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Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple negative” breast cancer subtype, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The discovery could lead to new dietary and pharmaceutical strategies against breast and other cancers.

In the study...

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bladder cancer

Leveraging the power of AI and machine learning technologies, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine developed a more effective model for predicting how patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer will respond to chemotherapy. The model harnesses whole-slide tumor imaging and gene expression analyses in a way that outperforms previous models using a single data type.

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Televisit for buprenorphine

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that restricting telehealth prescriptions for opioid use disorder could keep thousands from accessing buprenorphine, a medication that helps people recover from addiction. The study, published March 3 in JAMA Network Open, warns that requiring in-person visits—as had been proposed...

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Upcoming Seminars

April 1, 2025 - 5:00pm
Guest Speaker: Dorothy A. Sipkins, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Co-Leader, Precision Cancer Medicine Program, Duke Cancer Institute Duke University Seminar Title: “Backdoor Metastasis to the Central Nervous System”. Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Location: Room: A-250, Anne Evans Estabrook Lecture Hall 1300 York Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10065 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM Host: Dawid G. Nowak, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology in Medicine
April 4, 2025 - 1:00pm
"Building the Blueprint of the Brain: Genetic and Molecular Strategies for Unraveling Sensory Circuit Development" Yu-Chieh David Chen, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, New York University
April 4, 2025 - 3:00pm
"Diagnostic and Clinical Utility of Advanced Hemodynamic Assessment in Pulmonary Hypertension and Unexplained Dyspnea" Inderjit Singh, MBChB, BMedSci, FRCP, FCCP Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine

Thesis Defenses

Chan Woo Chun
Date: Monday, April 7, 2025 - 10:00am

Chan Woo Chun
Tri-Institutional Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology and Medicine (TPCBM)

Chairperson: Dr. Fei Wang
Major Sponsor: Dr. Jonathan D. Victor
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Amy Kuceyeski and Dr. Daniel D. Lee

Justin S. Hachey
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - 2:30pm

Justin S. Hachey
Pharmacology

 

Chairperson: Dr. Sarat Chandarlapaty
Major Sponsor: Dr. Jason S. Lewis
Minor Sponsors: Dr. Daniel Heller and Dr. Kayvan Keshari

Additional Member: Dr. Lisa Bodei (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Student Research

David Hoyos
The 2024 Hertz Fellows will address the most pressing challenges facing our nation.

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2024 NSF GRFP Awardees
Congratulations to the 2024 NSF GRFP awardees and honorable mentions from our Weill Cornell Grad School community.

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2023 NIH F31
Weill Cornell Graduate School congratulates our current graduate students who received award offers in the 2023 NIH F31 program.

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