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young cancer patient

Weill Cornell Medicine received a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop innovative support strategies for an understudied group of cancer patients: adolescents and young adults (AYAs). For these individuals, cancer survival often marks the beginning of lifelong challenges from treatment effects.

Every year, over 80,000 people aged 15 to 39 are diagnosed with cancer. And more than 2...

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home care aide with elderly man

Obtaining home care for older adults with Medicaid can be a complex, multi-step process marked by delays and uncertainty, often resulting in long wait times, according to a new Weill Cornell Medicine study. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that millions of Americans with limited income and resources depend on for free or low-cost health coverage, including the help needed to age at home. 

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colorectal cancer biopsy

Chemotherapy drugs that target a common mutation in colorectal cancer rapidly lose efficacy in patients, leading to relapse. According to a new preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center investigators, colorectal tumors often find multiple ways to survive treatment, including additional genetic mutations and activation of cellular pathways typically associated with inflammation and regeneration. Targeting this tumor-specific inflammatory process could enhance...

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Upcoming Seminars

May 29, 2026 - 1:00pm
"The Role of Cell-Type-Specific Senescence in the Development of Parkinson’s Disease" Markus Riessland, PhD, Assistant Professor, SUNY Empire Innovation Program (EIP), Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
June 5, 2026 - 1:00pm
"Virtual Reality for Lab Animal Visual Neuroscience" Matthew Isaacson, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
Dr. Sheila Nirenberg
December 30, 2026 - 3:00pm
Systems and Computational Biomedicine (SCB) Seminar Series Presents: Sheila Nirenberg, Ph.D. Professor in Systems and Computational Biomedicine Nanette Laitman Professor in Neurology and Neuroscience

Thesis Defenses

Helen Hoxie
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - 1:00pm

Helen Hoxie
Pharmacology

Chairperson: Dr. John Blenis
Major Sponsor: Dr. Lorraine Gudas
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Paraskevi Giannakakou, Dr. Dawid Nowak, and Dr. Kristen Pleil

Dana Alexander Goerzen
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 - 1:00pm

Dana Alexander Goerzen
Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology

Chairperson: Dr. George Khelashvili
Major Sponsor: Dr. Daniel Heller
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Jason Lewis and Dr. Alban Ordureau

Student Research

Notice of 2026 NSF GRFP Awardees and Honorable Mentions
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers and honorable mention recognition in the 2026 National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

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Notice of 2026 NIH F31 program awardees
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers in the 2026 National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) program.

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Notice of 2025 NIH F31 program awardees
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates the graduate students who received award offers in the 2025 National Institutes of Health Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) program.

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