The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences has been awarded a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch a program dedicated to increasing the number and enhancing the success of doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds.

Matthew Laghezza, chief physician assistant in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Lisa Perry Emergency Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was named 2018 Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant of the Year by the Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants.

A new technology devised by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center (NYGC) enables the measurement of gene mutations and their effects on gene activity within individual cancer cells biopsied from patients.

Healthcare transformation isn’t just a concept to pharmacist Sarah Thompson—it is her passion.

Since joining Coastal Medical, the largest primary care practice in Rhode Island, a decade ago, Thompson has made it her mission to help patients receive high-quality, comprehensive healthcare at the greatest value. At first she directly engaged patients to ensure that they knew how to properly use their medications and that they could afford them. Then, as director of clinical services, Thompson led teams that conducted this work.

By Heather Salerno

Heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes are known as “silent killers,” so named because they often have subtle symptoms that go undetected. While osteoporosis may seem an unlikely addition to that list, Dr. Matthew Greenblatt says the common bone-thinning disease can be just as quiet, debilitating—and deadly. “For older people who fall and fracture their hip, there is a very low chance they’ll ever walk again,” he says. “And there’s a surprisingly high chance they’ll die due to complications.”