Graduate School of Medical Sciences
A partnership with the Sloan Kettering Institute

Vincent du Vigneaud Symposium Awards

The Vincent du Vigneaud Memorial Research Symposium is a one-day, student-run event held annually, showcasing the cutting-edge research conducted by our graduate students in our labs. The day features a keynote speech, delivered by a preeminent scientist selected by the students; oral and poster presentations by the participating students; and a reception and awards ceremony, honoring the day's winners for best oral presentation and poster presentation.

Dr. Christine Salvatore Named Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine

Christine Salvatore

Dr. Christine Salvatore has been named chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine. An expert in general pediatric infectious diseases, Dr. Salvatore is leading an expansion of the division’s clinical, research and education programs.

Streamlining Patient Care: 4 ways my MBA made telemedicine possible in the ED

Streamlining Patient Care, Rahul Sharma

Photo credit: John Abbott

Convocation Recognizes Outstanding Students

Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School Convocation Recognizes Outstanding Students

On the eve of their commencement, students from Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences were recognized for their outstanding achievements.

More than 100 medical and graduate students received special awards, prizes, certificates and the Weill Cornell seal during two ceremonies on May 31 in Uris Auditorium. The awards acknowledge the students' exceptional academic achievement, scholarship, research, teaching and service. The ceremony also honored other students, alumni, faculty and staff.

Running the Numbers

Neel Madhukar. Photo credit: John Abbott.
Neel Madhukar. Photo credit: John Abbott.

Growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee, Neel Madhukar always assumed he would become a physician. That’s what he told his high school teachers, and he pursued a premed track as an undergraduate at Emory University. But that plan shifted after his grandfather, to whom he had long been close, received a devastating diagnosis of liver cancer when Madhukar was a freshman.

Two Graduating Computational Modeling Students Find Early Success in a Rare Partnership

Graduating computational modeling students Neel Madhukar and Katie Gayvert, both members of the Elemento Lab, featured in a recent WCM video highlighting the accomplishments of their collaborative and individual efforts to better science and biomedical research.
 
Both students were featured in Forbes 2016 30 under 30 under H

WCM Graduate Student Fellowships

Each year, starting in 2016, WCGS awards one-year partial fellowships for post-ACE students in WCM laboratories. The fellowships recognize exemplary academic and research achievements as a WCGS trainee. Past awardees are:

2025-26

Caroline Booraem
Program Neuroscience; PI: Anna Orr
Fellowship: "Margaret & Herman Sokol Fellowship”

Mengyang Zou
Program BCMB Allied Program; PI: Tobias Meyer
Fellowship: "Markey Graduate School of Medical Science Fellowship”

Program Schedule

Courses take place over 20 months (with breaks), consisting of two terms per year (fall and spring).

Leadership Appointments in Academic Integration and the Graduate School

Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School

Dear Weill Cornell Medicine Community,

I am writing to inform you of several exciting leadership appointments at Weill Cornell Medicine that will keep us at the forefront of biomedical graduate education and research.

Hockey Team (GSEC)

The Weill Cornell ICE-OTOPES play in the Central Park Ice Hockey League at Lasker Rink, right on the water in beautiful Central Park North. The team plays Sunday nights from November through March and features players from all three branches of the Tri-I, including graduate students, post-docs, and PIs.