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March 18, 2024

For over a decade, the Medicare Shared Savings Program has participated in accountable care organization (ACO) models. As of 2022, roughly 11 million patients are attributed to ACOs, but the priorities and...

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March 15, 2024

Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, may decrease the likelihood of nursing home residents experiencing stressful hospitalizations and improve the quality of life in their last days, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine.

The study, published in JAMA Network Open on Mar. 15, examined how SNFists uniquely impacted the...

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March 11, 2024

Vertical integration in healthcare has become a dominant trend, whereby hospitals acquire physician practices. Between 2019 and 2022 alone, hospitals acquired 4800 additional practices, and 58,000 more physicians became hospital employees...

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February 27, 2024

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is excited to host Dr. David Ouyang, staff physician and assistant professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, for a presentation on echocardiography and the use of multi-modal foundation models in the field. The seminar will take place on March 13 at noon on Zoom.

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February 26, 2024

Dr. Pragya Kakani is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Health Policy and Economics. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine, she completed her PhD in health policy at Harvard University.  

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February 21, 2024

Integration is the practice of combining healthcare services with the goal of improving patient care. Vertical integration between physicians and pharmacy services allows physician organizations to dispense self-...

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February 21, 2024

Dr. Eunji Choi is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Epidemiology. Before joining Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) she...

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February 6, 2024

Black youth are at a higher risk for behavioral health crises than their non-Black peers. Suicide, the severe consequence of behavioral health crises, is a public health concern and is ranked as the second leading cause of death in 10 to 24-year-olds. There is a critical need to deeply understand social risk factors unique to Black youth and their differentiation from risk factors for other racial groups.

Dr. Yifan...

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February 6, 2024

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is excited to host Dr. Bo Wang, assistant professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology at the University of Toronto, for a presentation on the utilization of generative Al in propelling biomedical research. The seminar will take place on February 21 at noon on Zoom.

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January 17, 2024

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is excited to host Dr. Akhil Vaid, instructor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, for a presentation on the use of machine learning/artificial intelligence models in healthcare settings. The seminar will take place on January 24 at 11AM in person.

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January 8, 2024

Dr. Himel Mallick, assistant professor of population health sciences, was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Alumni Award for Research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health. This honor recognizes exceptional contributions to cutting-edge research and an exemplary commitment to making a lasting, positive change in public health.

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January 3, 2024

Dr. Derek Lake is an instructor of population health sciences in the...

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December 22, 2023

The Biostatistics Computing Club provides a platform for staff and faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) to learn and advance their computational skills, specifically in biostatistical analyses. The club is currently led by Anjile An, research biostatistician III, and Will Simmons, research biostatistician II, in the Department of Population Health Sciences.  

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December 19, 2023

When Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle began medical school, he wanted to become a physician who would not only address a patient’s present concerns, but also maintain...

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December 6, 2023

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer among men in the US and the second-highest cause of cancer deaths among men. The standard for detecting PCa is transrectal ultrasonography, often associated with post-biopsy complications and...

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December 4, 2023

Dr. Sean Murphy, professor of population health sciences and ...

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November 22, 2023

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine has used an AI-based approach to uncover underlying patterns among the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, termed social determinants of health (SDoH), and then linked each pattern to children’s health outcomes. Compared with traditional approaches, the strategy, in principle, provides a more objective and comprehensive picture of potential social factors that affect child health, which in turn, can enable better...

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October 31, 2023

Substance use disorders (SUDs), including opioid use disorder (OUD), and drug overdose deaths in the United States reached an all-time high with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between April 2020 and April 2021, reporting more than 100,000 overdose deaths. Previous studies...

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October 26, 2023

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) is investing in the future of population health by launching a new doctorate program to train the next generation of leading population health researchers. 

The Weill Cornell PhD in Population Health Sciences will prepare students to investigate the behavioral and social determinants of health, in addition to biological determinants, through the measurement, design, and evaluation of research...

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October 25, 2023

Dr. Jyotishman Pathak, chief of the Division of Health Informatics and Frances and John L. Loeb Professor of Medical...

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October 17, 2023

Dr. Yunyu Xiao, assistant professor of population health sciences, recently received grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH...

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October 9, 2023

A team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy has received a four-year R01 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health...

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September 29, 2023

Over the past three decades, hospice ownership by publicly traded companies (PTC) and private equity (PE) firms has steadily increased. As of 2019, 16% of Medicare hospice patients receive care from PE- or PTC-owned agencies. While proponents of acquisition claim these investments ...

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September 28, 2023

Dr. Himel Mallick, assistant professor of population health sciences, has been elected a member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).

The ISI was established in 1885 and is one of the oldest scientific associations operating in the modern world...

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September 14, 2023

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is excited to host Dr. Mengling Feng, assistant professor at Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health; assistant director of research at Institute for Data Science at National University of Singapore; and senior assistant director of National University Hospital, for a presentation on the use of datathons in healthcare AI projects. The seminar will take place on October 18 at 12PM...
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September 1, 2023

Dr. Wodan Ling, assistant professor of population health sciences, has received the American Statistical Association (ASA) 2023 W. J. Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing for her study...

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August 24, 2023

The recent success of large language models (LLMs) has led to a shift in natural language processing (NLP) research. Models like GPT-3.5 and ChatGPT suggest potential for medical evidence summarization: a process wherein a model can follow human instructions and summarize medical evidence ...

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August 22, 2023

An article in 360Dx addresses the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and details its potential...

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August 21, 2023

Dr. Yifan Peng, assistant professor of population health sciences, has been awarded a five-year R01 grant from the National Library of Medicine (NLM)...

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August 18, 2023

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is excited to host Dr. Hoifung Poon, general manager for Health Futures at Microsoft Research and affiliated professor at the University of Washington Medical School, to present on generative AI for precision health. The seminar will take place on September 21 at 12PM via Zoom.
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August 15, 2023

Dr. Yushu Shi and Dr. Yifan Peng, assistant professors of population health sciences,...

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August 14, 2023

Dr. Thomas Campion, chief research informatics officer and associate professor of population health sciences and healthcare policy research in pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM...

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August 4, 2023

While there are highly effective treatments for the hepatitis C virus (HCV), only 1 in 5 Medicaid enrollees diagnosed with HCV started treatment, according to a retrospective study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University’s Ithaca campus. The findings revealed that treatment uptake rates were even lower among people under 30, women, Hispanic and Asian individuals, as well as people who inject drugs. The research underscores the urgent need for public health and...

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July 20, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. hospitals had overcapacity intensive care units (ICU) while other area hospitals had open ICU beds available, a phenomenon known as “load imbalance.” The hospitals most likely to be overloaded in imbalanced regions served a higher number of Black patients and more patients enrolled in Medicaid, according to a new study conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

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July 20, 2023

Using an innovative method for measuring doctor turnover, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers determined that between 2010 and 2018, the annual rate at which physicians left their practices increased by 43 percent, from 5.3 percent to 7.6 percent a year.  The causes of this trend are not known, but warrant further investigation, according to the researchers.

The study, published July 11 in the Annals of...

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July 7, 2023

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a mandatory pay-for-performance program through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that aims to incentivize high-quality care and lower healthcare costs. Participating clinicians are assigned...

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July 6, 2023

Dr. Himel Mallick, assistant professor of population health sciences, has received the 2023 "Stan Altan" Best Nonclinical Biostatistics Paper Award, for his ...

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July 5, 2023

State laws allowing medical cannabis use did not reduce prescriptions for opioids or other therapies for chronic, non-cancer pain, according to a policy analysis by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Dr. Beth McGinty, chief of the Division of Health Policy and Economics at...

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June 28, 2023

A comprehensive understanding of financial structures and problem-solving strategies is integral for healthcare professionals seeking to drive innovation in a rapidly evolving industry. The Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program offers a range of courses addressing financial competencies taught by esteemed experts. Recently, the program hosted a prospective student reception with one of these faculty members, Dr....

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June 27, 2023

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is excited to host Yuzhe Yang, PhD candidate at the Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, to present new learning methods in assessing disease and health at home. The seminar will take place in-person at 425 E. 61st St  3rd Fl Conference Room and online via Zoom.
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June 26, 2023

Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University have been awarded a $9.8 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI),...

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June 24, 2023

A model for optimizing the dispensing of vaccines during pandemics that uses a new measure of success for such efforts has been developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the Ithaca campus of Cornell University, Singapore University of Technology and Design and San Jose State University in California. The new model expands the concept of vaccine coverage to include 'vaccinated person-days' (VPDs), which prioritizes both the number of people vaccinated and the speed of getting shots...

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June 21, 2023

The Department of Population Health Sciences recently hosted a donation drive in recognition of Menstrual Hygiene Day. Attendees created menstrual kits for the...

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June 20, 2023

Hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, a large federal safety-net program, are financially incentivized to prescribe original biologic drugs to prevent and treat diseases in lieu of cheaper generic-like alternatives called biosimilar medications, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and University...

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June 15, 2023

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health invites you to attend the second event in our monthly seminar series. We are excited to welcome our esteemed clinical colleagues – Curtis Cole, MD, FACP; Bella Mehta, MD; Edward J.Schenck, MD; Zachary Grinspan, MD, MS; and He Sarina Yang, PhD to discuss the potential of ChatGPT in clinical medicine.

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May 25, 2023

A prescription drug event (PDE) edit was enacted in July 2017 that reduced reimbursement of Part D–covered medications from 32 to 14 days after the deaths of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries whose prescriptions were dispensed by community or retail pharmacy services. These reimbursements to decedents may be evidence of...

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May 17, 2023

The Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health is hosting the inaugural event of our monthly seminar series. We are delighted to have Dr. Yi Zhang to introduce the fundamentals and progress of conversational AI technologies, including the ubiquitous ChatGPT, and how they are impacting our daily lives. Dr. Zhang is a professor in computer science and engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the co-founder of Rul.ai, a low/no code conversational AI platform...

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May 9, 2023

While the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have passed, the effects of post-COVID conditions on public health remain. A new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators has found that the risk of long COVID and its symptoms present very differently across diverse populations and suggests that further investigation is needed to...

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May 9, 2023

At the 2023 NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference (GTC), NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang shared information about the artificial intelligence (AI) technology affecting every industry. He unveiled ...

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May 1, 2023

Dr. Himel Mallick is an assistant professor of population h...

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April 19, 2023

Prospective students gained valuable insights into the unique experience of female executives at a special panel hosted by Cornell’s Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program and Executive MBA Metro NY program. Alumnae and current students from both programs shared their journeys in navigating an executive master’s program and its lasting impact on their careers and professional networks.

The panel was moderated by...

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April 18, 2023

Dr. Himel Mallick, assistant professor of population health sciences, has been elected to the 2023 class of fellows of the American Statistical Association (ASA). This prestigious distinction recognizes statisticians for their professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistical science.

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April 13, 2023

Dr. Wenna Xi, instructor of population health sciences, has been...

March 28, 2023

Depression is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders globally, and antidepressants are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression. However, prior studies suggest that treatment efficacy is usually low. Recent studies aimed to predict...

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March 22, 2023

The Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program boasts an incredible faculty that includes both top academics and leading industry practictioners, teaching practical and theoretical frameworks that transition seamlessly from the classroom to the boardroom.

