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2018 Nov 16

Dr. Kristy Richards Featured in Nature Outlooks

Congratulations to Dr. Kristy Richards , whose work using a canine model to better understand targeted therapies for lymphoma was highlighted in the November 14, 2018 issue of Nature Outlooks. Read more

2018 Nov 15

Functional Genomics Initiative Names Pilot Grant Recipients

Two WCM investigators, Yariv Houvras, Ph.D. and Bishoy Faltas, M.D. each recently received a Rapid Response Pilot Grant from the Functional Genomics Initiative (FGI). A joint venture from the Englander Institute for... Read more

2018 Nov 12

2018 Collaborative Research Initiative Awardees Announced

Four interdisciplinary teams of physicians and scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine have been announced as recipients of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center's 2018 Collaborative Research Initiative grants. The awards... Read more

2018 Nov 08

New Pathway Created to Reduce Skin Cancer Risk

New research published this week in Science Signaling on mechanisms that control skin pigmentation reveal new pathways that could increase the pigmentation of skin and reduce the risk of skin cancer, the most common form of... Read more

2018 May 22

Dan Landau, M.D., Ph.D., Announced as Winner of 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize

Video of Dan Landau, MD, PhD - 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Prize Winner Dan Landau, M.D., Ph.D., was one of the awardees of the 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research, which... Read more

David Nanus, M.D., discusses cancer drug prices

2018 Apr 09

David Nanus, M.D., Talks to OncLive on Managing Side Effects from Immunotherapy in RCC

Video of Dr. Nanus on Managing Side Effects from Immunotherapy in RCC Read more

2018 Apr 05

Healthcare Analytics News Interviews Heather Yeo, M.D., M.H.S., on mHealth

The article "Reducing Postoperative Readmissions: There's an App for That" discusses Dr. Heather Yeo's smartphone app that prompts patients to adhere to optimal postoperative care. The full article can be found here: http://... Read more

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2018 Apr 04

Koen van Besien, M.D., Ph.D., on Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Hematologic Malignancies

Video of Dr. van Besien on Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Hematologic Malignancies Read more

2018 Jan 17

MCC Director Lewis Cantley, Ph.D., and team Reveal a Key Cancer Mechanism

Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to form distant tumors in the body, can be triggered by a chronic leakage of DNA within tumor cells, according to a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and... Read more

2018 Jan 08

Selina Chen-Kiang, Ph.D., Receives Funding from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New Research Program

Selina Chen-Kiang, Ph.D., is the recipient of a grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's new research program in Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL). She and her team investigate the efficacy of a therapy approved for breast... Read more

2018 Jan 05

Peter Martin, M.D., Talks Trial of Oral Azacitidine Plus R-CHOP in High Risk DLBCL

Video of Dr. Martin on Trial of Oral Azacitidine Plus R-CHOP in High Risk DLBCL Peter Martin, M.D., discusses a trial of the combination of oral azacitidine (CC-486) and R-CHOP in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). This... Read more

2017 Dec 28

The Value of MIPI and Ki-67 in Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Video of The Value of MIPI and Ki-67 in Mantle Cell Lymphoma John P. Leonard, M.D., interim chair of the Department of Medicine, associate dean of clinical research, Richard T. Silver Distinguished Professor of Hematology... Read more

2017 Dec 11

Signs of acute myeloid leukemia may be present years before diagnosis

Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may have genetic mutations in their blood indicating they are at high risk of developing the disease about nine years before diagnosis , according to research from Weill Cornell... Read more

2017 Dec 06

Silvia C. Formenti, M.D., Gives Keynote Lecture at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Video of Keynote Lecture: Silvia C. Formenti, MD, on Converting Tumors Into in Situ Vaccines With Radiation Therapy In her keynote lecture at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Silvia C. Formenti, M.D., Professor... Read more

2017 Nov 30

Dan A. Landau, M.D., Ph.D., Receives the the 2017 Joanne Levy, M.D., Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement from the American Society of Hematology

Dan A. Landau, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of m edicine in hematology/oncology and assistant professor in physiology and biophysics, will receive the 2017 Joanne Levy, M.D., Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement... Read more

Jessica Tyler, epigenetics, genetics, chromatin, cancer

2017 Nov 20

Dr. Kristy Richards Featured in Nature Outlooks

Functional Genomics Initiative Names Pilot Grant Recipients

2018 Collaborative Research Initiative Awardees Announced

New Pathway Created to Reduce Skin Cancer Risk

Dan Landau, M.D., Ph.D., Announced as Winner of 2018 Pershing Square Sohn Prize

David Nanus, M.D., Talks to OncLive on Managing Side Effects from Immunotherapy in RCC

Healthcare Analytics News Interviews Heather Yeo, M.D., M.H.S., on mHealth

Koen van Besien, M.D., Ph.D., on Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Hematologic Malignancies

MCC Director Lewis Cantley, Ph.D., and team Reveal a Key Cancer Mechanism

Selina Chen-Kiang, Ph.D., Receives Funding from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New Research Program

Peter Martin, M.D., Talks Trial of Oral Azacitidine Plus R-CHOP in High Risk DLBCL

The Value of MIPI and Ki-67 in Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Signs of acute myeloid leukemia may be present years before diagnosis

Silvia C. Formenti, M.D., Gives Keynote Lecture at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Dan A. Landau, M.D., Ph.D., Receives the the 2017 Joanne Levy, M.D., Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement from the American Society of Hematology

Jessica Tyler, Ph.D., Elected Fellow of AAAS

Mark M. Souweidane, M.D., Named to NCI’s Brain Malignancies Steering Committee

Todd Evans, Ph.D., Talks Cancer Organoids with the Daily Beast

L.A. Times Op-Ed Features MCC Director Lewis Cantley, Ph.D.

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