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A $1 million Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society will help a multi-institution team led by Dr. Bishoy Faltas, associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, to develop new therapy combinations for hard-to-treat urinary tract cancers.

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Alzheimer’s disease may not be a single illness, but a complex web of overlapping brain disorders that scientists have just started to untangle. Leaders in the field discussed this shift in research at the recent 13th annual Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute Symposium held in the Belfer Research Building at Weill Cornell Medicine.

“The vision of the Appel Institute is simple. We wanted to tackle some of the most devastating...

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Family physicians who report feeling burned out are nearly 1.5 times more likely to change practices or stop practicing medicine entirely compared to their peers who don’t report burnout, a study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found. Physician burnout can include emotional exhaustion,...

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Upcoming Seminars

Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Biomedical Data Science Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Imaging Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Stanford University
April 14, 2026 - 4:00pm
On Tuesday, April 14th, from 3:00 – 4:00pm, Weill Cornell Medicine will host the annual William D. Stubenbord lecture sponsored by the Louis Calder Foundation. This year’s Stubenbord lecture will be given by Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD. His lecture is titled: “The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Lessons from Medical Imaging”. Dr. Langlotz is a Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Biomedical Data Science, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research at Stanford University. He also serves as Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI Center). Dr. Langlotz’s NIH-funded laboratory has led numerous national and international efforts to enhance medical imaging, including the development of the RadLex standard terminology system and the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), a U.S. national imaging research resource. The lecture will take place in Weill Cornell Medicine’s C-200 auditorium, located on the second floor of 1300 York Ave., followed by a reception in Griffis Faculty Club from 4:00 – 5:00pm. Please register today! The William D. Stubenbord Visiting Professorship was established in 1968 by a gift from the Louis Calder Foundation in memory of Louis Calder Sr. and Louis Calder Jr., and in recognition of the outstanding professional services and long-standing friendship that the late Dr. William D. Stubenbord had for them and members of their families. Dr. Stubenbord, who died in 1982, was a 1931 graduate of Weill Cornell Medicine and was associated with The New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center during his entire medical career.
April 16, 2026 - 1:00pm
45th Annual Vincent du Vigneaud Research Symposium at WCM Keynote Address: Dr. Rachel Perry “Insulin and Cancer: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Figure Out?”
April 17, 2026 - 1:00pm
"The role of microglia in the cognitive impairment associated with excessive sugar consumption" Giuseppe Faraco, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, WCM

Thesis Defenses

Zoe A. Kehs
Date: Friday, April 10, 2026 - 1:00pm

Zoe A. Kehs
Pharmacology

Chairperson: Dr. David Scheinberg
Major Sponsor: Dr. Yueming Li
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Heeseon An, Lonny Levin, and Dr. Anna Orr

Student Research

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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Notice of 2026 PhRMA Foundation Fellowship Awards
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates our graduate student who received an award offer in the PhRMA Foundation Fellowship program.

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Notice of Schmidt Science Fellows awardee Zhaoquan Wang
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates our graduate student who received an award offer in the 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows program.

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