Recently, prospective and current students were invited to a special reception with one of the newest faculty additions to the program, Stephen M. Cohen, former...

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March 21, 2023

Over the past decade, physician management companies (PMCs) have increasingly acquired physician practices and contracted with hospitals to provide physician management services. PMCs are for-profit companies that may be supported by private equity investments. While PMCs have become...

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March 15, 2023

Over the last several years, rates of suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA) have increased in the US. While previous studies have found associations between social determinants of health and suicide, few have examined the intangible factors of those social determinants, including but not limited...

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March 13, 2023

Financial disruption as a result of pandemic containment policies in the United States adversely influenced children’s mental health, according to a new study co-led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University investigators. Mitigating these economic effects may help protect children’s wellbeing if strict containment policies are needed in the future,...

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March 10, 2023

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) is proud to announce the launch of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health (AIDH).

The institute will focus on developing groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to build research-ready data and derive crucial insights for advancing evidence-based patient care.

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March 6, 2023

Weaknesses in the United States laboratory system, which were illuminated during the COVID-19 pandemic, underscore a need for policy changes to improve the country’s infectious disease response, according to a new analysis by a Weill Cornell Medicine investigator.

The analysis, published Mar. 6 in the March issue of Health Affairs, was co-authored by ...

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March 6, 2023

Dr. Jose Florez-Arango is an assistant professor of population health sciences (interim) in the Division of Health Informatics, and director of the MS in Health...

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March 1, 2023

Dr. Yuhua Bao has received grants from the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to assess the implications of opioid and other drug policies for patients receiving active cancer treatments, long-term survivors of cancer, and cancer patients with advanced disease.
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February 16, 2023

Black and Hispanic patients were more likely than white patients to develop a wide array of lasting symptoms and conditions after a COVID-19 diagnosis, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

The study, published in the Journal of General Medicine on...

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February 16, 2023

Washington, D.C., February 16, 2023 – The 2022 NIHCM Research program grantees are initiating work that will advance evidence on a broad range of factors that contribute to rising health care costs and ongoing health care disparities. The studies aim to break new ground on important topics like the impact of private equity investment in health care, cybersecurity in hospitals, the social determinants of health, and issues linked to the ending of the public health emergency. The...

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February 6, 2023

Dr. Yushu Shi is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Biostatistics. Before joining Weill Cornell Medicine, she was an assistant...

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January 27, 2023

Hospice care has grown rapidly in the past two decades, but a considerable proportion of patients experience “live discharge,” or discharge from hospice care prior to death. Previous studies on live discharge have primarily focused on understanding patient and provider characteristics associated with hospice live discharge. ...

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January 26, 2023

Weill Cornell Medicine is pleased to announce the establishment of the following institute: 
Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health (AIDH)

The mission of AIDH is to advance individualized health and healthcare with data-driven insights derived from applying artificial intelligence technologies. The institute will establish a community of experts across multiple disciplines in computational science and clinical medicine, facilitate collaborations, promote multi-...

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January 25, 2023

In the past two decades, real estate investment trusts (REITs) in nursing homes have grown dramatically, and can generate consistent revenue from real estate and management contracts while potentially limiting liability associated with the daily operations of nursing homes. T...

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January 4, 2023

Aman Patel grew up with plans to become a doctor, like his dad. Now, as a biostatistician at Mount Sinai, his title may not be what he initially expected, but he’s achieved a newfound balance between his varied interests.  

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December 29, 2022

Controlled prescription drug access has changed with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions, and with prescription drug regulations aimed at addressing the opioid crisis. A new JAMA Pediatrics research letter from...

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December 21, 2022

The post-COVID syndrome known as long COVID has four major subtypes defined by different clusters of symptoms, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

The study, published Dec. 1 in Nature Medicine, was the largest of its kind to examine long COVID. The researchers, who represent clinicians and informaticists, used a machine-learning algorithm to spot...

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December 16, 2022

Individuals who were already pregnant at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic had a 50 percent lower exposure to SARS-CoV-2 compared with those who became pregnant after the pandemic began and the general population, according to a new model created by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and University of Oxford investigators.

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December 16, 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, through the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of NIH. To address the overdose crisis in the United States, NIH has established a research network that will test harm reduction strategies in different community settings to inform efforts to help save lives...

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December 6, 2022

A Medicare system that is meant to assess and incentivize healthcare quality with pay adjustments may not be working as intended, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

In the study, published Dec. 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the researchers analyzed data on more than 80,000 primary care physicians enrolled in...

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December 6, 2022

The Medicaid program allocates nearly $20 billion a year in subsidies to support safety-net hospitals and other health care providers that serve low-income patients. While most of the subsidies are well-targeted — going, as intended, to facilities that disproportionately care for low-income and uninsured patients — potentially up to one-third are not, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and University of Pennsylvania investigators.

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December 2, 2022

In August 2020, four months after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in New York State, Dr. Dave A. Chokshi was appointed as the 43rd Health Commissioner of the City of New York. A primary care physician and public health expert who had served the state of Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina and on the FEMA delegation for Superstorm Sandy, he became a pivotal figure in the city’s response to the pandemic.

Reflecting on his unique experience during one of the largest health emergencies in...

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November 28, 2022

Dr. Wodan Ling is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Biostatistics. She received her PhD in biostatistics from Columbia University. Before joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Ling was a postdoctoral research fellow at Fred...

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November 17, 2022

In a new study published by NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, ...

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November 7, 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $8.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support economic analysis, simulation modeling and other research approaches to help stem the national opioid epidemic.    

“We’ve continued to witness the very disturbing increase in opioid overdoses over the last seven years, fueled by...

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November 4, 2022

Dr. Jay Varma, a professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a six-month, $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to assess how countries around the world have been monitoring and reporting COVID-19 infections and outcomes during the pandemic.

“The...

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October 25, 2022

By linking a national vascular registry with medical data records in Medicare claims for patients who underwent endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, a team of researchers from across the country were able to identify which devices posed the most risk for reintervention.

The study, published Oct. 25 in BMJ, is the first to use linked registry claims data for long-term device-...

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October 18, 2022

Anthrax is a bacterial toxin-mediated zoonotic disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. It has been recognized for millennia and is considered a potential biowarfare agent. In a new Clinical Infectious Diseases study, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert and colleagues conduct a systematic review of English language anthrax case reports from the past 135+...

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October 11, 2022

Two Population Health Sciences faculty are among the 51 recipients of the Amazon Research Awards. Dr. Yifan Peng, assistant professor of population health sciences, and Dr. Fei Wang, associate professor of population health sciences, will be funded under the fall 2021 applied machine learning call for proposals.

Dr. Peng will collaborate with...

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September 20, 2022

Dr. Beth McGinty, a prominent international health policy expert, has been named chief of the Division of Health Policy and Economics in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine.

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September 19, 2022

There has been a rise in demand for behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new JAMA Network research letter, investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzed trends in behavioral health employment before and after the pandemic using the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data.

The study revealed employment in intensive...

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September 19, 2022

On March 15, 2019, Vessel opened to the public as a prominent feature of the new Hudson Yards Public Square. Unfortunately, the popular tourist attraction, designed for both climbing and sightseeing, soon gained notoriety for a different reason when it became the site of four suicides in less than two years. Shortly after the first incident, conversations relating to suicide-related activity at Vessel began appearing on Twitter. In a new ...

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August 31, 2022

Researchers proposed a Siamese neural network to simulate the diagnosis process for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in a new study published in Ophthalmology Science. A leading cause of irreversible blindness in the U.S. and the...

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August 22, 2022

Researchers are seeking to use deep learning methods to diagnose primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), one of the leading causes of blindness. In a new study published in Scientific Reports, senior author Dr. Yifan Peng, assistant professor of population health sciences, and colleagues present an automated classification algorithm named...

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August 2, 2022

Compared to the general population, individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) who are involved with the criminal-legal system have a much higher risk of a fatal overdose after release from incarceration. Yet, stigma, costs, and preferences for non-narcotic treatments in criminal-legal settings have stalled the implementation of life-saving treatment within the criminal-legal system.

Extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX), methadone, and buprenorphine-naloxone are three widely studied...

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August 2, 2022

Stefan Masselink has had a global view from a young age. Born in Parma, Italy, but raised in Healdsburg, California, Stefan stayed in touch with his roots by remaining fluent in Italian and regularly visiting his relatives in Italy. By the time he reached high school, Stefan had become interested in medicine, which inspired him to participate in a medical mission trip to a developing country. This experience highlighted...

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August 1, 2022

Medical images are common diagnostic and prognostic tools in patient care. In clinical practice, manual examination of these images is labor-intensive and prone to error. Technology including convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown performance at or above the human specialist level on a series of medical image diagnosis tasks. However, CNNs are vulnerable to “noise” (irrelevant or corrupted discriminative information) that is undetectable to humans, posing significant security risks...

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July 29, 2022

Researchers have acknowledged the global health inequities between high-income countries (HICs) and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which can be attributed to colonialism, racism, sexism, and capitalism. In a viewpoint published in Annals of Global Health, Dr. Madelon Finkel, professor of clinical population health sciences at Weill...

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July 20, 2022

Dr. Yifan Peng, assistant professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to support his project, “Knowledge-enhanced and interpretable radiology report generation.” Part of the Faculty Early Career Development Program, this award recognizes faculty dedicated to building a foundation...

July 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has diverted health care resources from the management of chronic disease toward acute care. There are potential long-term outcomes of this shift, especially for disadvantaged groups including the incarcerated. In a new research letter published in JAMA Health Forum, Dr. William Schpero, assistant professor of population...

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July 14, 2022

Assertion classification is the task of classifying the assertion status of clinical concepts expressed in natural languages, such as a diagnosis or condition being present, absent, or possible. This is important for healthcare professionals to quickly understand crucial clinical information in unstructured notes. However, recent rule-based and machine-learning approaches suffer from labor-intensive pattern engineering and severe class bias toward majority classes. In a new...

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July 11, 2022

Ying Li realized her enthusiasm for public health while participating in a study on Alzheimer’s disease during her undergraduate education. As a result, she became determined to learn biostatistics and devote herself to helping researchers explore diseases’ causes and risk factors and develop new treatments. This passion ultimately brought her to the...

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July 8, 2022

A Weill Cornell Medicine-led database of more than 15 million patients has received close to $8 million in renewed funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to expand the database and its use for health research for the next three years.

The INSIGHT Clinical Research Network is a collection of...

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July 7, 2022

Professional ethics require physicians to put their patients’ interests ahead of their own and allocate limited medical resources efficiently. Insight into physicians’ adherence to these principles requires an understanding of the trade-offs between self and other (altruism) and between reducing differences in payoffs (equality) and increasing total payoffs (efficiency). In a new PNAS study, Drs....

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June 29, 2022

Increased prevalence of illicit substance use during pregnancy in the past decade has renewed national attention to prenatal substance use policies (PSUPs).

Currently, there are punitive policies that criminalize drug use during pregnancy or define prenatal substance use as child maltreatment in child welfare statutes. If newborns are found to have prenatal exposure to substances or are born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, these states may charge the pregnant person...

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June 22, 2022

A recent Pfizer or Moderna mRNA-vaccine booster provided good but temporary protection against infection by the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine—Qatar.

