Innovative researchers are delving into the genetic bag of tricks that enables TB’s airborne transmission and drug resistance. Powerful new treatments and diagnostics are in the works. Tuberculosis (TB) has afflicted Homo sapiens since our
After more than a decade of living with chronic pain and heavy periods, a patient finally gets relief from her endometriosis with the right treatment plan. For 12 years, Crystal Richardson went from doctor to doctor to understand what was c…
Brain science is poised to upend the way mental health disorders are diagnosed and treated — and psychiatrist Dr. Conor Liston (M.D. ’08, Ph.D.) and his team are at the forefront of this paradigm shift. Clockwise from left: Finding new ways…
How can doctors restore trust in medical and scientific expertise? Livingston Farrand Professor of Population Health SciencesChief, Division of Health Policy and EconomicsFounding Co-Director, Cornell Health Policy Center To restore public
Dr. Kiran Musunuru (M.D. ’04, Ph.D), on left, and Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas (Ph.D. ’10, M.D. ’11), holding baby KJ Muldoon “This absolutely would not have happened without the Tri-I program.” Dr. Kiran Musunuru (M.D. ’04, Ph.D.) and Dr. Re…
By probing the physical cause of obesity, researchers have repudiated harmful misconceptions about the condition, leading to new, highly effective medications. At 55, Audrey Friel has spent much of her life trying to shed pounds from a body…
Assistant Professor of Medicine During a recent study of pregnant women in urban slums in India, Dr. Puja Chebrolu’s team trained community health workers to screen for gestational diabetes. The findings surprised everyone: More women teste…
How can the health-care workforce recover from pandemic burnout? “Just as everyone needs a primary care physician, perhaps everyone — health-care workers included — needs a mental health care provider.” In many ways, the well-being of our c…
After a COVID pandemic hiatus, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Music & Medicine Initiative is back in the spotlight. Conductor Adrian Rogers, of the Juilliard School, leads the Weill Cornell Music & Medicine Orchestra. Early in her Weill Cornell M…
Mapping the connections between the brain’s structure and function. Professor of Mathematics in Radiology and in Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine Professor of Computational Biology & Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University Co-di…
An ambitious research program focusing on mothers and their babies, which taps into the power of big data, could hold clues to improving the health of women and their children across their lifespans. Anna Klein’s first three pregnancies wer…
Dr. Steven Josefowicz Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Dr. Michael GlickmanProfessor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine Co-Director of the Marie-Josée Kravis Center for Cancer Immunobiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering…