and is connected to a filtration pump that reverses the flow of air to prevent droplets from leaving, avoiding contamination of the clinical environment.
Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
Applications are invited for a tenure track appointment as
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology ( https://pharmacology.weill.cornell.edu) at Weill Cornell Medicine ( https://weill.cornell.edu ) in New York City. The department faculty members have diverse research interests that include chemical biology, cell signaling and regulation, cancer pharmacology, neuropharmacology, metabolism, and cardiovascular pharmacology.
We seek exceptional individuals with innovative and creative research programs in the area of chemical biology. In particular, we are searching for individuals who have the ability to form productive collaborations with basic science and clinical faculty and who will develop projects with relevance to human disease.
2020 in review: COVID-19 was the story
December 21, 2020
The first mention of the word “coronavirus” in a Cornell Chronicle story in 2020 came on Jan. 29, when the university designated mainland China as an elevated-risk destination, and imposed travel restrictions on students, faculty and staff.
Since then, there have been more than 300 stories or university statements that mention COVID-19 posted on news.cornell.edu. It has been the story of the year.
The most-read Chronicle story of the year was a Weill Cornell Medicine-produced research FAQ from April 20, “Why is COVID-19 mild for some, deadly for others?” Given the fact that so much remains unknown about this mysterious virus, it’s no surprise that more than 60,000 readers – and counting – clicked on this story.