In the study, published June 15 in the New England...

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June 15, 2022

 The Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Legacy Fellowship concluded its inaugural program with a Resilience Building in Healthcare Settings Workshop for students and alumni of the Cornell Executive MBA/MS Program in Health Leadership. Developed by the program’s inaugural fellow Madalina Sucala (MBA, MS ’22), the event focused on mental health support for healthcare workers.

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May 26, 2022

This May, the Department of Population Health Sciences joins the nation in celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Observed for the entire month since 1992, May is a time to reflect on the unique life experiences of all members of the AAPI community and acknowledge their significant contributions to the country. This year’s theme is “Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration.” Join us in getting to...

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May 18, 2022

Anni Liu imagined dedicating her life’s work to music from an early age. That changed when her violin mentor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music suggested the benefits of learning more about the sciences, leading her to obtain a degree in preventive medicine at Fudan University. Now, Anni is set to complete Weill Cornell Medicine’s...

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May 12, 2022

Although there is much variation in the prices commercial insurers pay physicians, it has been unclear if higher prices are associated with higher quality of care. Dr. Amelia Bond, assistant professor of population health sciences, and colleagues examined this association in a new study published in The...

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May 9, 2022

Adolescent consent and privacy laws vary widely from one state to another and complicate the ability of teens to confidentially access sensitive health care services such as those for reproductive health, immunizations or substance use, according to a study published in the June 2022 Pediatrics. The study, “State-by-State Variability in...

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May 6, 2022

Enrolling in Weill Cornell Medicine’s MS in Healthcare Policy and Research program was anything but an arbitrary decision for Arwa AlHilal (’22). While growing up, she realized that healthcare quality varies tremendously across populations. As a result, she has committed her career to driving healthcare reform...

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May 5, 2022

State punitive policies criminalize prenatal substance use or define it as child maltreatment, sometimes leading to child welfare system involvement soon after childbirth. However, supportive prenatal policies provide pregnant women with priority access to substance use disorder treatment programs, improving well-being for both mothers and infants. In a new Health Affairs study,...

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April 27, 2022

Adult vaccination rates and social determinants of health—or the social and economic conditions in which families live and work—have played an important role in children’s mental health during the pandemic, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

The ...

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April 25, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed vast disparities in how the virus impacted people of color, with inequalities in exposure and treatment that persist two years later, said New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett in her Population Health Sciences Grand Rounds address, hosted virtually on April 20 by Weill Cornell Medicine.

“COVID made racism visible and pulled back the curtain on issues we’ve confronted as a nation not just over...

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April 12, 2022

Three distinguished Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Joseph J. Fins, Dr. Rainu Kaushal and Dr. Shahin Rafii, have been elected to the esteemed Association of American Physicians (AAP).

Regarded as one of the top honors in the field of health and medicine, election to the AAP recognizes physician-scientists exhibiting...

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April 12, 2022

Nikolay Lukyanchikov, MD, became interested in computer technology, programming, and medicine at an early age. A native of Moscow, Russia, he studied medicine at Sechenov University to follow his passion for helping ease people’s suffering from devastating conditions and making an impact on society. During his clinical rotations, he identified several problems affecting healthcare systems and areas where computer technology...

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April 7, 2022

The Healthcare Lightning Talks presented by the Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program invites a panel of experts to highlight trends and innovations within different aspects of the healthcare industry. In the latest event, panelists shared their perspectives on virtual care models and trends. Notably, they...

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April 6, 2022

Dr. Robert Tyler Braun, assistant professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), has been awarded a Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for his project, “Do Acquisitions of Hospice Agencies by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Corporations Impact End-of-Life Quality...

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April 4, 2022

While there have been increasing discussions about physician burnout over the past decade, little research has been done on the association of burnout and quality and costs of care. Some physicians who experience burnout report making more errors and feeling less responsibility to control healthcare costs, among other outcomes. In a new Health Affairs study,...

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April 1, 2022

New York City (NYC) enacted strict lockdowns and school closures at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 to lower transmission rates across populations. However, that impact may have been different across neighborhoods. In a new PLOS One study, Weill Cornell Medicine’s Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of...

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March 24, 2022

Students of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Master of Science in Healthcare Policy and Research program have the opportunity to focus on a specific area of research and training while increasing their breadth and depth of understanding of the healthcare ecosystem as a whole. ...

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March 4, 2022

The Department of Population Health Sciences hosted its latest roundtable, "Paying for Equity: Can We Address Healthcare Disparities...

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March 2, 2022

Dr. Rainu Kaushal, senior associate dean for clinical research and chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences, is spearheading a multimillion-dollar PCORnet study of post-acute sequelae of SARS-Cov-2 (PASC) infection, often referred to as “long-haul COVID.” Dr. Kaushal, who is also the principal investigator for INSIGHT Clinical Research Network (CRN), was selected as one of three leaders of the Electronic Health...

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March 2, 2022

While working as a statistical programmer analyst and learning about various treatments for a range of diseases, Po-hsuan Lai came to appreciate the complexity and significance of clinical trials. This is what ignited his passion for biostatistics and his desire to pursue a graduate degree at Weill Cornell Medicine. 

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March 1, 2022

Anesthesiology prices jump significantly after medical facilities contract with corporate physician management companies – especially those backed by private equity firms – and threaten to hike patient costs, according to new research by Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health investigators. 

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February 18, 2022

At the Cornell Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program, we believe that collaboration is key for the future of healthcare. This dual degree program delivers both an MBA and an MS in an NYC-based weekend format for mid-senior level professionals looking to take the next step in their careers. The only industry-immersive dual degree of its kind in the Ivy League, the EMBA/MS program brings...

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February 17, 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a $9.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to lead a consortium of health care institutions that are analyzing nationwide health data in an effort to unravel the complexities of long COVID. 

“We need it to be able to answer important questions about this new condition,” said principal investigator ...

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February 16, 2022

Dr. Natalie Benda, instructor of population health sciences, has been awarded a Pathway to Independence Award (K99) by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) for her project, “Maternal Outcome Monitoring and Support (MOMS) - A mHealth symptom self-monitoring and decision support system to reduce racial and ethnic disparities...

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February 14, 2022

Dr. Ruth Masterson Creber, associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), has received a R21 grant to improve maternal health outcomes and support population surveillance in western Myanmar through the use of mobile health (mHealth) technology. This research is supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Fogarty International...

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February 9, 2022

Dr. Jay K. Varma, director of the Cornell Center for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, is an expert on the prevention and control of diseases. In a guest essay in The New York Times, “When Do Masks Come Off? The Hard Truth About...

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February 9, 2022

In 2015, Anamika Sharma Paudel survived a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed by several hundred aftershocks, in her home country of Nepal. Witnessing an army of healthcare professionals working relentlessly to serve communities in need deeply inspired Anamika to dedicate her life to three important areas: healthcare, service, and people.

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January 12, 2022

Improving medication adherence is a potential avenue to reducing preventable utilization and spending among Medicare patients. However, the association between nonadherence to chronic medications and potentially preventable healthcare utilization and spending has been largely unknown by the medical community. In a new Journal of General Internal Medicine study,...

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January 10, 2022

While the world has celebrated the arrival of highly effective vaccines against COVID-19, new work by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Oxford shows that even unrelated vaccines could help reduce the burden of the pandemic. The study, published Jan. 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, crystallizes decades of evidence...

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December 13, 2021

Patients with kidney failure on dialysis suffer from high rates of hospitalization and mortality associated with COVID-19. However, one in five patients receiving in-center hemodialysis are vaccine hesitant. In a Kidney International Reports study, Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD, MBA, assistant professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell...

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November 30, 2021

The Department of Population Health Sciences introduced a new roundtable series, with the inaugural event taking place on November 17,...

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November 29, 2021

Dr. Yiwey Shieh

Dr. Yiwey Shieh

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November 19, 2021

Nursing homes acquired by private equity companies saw an increase in emergency room visits and hospitalizations among long-stay residents and an uptick in Medicare costs, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The findings, published Nov. 19 in JAMA Health Forum, suggest that quality of care declined when private equity firms took over the facilities. 

“Our...

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November 18, 2021

Cornell’s Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program is one of a kind among the Ivy League. Graduates of the dual-degree program earn credentials from both Weill Cornell Medicine and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of...

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November 15, 2021

In the spring of 2020, the Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership class of 2021 lost a beloved member with the passing of Dr. Lorna Breen. She was a talented physician who served as the emergency department director at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital.

When New York City hospitals and health systems were overwhelmed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Breen fought for...

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Lorna Breen Healthcare Legacy Fellowship

November 5, 2021

The M.S. in Healthcare Policy and Research program offers students the opportunity to complete a capstone project, providing a deeper foundation for the next stages of their careers. This experience helps students discover and develop new and effective ways of working with stakeholders within the healthcare...

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November 3, 2021

As more states legalize cannabis (now 37) for medical or recreational purposes its use during pregnancy is increasing, along with the potential for abuse or dependence. 

A new ...

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October 7, 2021

While social determinants of health (SDoH) impact patient risks and clinical outcomes, this nonclinical information is typically locked in unstructured clinical notes. However, leveraging SDoH has the potential to improve diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient outcomes across populations.

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October 7, 2021

In a new study in the Journal of Health Economics, Angelica Meinhofer, PhD, assistant professor of population health sciences, and colleagues sought to understand the effect of marijuana liberalization policies on perinatal health. Using a multiperiod difference-in-differences estimator that exploited variation in effective dates...

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September 28, 2021

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A new study on state recreational marijuana liberalization found increases in maternal hospitalizations involving marijuana but limited impact on newborn health.

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September 27, 2021

Growing up with a brother with autism spectrum disorder and an associated intellectual disability, Maria (Pura) Purificacion Ballester-Navarro is passionate about exploring research to help this population. She deeply enjoys analyzing data, finding patterns that contribute to a better understanding of the world, and doing research that will leave a better society for future generations. So for Pura, the...

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September 20, 2021

Fariha Mujeebuddin has always been interested in the factors that affect the United States healthcare system. After completing her undergraduate degree in global public health and economics amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she felt compelled to continue her work and education in this field. Her interest in further examining persisting problems, existing barriers, and sustainable solutions ultimately led Fariha to enroll in the ...

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September 17, 2021

Scientists have learned much about physical interventions, non-pharmaceutical interventions, and vaccination success throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, therapeutic interventions have not been very effective, and successful antiviral drugs have not been introduced at scale. In a new perspective piece in BMC Molecular Medicine, ...

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September 17, 2021

When biosimilars (generic alternatives to biologic drugs) were first introduced, their increase in market share was predicted to decrease total Medicare spending. In a new JAMA Network Open study, Amelia Bond, PhD, MS, MHS, assistant professor of population health sciences; Phyllis Johnson, MBA, programmer analyst for population health sciences; and University of Miami...

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September 17, 2021

Dr. Jialin Mao, assistant professor of population health sciences, has been awarded an NIH/NHLBI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) for her project, “Leveraging linked registry and electronic health records to examine long-term patient outcomes after peripheral vascular intervention.” 

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September 10, 2021

Dr. Yunyu Xiao is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Health Informatics. She received her MPhil in social work and social administration from the University of Hong Kong and her PhD in social work from New York University....

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September 9, 2021

Angelica Meinhofer

Dr. Angélica Meinhofer

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September 8, 2021

Until now, researchers have not completely understood the association between overcrowded and multigenerational households in New York City and the risk of spreading COVID-19. Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH, associate professor of population health sciences; Said Ibrahim, MD, MBA, MPH, professor of population health sciences at the time of the study; Anjile An, MPH, programmer analyst for population health sciences; and colleagues...

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August 6, 2021

COVID-19 affected different populations across New York City at varying rates, due to numerous conditions. Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of population health sciences; Dr. Said Ibrahim, professor of population health sciences; and colleagues sought to better understand the association between overcrowded and multigenerational households and COVID-19...

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New York City housing

August 2, 2021

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, few studies have examined how clinical outcomes differ by socioeconomic conditions among infected patients. In a new PLOS ONE studyDr. Yongkang Zhang, research associate in population health sciences; Dr. Dhruv Khullar, assistant...

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July 29, 2021

Dr. Dhruv Khullar, assistant professor of population health sciences, shares his perspective on healthcare in the United States and globally as a contributing author at The New Yorker. In his latest article, “...

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COVID Vaccine Vile

July 23, 2021

In the past decade, opioid prescribing in the United States has steadily decreased as federal and state officials implemented strict regulations on prescription opioids to address the opioid crisis. The downward trend sparked concerns of undertreating chronic pain and prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to formally clarify that the...

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July 22, 2021

Dr. Ali Jalali is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Comparative Effectiveness & Outcomes Research. He received his MA in economics from California State University, Los Angeles, and his PhD in...

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July 14, 2021

COVID-19 is a heterogenous disease that continues to evolve. As the world faces new waves of the pandemic, unique populations are not responding to the virus in the same way. These differences in biological host responses of infected individuals have been difficult for scientists to fully understand. To help inform effective patient management and public health policy making, Dr. Fei Wang,...

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July 13, 2021

In recent years, state Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) have grown more widespread while previously used long-term opioid therapies have been discontinued. A question stemming from this related to the association of levels of robustness across PDMPs and how abruptly long-term opioid therapies were discontinued. Dr. Yuhua Bao, associate professor of population health sciences;...

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July 13, 2021

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded Bruce R. Schackman, CHERISH director and Saul P. Steinberg Distinguished Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, and Natasha Martin, CHERISH Research Affiliate and associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego, a scientific conference grant to provide...

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June 30, 2021

Dr. Shoshana Rosenberg is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Epidemiology. She received her MPH from New York University and her ScD in epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Before joining Weill Cornell...

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June 30, 2021

DALLAS – June 30, 2021 – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced the awarding of a new grant to Rulla Tamimi, Sc.D., M.S., at the Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University.  Dr. Tamimi, who was recently named a Komen Scholar, will use the funds for the study of the impact of insulin-suppressing diets on breast cancer risk, response to treatment and overall...

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June 25, 2021

Pride Month is a celebration of LGBTQ+ individuals globally, but its history is deeply connected to New York City. The first Pride March was held on Christopher Street on June 27, 1970, one year after the Stonewall riots ignited the LGBTQ+ rights movement. By the 1980s, New York City had become an early epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and it continues to account for a high proportion of cases nationally. Passionate...

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June 23, 2021

DALLAS – June 23, 2021 – Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced the addition of six esteemed breast cancer researchers and three new patient advocates to important advisory roles.  These women and men will join an exclusive group of breast cancer researchers, clinicians and advocates who help guide the organization’s work to save lives and end breast cancer, particularly through the organization’s $1.1 billion...

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June 14, 2021

Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) have been crucial tools to address unsafe opioid prescribing. High rates of prescribing stoked the flames of the opioid crisis in the early 2000s, but opioid prescriptions have steadily decreased over the past decade. Unfortunately, opioid-related deaths have...

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June 11, 2021

Although there is wide geographic variation in Medicare per beneficiary spending in the U.S., little research has been done about the extent to which social determinants of health (SDoH) are associated with this variation. In a study published in JAMA Network Open, a research team from the Division of Health...

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June 11, 2021

In a new study published in Epilepsy & Behavior, Dr. Zachary Grinspan, associate professor of population health sciences, and colleagues researched how often and why clinicians counsel people with epilepsy about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). To help understand the gaps in counseling, the researchers looked at clinical notes...

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May 24, 2021

A new federal mandate that requires Medicaid to cover clinical trial costs is an important step to increase racial and ethnic minority participation in research and improve access for low-income patients to advanced treatments, according to a new commentary co-authored by Weill Cornell Medicine health economist ...

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May 21, 2021

Dr. Dhruv Khullar, assistant professor of population health sciences, shares unique insight about healthcare and its role in America and beyond as a contributing author at The New Yorker. In a new article, “...

May 17, 2021

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), a major value-based purchasing program that influences payment for more than one million clinicians annually, came into effect in 2017. In a new study published in JAMA Health Forum, Dr. Dhruv Khullar, assistant professor of population...

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May 17, 2021

A study published in the scientific journal Addiction provides the most comprehensive evidence to date of the association between recreational cannabis laws (RCLs) in US states and responses in the illegal markets for cannabis, heroin, and other drugs in those states. 

As of 2021, 17 US states and the District of Columbia have implemented RCLs that allow people aged 21 and older to possess, use and supply...

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May 13, 2021

One in six Medicare beneficiaries receives hospice care from a private equity firm or a publicly traded corporation, according to a new publication from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Vanderbilt University. The rampant growth in hospice agency acquisitions across the country has prompted increased scrutiny into the deals’ impact on quality of care.

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May 12, 2021

Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney has been researching multiple sclerosis (MS)—a disease area she is very passionate about—for close to a decade. When she first joined the Department of Population Health Sciences in 2019, one of her goals was to establish a large line of imaging research alongside collaborators at Weill Cornell Medicine. Now, Dr. Sweeney has received the...

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May 10, 2021

Nearly 20 percent of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2018, and nearly 20 percent of those with mental illness experienced a co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD). To help inform policy during the ongoing addiction crisis, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers examined how opioid use disorder (OUD) impacts healthcare utilization relative to other SUDs. Dr. Jyotishman Pathak, professor of population health sciences;...

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May 10, 2021

Dr. Kevin Kensler is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Epidemiology. He received his MHS in health economics from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and his ScD in epidemiology from the Harvard T.H....

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May 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced many well-quantified epidemics across the United States and the world. Comparing localized epidemic outcomes can help researchers understand both the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions and the risk assessment across varying geographic levels. In a new medRxiv paper, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor...

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May 5, 2021

As the Cornell Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program enters its fifth year, we are proud to introduce a new healthcare leadership sequence to the curriculum. Beginning midway through the students’ first year, the sequence kicks off with “Healthcare Leadership,” followed by “Healthcare Innovation & Transformation,” and culminates with the capstone project. Dr....

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May 3, 2021

Among other specialties, dermatology practices have increasingly been acquired by private equity firms. Dr. Robert Tyler Braun, instructor of population health sciences; Dr. Amelia Bond, assistant professor of population health sciences; Dr. Lawrence Casalino, professor of population health...

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April 21, 2021

Dr. Fei Wang, associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, consistently works with innovative models and concepts to advance his research. Recently, Dr. Wang has collaborated on multiple projects to understand the best uses for federated learning, a general learning strategy that can be applied to any type of concrete machine...

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April 20, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly used in healthcare, from detecting atrial fibrillation to predicting in-hospital mortality, and much more. However, with over 60 AI-based algorithms and medical devices now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and regulatory policies that are still evolving, there are questions about who should be held liable for medical errors resulting in care delivered jointly by physicians and AI. In a new Journal of the American...

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April 15, 2021

Sophia D’Angelo’s experiences working in a community health center and an emergency department inspired her to pursue a career to address healthcare inequities and alleviate the growing burden of chronic diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the importance of adaptability, resourcefulness  and accessibility in healthcare. The Department of...

April 14, 2021

Historically, men have held a larger percentage of available leadership roles than women and have earned more than their female counterparts in these positions. According to Statista, there were only 36 female CEOs across American Fortune 500 companies in September of 2020 — just over 7% of...

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April 9, 2021

Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) came into effect in 2017. To understand physician practice leaders’ perception of the major value-based purchasing program (including the program’s effect on patient care, administrative burden, and rationale for participation), members of the Division of Health Policy and Economics and a colleague completed a new Journal of General...

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March 23, 2021

The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model was designed to reduce healthcare expenditures for joint replacement and improve the quality of joint replacement care. Hospitals pay a penalty if expenditures during care episodes exceed a quality-adjusted spending limit, but they receive a bonus if expenditures are lower than the limit. In a new original investigation published in JAMA...

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March 22, 2021

The development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines already approved for use is an incredible accomplishment for the scientific community. Now, ensuring each vaccine dose is efficiently administered to the global population is just as important. In a new opinion piece published in STAT, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert...

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March 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed shortcomings of the U.S. healthcare system and provided an opportunity to rethink low-value services. Dr. Dhruv Khullar, assistant professor of population health sciences, and colleagues examined how financial and non-financial incentives, uncertainty in clinical decision-making and insufficient partnering with patients and families contribute to the delivery of low-value care in a new...

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March 19, 2021

While global vaccination is the most effective way to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, high-income countries (HICs) like the U.S. have already experienced major delays in distribution. In an editorial for BMJ Global Health, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of population health sciences and co-director of the...

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March 18, 2021

In a new research letter published in JAMA Network Open, Dr. Arian Jung, assistant professor of population health sciences, and colleagues examined nursing homes in communities with the highest COVID-19 prevalence. Their goal was to identify characteristics associated with resident infection rates. With a cross-sectional analysis...

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March 4, 2021

This Women’s History Month, we are proud to highlight the Department of Population Sciences’ many outstanding women and their vital contributions to Weill Cornell Medicine and beyond.

Each woman brings a unique perspective to their role, helping create a more inclusive and robust department. From young professionals getting started in their careers to established researchers who are balancing family and professional lives, we admire them all. They are celebrated for their individual...

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February 18, 2021

Pursuing an advanced degree gives students the opportunity to add a higher level of expertise to their resumé, but gaining real-world experience during the program is what sets Weill Cornell Medicine graduates apart. The biostatistics and data science track...

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February 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and recent acts of violence perpetrated against communities of color have highlighted many health disparities systemically ingrained in different communities across the United States.

Dr. Said Ibrahim, senior associate dean of diversity and inclusion at Weill Cornell Medicine and chief of the Division of Healthcare Delivery Science...

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February 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced many challenges to American hospitals, including the economic difficulties tied to reductions in elective and nonemergent care and increased investments in resources and infrastructure. In a new ACP Hospitalist article, Drs. Amelia Bond,...

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February 11, 2021

Healthcare systems around the world have innovatively adjusted to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. In turn, healthcare curriculum has grown to ensure students are well-equipped to enter the workforce under this “new norm.” On top of that, MS in Healthcare Policy and Research students at Weill Cornell Medicine are completing capstone projects that bring them closer to what’s happening in the field before graduation. ...

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Telehealth

February 5, 2021

While telehealth is not novel, its use has recently grown rapidly as healthcare restrictions were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. To examine the state of telehealth education at MD-granting medical schools in the United States, Dr. Dhruv Khullar and Dr. Jiani Yu, both assistant professors of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, and...

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February 3, 2021

As the United States continues to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, students of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Master of Science in Healthcare Policy and Research program are studying its effect on people with opioid use disorders (OUD). It may not be what they could have predicted a year ago, but the work is another piece of real-world experience that will help them achieve...

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February 3, 2021

Cornell’s Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program is the only one of its kind in the Ivy League, with students earning two prestigious degrees from Cornell University. That is one reason why the program consistently produces graduates who become powerhouses in the industry. In an illuminating conversation with three program alumnae on January 26, 2021, current and prospective students gained...

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January 29, 2021

Spending on biologic medicines increased by over 50 percent between 2014 and 2018 and continues to account for an increased share of drug spending in the United States. Because biosimilars are highly similar versions of complex biologic drugs, they have the potential to slow drug spending. In a new cross-sectional study of Medicare recipients, Dr....

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January 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact much of the world, but low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the highest burden of cases and deaths. Dr. Madelon Finkel, professor of clinical population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, and colleagues are working on a multi-pronged approach to empower rural communities to adopt prevention strategies. Their Asian Journal of Medicine and Health...

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January 14, 2021

Knee pain is a common reason for seeking medical attention, with nearly one in every three Americans affected by arthritis or musculoskeletal disease. Further, the burden of osteoarthritis (OA) is expected to increase as the population ages. However, arthritis-related activity and work limitations and severe pain disproportionately impact Black patients compared to white patients. In a new Nature Medicine article, Dr....

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January 5, 2021

A learning health care system (LHS) could be an unprecedented opportunity to unlock insights that can inform continuous health care improvements for epilepsy patients. A paper on this topic by Zachary Grinspan, MD, MS, associate professor of population health sciences and pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, and colleagues was recently selected for...

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January 4, 2021

Immunologists play a central role in translating basic science into effective response strategies, helping communities and individuals to anticipate, detect, respond to, and recover from the impact of health emergencies, hazards, events or conditions. This has become especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new Trends in Immunology paper, ...

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December 23, 2020

Dr. Fei Wang

As COVID-19 continues to spread, keeping up to date with the latest scientific...

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December 16, 2020

Dr. Jyotishman Pathak

Suicide and death from opioid misuse is a national public health...

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December 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already existing issue within healthcare systems – employee burnout and the stigmas around seeking mental healthcare. Healthcare providers face demanding work hours, physical exhaustion and emotional stress while being expected to provide quality care each day. Many providers suffer in silence while bearing fears of professional stigma and the required discloser of mental health assistance to licensing boards and healthcare institutions.

The co-...

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Jennifer Breen Feist and Corey Feist

November 25, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way individuals access the healthcare system. For example, recent studies suggest high-risk populations may be foregoing necessary care out of fear of entering healthcare facilities and contracting the virus. A new study by Sean Murphy, PhD, associate professor of population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine and...

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November 16, 2020

Dr. Sri Lekha Tummalapalli is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Healthcare Delivery Science & Innovation in the Department of Population Health Sciences and an assistant professor of medicine in the...

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November 4, 2020

According to a new study, the total annual cost of opioid use disorder (OUD) to U.S. society in 2018 was $786.8 billion. This figure includes costs associated with excess healthcare expenditures, criminal justice resources, lost workplace and home productivity, and premature mortality. Of the $786.8 billion, $89.1 billion was attributed to additional healthcare expenditures. The study was conducted by...

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October 29, 2020

Dr. Angelica Meinhofer

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October 28, 2020

To understand how American private equity-owned (PE) nursing homes performed during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to other nursing homes, Mark Unruh, Ph.D., senior author and associate professor of population health sciences, and Robert Tyler Braun, Ph.D., first author and instructor of population health sciences, worked with colleagues from the...

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October 21, 2020

Dr. Jing Li

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October 12, 2020

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 8 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) nationally. However, there is a lack of tools that can predict PPD. In a new Journal of Affective Disorders study, Weill Cornell Medicine’s...

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October 6, 2020

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, growing evidence has shown the virus’ disproportionate effect on people from racial/ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) groups, all while physicians have changed practice patterns. In a new study published in RMD Open, Said Ibrahim, MD, MPH, MBA, and colleagues from Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for...

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October 2, 2020

Dr. Yongkang Zhang

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October 2, 2020

Dr. Meghan Reading Turchoie

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September 22, 2020

In a new JAMA Network Open article, Said Ibrahim, MD, MPH, MBA, and colleagues researched if joint replacement care changed for White, Black, and Hispanic patients under Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. Using 100% Medicare claims from 2013 to 2017 and a cohort of 688,346 patients, they found that CRJ was...

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September 11, 2020

In a new Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness article, Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH, associate professor of population health sciences, and colleagues review models that project both caseload and hospital capacity requirements over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers selected six models that met pre-...

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September 2, 2020

In a new Journal of General Internal Medicine article, Mark Unruh, Ph.D., assistant professor of population health sciences;...

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August 18, 2020

In a new Journal of General Internal Medicine study, researchers explore how physicians spend their work time through an ecological momentary assessment (EMA). In recent years, concerns about the amount of time physicians spend on electronic health records (EHRs) has heightened interest in how physicians spend their time overall. Yet, there is relatively...

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August 10, 2020

Dr. Yifan Peng is an assistant professor of population health sciences in the Division of Health Informatics. After receiving his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Delaware in 2016, Dr. Peng worked as a research fellow at the National Center for...

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August 6, 2020

Dr. Rainu Kaushal, a distinguished health services researcher, information scientist and healthcare leader, has been appointed senior associate dean for clinical research at Weill Cornell Medicine. She will head the Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research, managing the growth and expansion of clinical research across the institution.  

Dr. Kaushal will lead Weill Cornell...

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July 30, 2020

In a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, researchers from the Department of Population Health Sciences identified patients with persistent preventable utilization to compare their characteristics with high-cost patients. Together, Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH, senior associate dean for clinical research, chair of the...

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July 28, 2020

In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, Said Ibrahim, MD, MPH, MBA, professor of population health sciences, and colleagues from Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery researched how rheumatologists prescribed hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) to...

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July 28, 2020

Madelon Finkel, PhD, professor of population health sciences and director of the Office of Global Health Education at Weill Cornell Medical College, is set to virtually present at the QS Subject Focus Summit - Medicine, with the theme of “The Future of Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities in the Disruptive Era.” The summit is hosted by Chulalongkorn University Medical...

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July 28, 2020

Visual analogies have shown to be more successful than graphs in helping patients comprehend patient-reported outcomes (PRO) according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

In recent years, the use of PROs has grown increasingly popular due to their effectiveness in informing clinicians, researchers, and policymakers about patients’ quality of life, treatment satisfaction, and disease perception. Patients, too, have benefited as PROs are critical for self-...

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July 27, 2020

In a new article published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Mark Unruh, PhD, assistant professor of population health sciences; Hyunkyung Yun, Master of Science in population health sciences student; Yongkang Zhang, PhD, research associate in population health...

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July 22, 2020

NEW YORK (July 22, 2020)—Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian have realigned the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research to address the intersection of research and practice. The newly named Department of Population Health Sciences, led by distinguished health services researcher, information scientist and leader ...

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July 18, 2020

U.S. education leaders can draw from strategies used in countries that have considered COVID-19 in their school re-opening plans.

With cases of COVID-19 spiking in many areas of the United States, and a greater resurgence expected in the fall, whether and how to reopen schools is the subject of strong national interest. In an article ...

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July 17, 2020

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health has awarded the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use, HCV and HIV (CHERISH) a five-year grant to continue the Center’s activities as a national center of excellence. CHERISH was founded in 2015 as a multi-institutional center for health economics research in the substance use field, with an initial emphasis on addressing the needs of...

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July 15, 2020

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers are leading the development of a pilot treatment protocol for STXBP1 encephalopathy with epilepsy with a new grant from The Orphan Disease Center and Clara Inspired. STXBP1 encephalopathy is a devastating neurological...

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July 13, 2020

Data science is one of the fastest-growing fields in the United States. Touted as a career of the future due to the increased demand for data-driven decision-making across all sectors, data science is dominating the job market. It boasts a ...

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July 9, 2020

Dr. Rulla Tamimi is the chief of the new Division of Epidemiology in the Department of Population Health Sciences, associate director of population science at the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, and (interim)...

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July 8, 2020

In a new article published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, Dr. Said Ibrahim, MD, professor of population health sciences, and colleagues from Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery surveyed national rheumatologists to analyze geographical variations in COVID-19 perceptions and patient management among rheumatic...

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July 6, 2020

Dr. Fei Wang has built his career creating computational models for healthcare. Now, as one of just 150 selected among 917 global applicants to receive the 2019 Google Faculty Research Award, Dr. Wang is working to make these...
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July 1, 2020

Data from implantable medical devices can reveal the impact of COVID-19 on the trajectory of cardiac illness and recovery. In a new collaboration with Boston Scientific, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) are examining remote data collected from patients using cardiac devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators.

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July 1, 2020

As healthcare systems in the United States became overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, non-COVID patients lost access to traditional methods of non-emergency treatment.

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June 30, 2020

In a new article in JAMA Network, Dr. Said Ibrahim, MD, professor of population health sciences, comments on a study regarding high-risk patients in the US Veterans Affairs (VA) health system. Dr. Ibrahim notes that the VA is uniquely prepared to lead innovative applications of data for care management, due to the size of its network and ability to allow for large-scale analysis and modeling to predict care needs...

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June 30, 2020

A new JAMA Health Forum article considers the reopening of U.S. schools in the era of COVID-19. Dr. Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH, senior associate dean for clinical research and Nanette Laitman Distinguished Professor and chair of population health sciences, joined Dr. Erika L. Abramson,...

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June 29, 2020

In a new article published in Science Translational Medicine, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of population health sciences and medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, worked with colleagues to show how influenza-like illness (ILI) outpatient surveillance data can be used to estimate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the United...

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June 26, 2020

Dr. Art Sedrakyan is among six new members named to NEST Coordinating Center’s (NESTcc) Governing Committee. The committee members are leaders from industry, health systems, academic research organizations, and patient groups. This select group of experts are all champions of the medical device ecosystem. Together with the Governing Committee, Dr. Sedrakyan will...

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June 16, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted countless business models, including safety-net health systems. In a new JAMA Health Forum article, Dr. Samyukta Mullangi, assistant professor of population health sciences and clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine; Dr. Janine Knudsen, clinical assistant professor of medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine; and Dr. Dave Chokshi, clinical associate professor of population health...

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June 11, 2020

In a new article published in Medical Care, researchers examined the association of neighborhood social conditions with total annual and potentially preventable Medicare costs. The researchers, including Dr. Yongkang Zhang, research associate in population health sciences;...

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June 2, 2020

Since the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis, students and alumni of the Cornell Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program have juggled their academic, personal and professional lives to tackle the virus. Their brave work has crossed industry boundaries, from the front lines of our healthcare systems to technology companies around the nation. Here is a snapshot of...

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June 1, 2020

Three distinguished fellows have been awarded prizes for outstanding final presentations as part of the Healthcare Leadership Fellows Program, 2019–2020.

Dr. Melissa Rose, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, received first place for her project on outpatient integration of care for pediatric gastrostomy patients. Dr. Lisa Roth, assistant professor of...

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May 11, 2020

In a new study published in Health Equity, Dr. Said Ibrahim, senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion and chief of the Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, joins colleagues in addressing big data in health care. While this technology holds the potential to innovatively change health care as we know it, researchers must work to mitigate possible sources of bias and inequity. Big data can...

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May 8, 2020

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Physicians and scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian have rapidly mobilized to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing a broad spectrum of expertise on the critical issues the disease is posing to healthcare workers and public health officials.

As COVID-19 spreads across the United States, state and county governments...

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May 6, 2020

In a new study published in the leading health policy journal, Health Affairs, Mark Unruh, Ph.D., and a team from the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Population Health Sciences found that prices paid by commercial insurers to general internal medicine physicians were not associated with quality but were highly correlated with healthcare costs...

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May 4, 2020

In a new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Drs. Dhruv Khullar, William Schpero, and Amy Bond reviewed data from the RAND Corporation Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (...

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April 23, 2020

Dr. Ruth Masterson Creber, assistant professor of population health sciences, and Dr. Mario FL Gaudino, Stephen and Suzanne Weiss professor in cardiothoracic surgery, have received funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for a new study, “Randomized comparison of the clinical Outcome of single versus Multiple Arterial grafts: Quality of Life (ROMA:...

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April 23, 2020

Dr. Madelon L. Finkel, professor of clinical population health sciences and director of the Office of Global Health Education, is among a small group of researchers who have been awarded a grant from the Global Challenges Research Fund and Scottish Funding Council. Their study, “Developing the COVID-19 response for vulnerable communities in Tamil,” is designed to collect vital evidence on the prevalence of the coronavirus in...

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April 20, 2020

Dr. Tamimi Also Named Associate Director of Population Science for the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center

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April 14, 2020

Mathematical modeling by Weill Cornell Medicine is helping to guide New York State and New York City leaders as they make decisions that could affect the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using a tool he created called the Cornell COVID Caseload Calculator C5V, ...

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April 13, 2020

The Department of Healthcare Policy and Research has changed its name to the Department of Population Health Sciences to address the intersection of research and practice. Led by distinguished health services researcher and leader Dr. Rainu Kaushal, the newly named department aims to improve the health of populations through data-driven research, innovative technology, and novel education programs.

The department will...

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March 31, 2020

In a new American Journal of Managed Care publication, Drs. Dhruv Khullar, Mark Unruh, and Arian Jung studied new incentives of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) that may be problematic, potentially leading to unintended...

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March 31, 2020

In an article published in Nature, Dr. Madelon Finkel weighed in on the challenges and innovations of detecting early signs of cancer among populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Compared to high-income countries, these populations face a lack of infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Even while new cancer screening is available in some countries and has been shown to...

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March 26, 2020

Drs. Brenna Farmer and Heather Yeo exemplify the new wave of healthcare leaders. As established physicians, they already play an integral role in patient care; as graduates of Cornell’s Executive MBA/MS in...

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March 5, 2020

In a study published in BMC Health Services Research, Dr. Samyukta Mullangi and colleagues from the University of Michigan directly surveyed IHCA responders to understand their perceptions of resuscitation care. The study showed that parsing through such feedback can help hospitals identify areas of improvement, modulate expectations, temper emotions, and refine protocols. Read more...

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February 27, 2020

In a study published in Journal of General Internal Medicine, Dr. Rainu KaushalDr. Yongkang Zhang, and Dr. Dhruv Khullar merged Medicare claims and social determinants of health data to group patients into high-cost categories and determine potentially preventable spending. The cross-sectional...

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February 3, 2020

Saier Zeng wanted to establish her career at the intersection of business and technology. Upon completing her graduate studies in health informatics at Weill Cornell Medicine, she did just that.

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January 30, 2020

Weill Cornell Medicine received a $3.4 million grant from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to generate real-world evidence on the risks and benefits of prostate cancer treatment options.

The project is under the leadership of Weill Cornell Medicine investigator Dr. Jim Hu, Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic Oncology, and Dr. Ronald C. Chen, the Brandmeyer Chair and Professor of...

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January 27, 2020

Dr. Zachary Grinspan, associate professor of healthcare policy and research and director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System, and Isaac Mayefsky, MD candidate at Weill Cornell Medicine, spoke to NeurologyLive about their study on improving pediatric status epilepticus protocols for emergency department patients. 

The study, which was presented at the 73rd American Epilepsy Society annual meeting, unveiled...

January 6, 2020

Dr. Mark Unruh, assistant professor of healthcare policy and research, discusses the national initiatives to decrease the rate of hospital transfers for nursing home residents and their potential impact. 

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December 23, 2019

Dr. Rainu Kaushal wears many hats. She serves as the principal investigator for INSIGHT-NYC, a Partner Network of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network; chair of the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medicine; physician-in-chief of healthcare policy and research at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and a member of the PCORnet Steering Committee....

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December 20, 2019

African American patients who underwent knee-replacement surgery were several times more likely than white patients of similar age to be discharged to inpatient facilities for post-operative care and rehabilitation rather than home, according to a large study from a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

The study, published Oct. 30...

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December 9, 2019

Dr. Jiani Yu is an assistant professor of healthcare policy and research in the Division of Health Policy and Economics. Dr. Yu completed her Ph.D. in health economics at the University of Minnesota and worked as research associate in the health division at the American...

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December 8, 2019

Dr. Mark Weiner is the deputy chief information officer for health system and research analytics and an (interim) assistant professor of clinical healthcare policy and research. Previously, Dr. Weiner was the assistant dean of informatics for the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and the chief medical information officer for...

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December 5, 2019

Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney is an assistant professor of healthcare policy and research in the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Dr. Sweeney received her Ph.D. in biostatistics from the Johns...

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December 4, 2019

Dr. William Schpero is an assistant professor of healthcare policy and research in the Division of Health Policy and Economics. Dr. Schpero received his Ph.D. in health policy and economics from Yale University, during which he was a pre-doctoral fellow in aging and health economics at...

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November 26, 2019

There are more than 97,000 mobile health apps available for download on your phone and tablet. From fitness trackers to heart rate monitors to nutrition planners, mobile health apps boast incredible benefits to its users. But how many can actually deliver on their promise?  Victoria Jimenez wants to find out.

A graduate student in Weill Cornell...

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November 25, 2019

New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University, Mayo Clinic, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Weill Cornell Medicine have been awarded a $7.6 million five-year collaborative grants (R01 MH121921, R01 MH121922,  R01 MH121923, and R01 MH121924) from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to leverage hospital electronic health records (EHRs) to study mental illness...

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November 24, 2019

Yonaka Harris, a first-year student in the M.S. in health informatics program at the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, received the 2019 AMIA Trainee Travel Award. Sponsored by the AMIA Leadership and Education Award Donation (LEAD) Fund, the award supports trainees’ travel to this year’s AMIA Annual Symposium in Washington, D.C., to share their research...

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November 11, 2019

A new study finds that the community in which one lives influences whether they receive postoperative care and rehabilitation after elective hip replacement surgery in a facility or at home. An analysis of a large regional database found that patients in the least affluent communities were more likely to be discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation or skilled nursing facility rather than home care after hip replacement.

Bella Mehta, MBBS, MS, a rheumatologist at Hospital for Special...

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November 5, 2019

Each semester, we welcome a new generation of health services researchers, data scientists, and policy analysts to our Master of Science program. While many students have experience working in the healthcare field, few have interacted with health systems outside of the U.S.

First-year students Hyunkyung Yun and Jungran Lee offer unique new perspectives as employees of South...

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November 4, 2019

In recognition of its outstanding continued commitment to diversity and inclusion, Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine for the second year in a row.

INSIGHT Into Diversity is the largest and oldest diversity-focused publication in higher education. Weill Cornell Medicine is among 43 health professional schools and centers to win this year’s award, which the magazine will...

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October 31, 2019

A large study analyzing 107,000 knee replacement surgeries found that African Americans were significantly more likely than white patients to be discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation or skilled nursing facility rather than home care after the procedure. Researchers also found that African American patients under 65 were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 90 days of a knee replacement.

The regional database analysis ...

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October 21, 2019

Dr. Rainu Kaushal, chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine and physician-in-chief of healthcare policy and research at NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) for her outstanding achievements and exceptional service in medical sciences, healthcare and public health. 

NAM members are...

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October 15, 2019

Opioid use has skyrocketed in recent years and is considered to be a significant public health problem in the United States. As clinicians and health departments around the country work on prevention tactics and linkage to care, non-traditional stakeholder groups have also joined the fight.

At a recent talk at the New York State Health Foundation, Dr...

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October 13, 2019

Weill Cornell Medicine received a four-year research grant (R01MH119177) for $2.84 million from the National Institutes of Health to identify people at high risk of self-harm, suicide attempt and suicidal death using large-scale data from electronic health records and insurance claims.

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October 9, 2019

In a commentary for Perspectives on Medical Education, Dr. Madelon L. Finkel notes climate change's impact on the physical and mental health of patients and advocates for the inclusion of the subject in the medical school curriculum. Read more...

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September 3, 2019

States that require prescribers and dispensers to register with and use prescription drug monitoring programs saw notably fewer opioid prescriptions and reduced opioid-related hospital use compared to states with weak drug monitoring program mandates, according to a new study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The approximate annual reduction of about 12,000 inpatient stays and 39,000 emergency department visits...

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August 14, 2019

Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch a program designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority medical and graduate students, residents and postdoctoral fellows committed to careers in health equity and global health research.

The five-year, $1.34 million award from the...

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August 12, 2019

In a Health Affairs study, Dr. Amelia Bond and colleague compare geographic variation in health care use between a military system and a civilian system. Read more here

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July 31, 2019

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of healthcare policy and research and of medicine, was elected a fellow of the American College of Physicians. The college is the largest medical-specialty organization and the second largest physician group in the United States. Its 154,000 members include internists, internal medicine subspecialists, medical students, residents and fellows.

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July 19, 2019

Study in JAMA Pediatrics notes the steady rise in foster care cases due to parental drug use and how it coincides with increasing trends in opioid use and overdose deaths. Read more here

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July 19, 2019

Study in JAMA Surgery investigate factors associated with breast cancer-related lymphedema following neoadjuvant chemotherapy and axillary dissection. Read more here

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July 11, 2019

Dr. Lawrence Casalino, chief of the Division of Health Policy and Economics in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, and the Livingston Farrand Professor of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) by the U.S....

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July 9, 2019

Historically, pregnancy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was considered so risky that physicians counseled women to avoid becoming pregnant and recommended that women carrying a child terminate their pregnancy. Now, a new study published July 8 in the Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates that...

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July 8, 2019

Study in BMJ Surgery, Intervention, & Health Technologies reviews the capacity of implantable medical device registries' surveillance and supporting infrastructure to conduct analyses to identify safety problems. Read more here

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June 28, 2019

Dr. Art Sedrakyan, a professor of healthcare policy and research, has been named co-editor-in-chief of the newly launched healthcare journal BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, an open-access journal that publishes original research on complex healthcare interventions. Intended to encourage higher standards of science and more rapid dissemination of new knowledge in...

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June 27, 2019

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...

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May 31, 2019

Dr. Said Ibrahim, chief of the Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion and professor of healthcare policy and research, has been selected to serve as a member of the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease Advisory Council for a term ending September 30, 2022.  The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Research...

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May 23, 2019

Dr. Jyotishman Pathak, the Frances and John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics, and chief of the Division of Health Informatics in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medicine, wanted to improve the way clinicians treat the more than 1.5 million U.S. women who suffer from mood and...

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May 15, 2019

Study published in JACC: Heart Failure identifies sociodemographic and clinical factors that help predict live discharge among home hospice patients. Read more here.

Scientific Breakthroughs

May 15, 2019

High-need, high-care patients taking part in focus group discussions arranged by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified steps for reducing overuse of emergency departments and other hospital services to deliver effective care in less expensive ways.

These are:

  • Care management assistance, such as medication reminders and help in scheduling appointments
  • At-home physical therapy and nursing services
  • Home delivery of medications and easier...
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May 14, 2019

Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, FACR, recently discussed with the Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) how a business education can benefit healthcare professionals. McGinty, assistant professor in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medicine and faculty advisor for the Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program, was featured on the institute’s podcast Taking...

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April 23, 2019

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, chief strategy officer of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Physician Organization, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Jessica M...

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March 19, 2019

A short checklist of signs and symptoms could be a critical tool for directing limited medical resources to the most urgent cases of anthrax following a mass exposure to the deadly bacterium, suggests a new study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Inova Fairfax Hospital.

Exposure to the...

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February 8, 2019

Chelsea Clinton is a public health advocate, researcher and educator. But being a mother has deepened her passion for children’s health, she explained in a talk on Feb. 5 at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Clinton, a member of Weill Cornell Medicine’s Board of Overseers, spoke to students and faculty about her passion for children’s health as part of the Luminaries in Healthcare Leadership series, during which industry leaders share their perspectives and expertise on cutting-edge...

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December 7, 2018

Dr. Jyoti Pathak, the Frances and John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics, chief of the Division of Health Informatics and professor of healthcare policy and research, has been elected a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). Dr. Pathak was one of 18 fellows inducted into the college on Nov. 4 during the American Medical Informatics Association 2018 Annual Symposium, which...

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October 19, 2018

The healthcare industry is highly complex and heavily regulated, but does that make it immune to disruption? “Absolutely not,” says Elspeth Murray.

Murray, associate professor and associate dean at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and visiting faculty at Johnson, argues that innovation across the industry is not only possible but increasingly necessary as patients become more demanding. “Consumer...

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August 15, 2018

Dr. Joseph J. Fins, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, has been elected a distinguished member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain - the only person selected for the honor in 2013. Dr. Fins, who is also the E. William Davis Jr., MD Professor of Medical Ethics, professor of medicine, public health and medicine in psychiatry, was recognized for his leadership in American bioethics and his pioneering work in neuroethics. He will be formally inducted as an "academico de...

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August 15, 2018

Dr. Joseph Fins, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, the E. William Davis Jr., MD Professor of Medical Ethics, professor of medicine, public health and medicine in psychiatry, received the Award for Outstanding Service from American Society for Bioethics and Humanities during its 15th annual meeting in October in Atlanta. Dr. Fins was honored for his service as president of the society, which flourished under his leadership. The society is dedicated to promote the...

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August 15, 2018

Dr. Thomas R. Campion, Jr., assistant professor of public health, was awarded the Homer R. Warner Award for his paper, "Patient Encounters and Care Transitions in One Community Supported by Automated Query-Based Health Information Exchange" at the American Medical Informatics Association's 2013 annual symposium in Washington, D.C. Co-authors include Department of Healthcare Policy and Research and Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy colleagues Drs. Joshua R....

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of medicine and associate professor of healthcare policy and research, received the Director’s Recognition Award from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Hupert, who received the award on Sept. 23, was recognized for his role in the Health Economics Modeling Unit, which rapidly provided leadership with a comprehensive analysis of H7N9...

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Zachary Grinspan, assistant professor of healthcare policy and research and assistant professor of pediatrics, gave an invited lecture titled "Potential Value of Health Information Exchange for People with Epilepsy" at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio on Feb. 19.

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Lawrence Casalino, the Livingston Farrand Professor of Public Health and professor of healthcare policy and research, was in April appointed senior advisor to Richard Kronick, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The agency's mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable and affordable, and to work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other partners to make sure that...

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Alvin I. Mushlin, the Nanette Laitman Distinguished Professor of Public Health, professor of healthcare policy and research and professor of medicine, chaired the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Advisory Panel on Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia, April 28-29. The panelists discussed and made recommendations for potential funding by the institute for projects on the prevention, detection, or...

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Rainu Kaushal, chair of the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research and the Frances and John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics, has been selected to be a fellow of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program at Drexel University College of Medicine. The competitive, year-long fellowship is the only program in the United States dedicated to preparing women for executive leadership roles in academic science institutions....

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, assistant professor of radiology, gave two invited lectures at the Puerto Rico Radiologic Society in April titled "Challenges to Radiology Reimbursement," and "Imaging 3.0." Puerto Rico Radiologic Society is the state chapter of the American College of Radiology, an organization that aims to maximize the value of radiology for society and patients by advancing radiology research, education and its applications in the medical field....

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, assistant professor of radiology, was the invited speaker for the Radiology Leadership Institute Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in May. The council is a professional organization responsible for the accreditation of more than 9,000 residency education programs.

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, an assistant professor of radiology, gave the plenary session speech, "Economics of Breast Imaging," at the National Conference on Breast Cancer in May. The conference, organized by the American College Of Radiology, covered new developments in the field of breast cancer research and treatment.

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Art Sedrakyan, an associate professor of healthcare policy and research and of healthcare policy and research in cardiothoracic surgery, received an award from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for his successful tenure as the vice chair of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee. The CMS administers Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program in partnership with state governments and private health...

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Joseph J. Fins, the E. William Davis, Jr. M.D. professor of medical ethics and chief of the division of medical ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College, has been awarded the Patricia Price Browne Prize in Biomedical Ethics from the University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine. The $10,000 biennial award, established to honor Patricia Price Browne, an Oklahoma City community leader, recognizes an exceptional person in medicine or professional ethics. 

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Madelon Finkel, a professor of clinical healthcare policy and research, gave the keynote address at the "Coal Seam Gas, Fracking, and Health: Environmental and Health Impacts/The Lessons for Australia from the US" conference, sponsored by the University of Sydney, that took place on Nov. 24 in Australia. Dr. Finkel's talk was titled, "The Environmental and Health Impacts of Fracking: Lessons from the U.S. Experience."

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, an assistant professor of radiology, gave the keynote address "Economic Challenges and Opportunities for Radiologists," at a meeting of the Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society on Nov. 6. The group is the oldest local radiological society in the nation.

Awards & Achievements

August 15, 2018

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, an associate professor of medicine and healthcare policy and research, was appointed to the National Health Security Preparedness Index Methods' Modeling Working Group in February. The index examines America's preparedness efforts by looking collectively at the health security preparedness of states. The Index is updated annually to accurately reflect the nation's progress in preparing for, preventing and responding to potential health incidents....

Awards & Achievements

August 10, 2018

NEW YORK (May 2, 2018) - On May 6, the National Institutes of Health will open national enrollment for the All of Us Research Program—a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds. A consortium that includes Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem and NewYork-Presbyterian is...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Drug overdoses took the lives of some 64,000 Americans in 2016, a 22 percent rise over the previous year. The majority of these deaths were linked to opioids—including heroin, prescription painkillers and the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl—which together killed more people than gun violence or even car accidents. The growing crisis has alarmed officials at the highest levels, and in October, President Donald Trump directed the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Hispanics and women are at the greatest risk for leaving surgical residency prior to completion, according to a new study conducted by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. The former group are more likely overall to drop out, starting in the first year, while the latter leave near the end of the training – findings that underscore the need to create interventions to stem that tide.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Emergency Department (ED) Telehealth Express Care Service has won the 2017 Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award for its use of telemedicine to evaluate ED patients and dramatically decrease time spent in the ED, while maintaining a high degree of patient safety and satisfaction.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Actress Angelina Jolie’s 2013 announcement detailing her decision to undergo a mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer likely inspired more women in English-speaking countries to do the same, according to a new study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of New South Wales in Australia.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Dr. Rebekah Gee, MD ’02, is the top doctor in a state with some of the nation’s most serious health problems. Since January 2016, Dr. Gee has led Louisiana’s health department — working to improve outcomes and promote wellbeing in a state that has long been ranked at or near the bottom on such measures as...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

A Collaborative Institute Brings Together Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Ithaca and Tech Campuses—Along with NYC Community Groups—to Combat Chronic Pain in Older Adults.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

The incidence of metastatic prostate cancer in older men is rising after reaching an all-time low in 2011, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. The findings suggest a correlation between the increase and a change in prostate cancer screening guidelines recommending against routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

A synthetic mesh that is commonly used to treat a form of urinary incontinence as well as the weakening of the female pelvis’ walls can lead to complications that increase in frequency with the amount of mesh used, new Weill Cornell Medicine research suggests.

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Scientific Breakthroughs

August 10, 2018

Last year, Apple unveiled a new platform that offers a streamlined way to create mobile applications linked to medical research. The technology, called ResearchKit, lets investigators more easily connect with the people whose diseases they're studying, allowing them to gather feedback on symptoms, as well as data on everything from a patient's weight to the air quality where they live. "When you can collect real-time...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

New York and Ithaca, NY (September 14, 2016) — Weill Cornell Medicine and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management today announced a new dual-degree program that will provide the next generation of health care leaders with a broad set of skills for success in a rapidly changing environment.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

$4 million grant gives Columbia, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, and NYC Health + Hospitals key role in precision medicine cohort program.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States now have another treatment option: high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). However, the jury is out in terms of the effectiveness of the treatment, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. In a paper published June 28 in JAMA, they recommend that registries should be created to generate the data and evaluate cancer...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Using the largest review of historical anthrax cases yet compiled, researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the U.S. government have created a checklist to identify patients who develop a common and potentially fatal secondary meningitis infection. This tool fills a known gap in managing patients during a large-scale outbreak such as a bioterror attack, in which traditional diagnosis using lumbar puncture and imaging may be impossible on a mass scale.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Physician practices in the United States spend 15 hours a week — at a cost of more than $15 billion each year — to report data about the quality of patient care to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. While there is much to gain from measuring healthcare quality, the investigators say their findings highlight critical inefficiencies in the reporting system that cost practitioners time and money.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Primary care physicians play a front-line role in treating depression, diagnosing and managing half of the 8 million ambulatory visits for the condition each year. Yet primary care practices routinely underuse effective chronic disease management tools when treating depression, compared to when treating medical conditions such as diabetes and asthma, reports a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Imposing age restrictions on the purchasing of electronic nicotine devices may unintentionally increase teenage cigarette use, according to a recent study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

NEW YORK (March 28, 2016) — Dr. Rahul Sharma has been named emergency physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and chief of Weill Cornell Emergency Medicine, effective Feb. 1. Dr. Sharma succeeds Dr. Neal...

Scientific Breakthroughs

August 10, 2018

A new book by bioethicist Dr. Joseph Fins explores the rights of the minimally conscious.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Houston Methodist have established a new collaborative fellowship program to create highly trained bioethicists. Nurturing leaders in this field, program leaders say, will improve patient care by providing guidance to clinicians navigating ethically difficult situations and offering patients expert support.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

By studying the use of electronic health records, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators aim to transform how patients receive medical care.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Nearly one in four women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo a partial mastectomy will need a second surgery within 90 days, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators report in a new study. The findings underscore the need for uniform guidelines and surgical training to improve health outcomes, the authors say.

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Scientific Breakthroughs

August 10, 2018

In Arabic, "menopause" translates to "the hopeless age." But even in the face of such linguistic negativity, women in Qatar often see menopause as a period of maturity and wisdom that has positive aspects.

That's one of many things that Dr. Linda Gerber, a professor of healthcare policy and research and of epidemiology in medicine, learned from an extensive study, one...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Providers who have access to patient records through an electronic health information exchange order fewer repeat X-rays, ultrasounds and other imaging tests, investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine found in a new study. Ordering fewer tests — specifically advanced imaging procedures, like CT scans and MRIs — can result in moderate annual healthcare savings.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Patients recovering from hip fractures who receive an extra hour per week of rehabilitation therapy in short-term nursing care facilities have better long-term outcomes than those who receive less rehab, a new study authored by a Weill Cornell Medicine investigator reveals. The findings suggest that policymakers should consider the value of rehabilitation centers against potential spending reductions.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Flavor variety is an important component in young smokers' decisions to switch to e-cigarettes, new research from Weill Cornell Medicine indicates. The investigators say their findings provide critical insight into what attracts teens to the products and may also help policymakers develop strategies to regulate e-cigarettes in a way that reduces teenage use without compromising a critical method for adults to quit or reduce cigarette smoking.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

The increasing popularity of e-cigarettes — known in academic parlance as ENDS, for electronic nicotine delivery systems — has policymakers in something of a quandary, as they struggle to understand the products' pros and cons. That debate, as the World Health Organization noted in a report to an international tobacco control convention in September 2014, has...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

During a hospital preceptorship his first year at Weill Cornell Medical College, Patrick DeGregorio '18 got a glimmer of how a language barrier can impede a doctor's work. After a Spanish speaker, patched in by telephone, helped an attending communicate during an exam, the patient thanked the interpreter -- but not the doctor. For DeGregorio, that small moment underscored the distance that the inability to speak directly can create between patient and physician, and he found the implications...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Patients whose doctors use electronic health record systems are increasingly confident that their health information will remain private and secure, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers found in a new longitudinal study, published Oct. 5 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

The medical community needs a better understanding of people suffering from severe brain injuries, argues a Weill Cornell Medicine professor of medical ethics, whose new book calls for advocacy and awareness.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Dr. Jyotishman Pathak, whose work focuses on developing new methods and tools for mining complex electronic health record data, has been named chief of the Division of Health Informatics in the Department...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

A common, nonsurgical form of birth control carries a heightened health risk for patients, finds a new comparative study by a team of Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

The federal government and stakeholders interested in device innovation and evaluation should support the creation of a comprehensive partnership on medical devices to monitor the products' performance after they become commercially available, a Food and Drug Administration-initiated and independent national group of experts is recommending in a report. The recommendations call for a master network of data in each clinical area where devices are used.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

If primary care physicians obtained additional training in a subspecialty area, they could triage and treat many patients who might ordinarily be referred to specialists, allowing experts to focus on the most complex cases, a Weill Cornell Medical College researcher writes in a new commentary.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

The cost of treating the more than 7 million people with substance use disorder can be taxing for both public and private payers. But sorting out the complex economics of treating substance use disorder is the goal of a new center funded by a $5.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Renowned biostatistician Dr. Karla Ballman has been named chief of the Division of Biostatics and Epidemiology in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medical College, effective July 15.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Despite FDA warnings that a synthetic mesh used to treat a weakening of the female pelvis's walls can cause infection, pain, and disease recurrence, surgeons are increasing their use of the device. What's more, when compared to not using mesh, younger patients who undergo surgery with mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) are more likely to have a repeat surgery the following year, and older patients are more likely to have complications while they're in the hospital, according to new ...

Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Designer babies, human cloning and treatments promising immortality are typically associated with a distant, dystopian future. But genetic advancements are not the stuff of science fiction and are increasingly part of medical research and practice. Society needs to be prepared for how these emergent technologies will affect society, medical ethicists say.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

One of the cornerstones of the Affordable Care Act is devising new healthcare delivery models to optimize the value and quality of patient care — a priority that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was created to realize. While the CMMI faces challenges in achieving its mission, it's worth continued federal investment, Weill Cornell Medical College investigators say in a commentary published May...

Scientific Breakthroughs

August 10, 2018

Partial knee replacements are economically superior to total knee replacements in older adults, and with a few small improvements, can be an attractive option for younger patients as well, new research from Weill Cornell Medical College and Hospital for Special Surgery investigators suggests.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

In June 2014, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made history by committing New York State to end AIDS as an epidemic by the year 2020. The goal is ambitious, but grounded in reality. NYS has always been a center of innovation in the fight against AIDS, and has reduced the number of annual new HIV infections by 40% over the last decade while the rest of the U.S. saw no decline. 

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Scientific Breakthroughs

August 10, 2018

Oakland, Calif., and New York, NY — An unprecedented collaboration among researchers from Kaiser Permanente, Weill Cornell Medical College, and worldwide registries demonstrates the importance of tracking medical devices' effectiveness and safety — specifically of hip and knee implants — after they are in use.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Three prominent health organizations have made wide-ranging recommendations on the development of registries to address the country's lack of a robust, national system for assessing the safety and effectiveness of medical devices.

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Faculty Updates

August 10, 2018

Dr. Rainu Kaushal, chair of the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research and the Frances and John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics, has been selected to be a fellow of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program at Drexel University College of Medicine. The competitive, year-long fellowship is the only program in the United States dedicated to...

Awards & Achievements

August 10, 2018

Physicians develop their own patterns of using electronic health records (EHR) — digital systems for patients' medical histories — resulting in tremendous variability in the records' use at the provider level. Understanding the dynamics between physicians and the health information technology sheds light on which aspects of the records work well and which aspects need to be improved in order to standardize healthcare delivery.

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Scientific Breakthroughs

August 10, 2018

DOHA, QATAR (June 17, 2014) — HIV epidemics are emerging among people who inject drugs in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Though HIV infection levels were historically very low in the Middle East and North Africa, substantial levels of HIV transmission and emerging HIV epidemics have been documented among people who inject drugs in at least one-third of the countries of this region, according to ...

Faculty Updates

August 9, 2018

A new tool developed by a Weill Cornell Medical College researcher can enhance patient care and surveillance in Ebola treatment centers in Western Africa, where the risk of disease transmission and bulky personal protective equipment prevent the use of computers and other electronic devices at the bedside. The spreadsheet tool puts accurate, up-to-date clinical information in the hands of providers, literally: It synthesizes a patient’s medical data to generate customized, printable...

Scientific Breakthroughs

August 6, 2018

Weill Cornell is partnering on this important undertaking, which will use electronic healthcare data to establish the capability for post-marketing surveillance.

Highlights

August 6, 2018

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert is the Principal Investigator of a research project to determine the electrical power requirements of the modern research-based academic health care center.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

Research sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration demonstrates the importance of tracking medical devices’ effectiveness and safety.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

A study in Epilepsia led by Dr. Zachary Grinspan examines how healthcare fragmentation affects patients with epilepsy.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Dr. Yuhua Bao and colleagues examine the implications of a recent ruling on Medicare coverage for antidepressants in JAMA Psychiatry.

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

Drs. Madelon and Rebecca Finkel publish a study in the journal Public Health about the importance of bringing to light the problem of sex trafficking at sporting events.

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

A study in Qatar Medical Journal by Drs. Paul Christos, Alvin Mushlin, Laith Abu-Raddad, and others, looks at the risk factors for diabetes in Qatar, which has a high rate of the disease.

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

Dr. Madelon Finkel's latest book, The Human and Environmental Impact of Fracking: How Fracturing Shale for Gas Affects Us and Our World, has been published by Praeger Press. The book is covered in Weill Cornell Medicine.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

A study led by Dr. Bruce Schackman, published in Medical Care, finds a savings of $229,800 to $338,400 for each high-risk person prevented from contracting HIV.

Scientific Breakthroughs

August 6, 2018

Zachary Grinspan, M.D., MS, has been named the Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar in Public Health/Community Health.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

A study published in Medical Care by Dr. Lawrence Casalino and colleagues shows a significant variation among physician networks in their rates of preventable hospital admissions.

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

"Those physicians who adopted the [Electronic Health Record incentive] program may provide higher quality care to their patients [than physicians who don't adopt the program]," said lead author Dr. Hye-Young Jung, an assistant professor of healthcare policy and research at Weill Cornell. "This difference may create a digital divide."

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

Dr. Hye-Young Jung's abstract, "Physician Participation in Meaningful Use and Rehospitalization of the Dually-Eligible," was selected as the best abstract in the Medicare category at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Minneapolis, June 14-16. AcademyHealth selected less than 1% of the over 2,600 abstracts they received for best among 18 categories.

Highlights

August 6, 2018

The Department of Healthcare Policy and Research is excited to announce that Dr. Karla Ballman will join the Department as chief of the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Dr. Ballman, who is currently a tenured professor of biostatistics at the Mayo Clinic, will join Weill Cornell Medical College on Wednesday, July 15.

"We are so pleased to have Dr. Ballman joining us. She is a talented biostatistician and effective leader," said Dr. Rainu Kaushal, chair of the Department of...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

The New York City Clinical Data Research Network (NYC-CDRN) has been approved for a three-year, $8.5 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) as part of the second phase of the development of the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet). 

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Sorting out the complex economics of treating substance use disorder is the goal of a new center funded by a $5.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Led by Bruce Schackman, Ph.D., professor of healthcare policy and research and the Saul P. Steinberg Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College, the cross-institutional Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV ("CHERISH")...

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

"For the most part, they're not allowed to talk about any ill effects to themselves, to their water, to their land, even to their animals," says Dr. Madelon Finkel, an epidemiologist at Weill Cornell, to Reuters Health. "That in a sense is hampering the ability to do good research."

Highlights

August 6, 2018

An article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research by Dr. Jessica Ancker and colleagues explores personal data tracking and patients with multiple chronic conditions.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Madelon Finkel, Ph.D., professor of healthcare policy and research and director of the Office of Global Health Education, and Galina Hayes, BVSc, MRCVS, Ph.D., a faculty surgeon and epidemiologist at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, are jointly teaching a course in epidemiology and biostatistics for interested veterinary residents. The six-hour course presents the fundamentals of each discipline with the aim of preparing the residents to conduct high-quality research.

Visiting Professorships

August 6, 2018

Dr. Zachary Grinspan, M.D., M.S. completed a study showing how members at the Fountain House in New York City, a clubhouse dedicated to the recovery of individuals with mental illness, are less likely to be admitted to the emergency department than non-members.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Rare epilepsies are a devastating group of diseases that begin in childhood, and are often associated with profound neurologic, medical, and psychiatric disabilities. Zachary Grinspan, M.D., M.S., is leading a team that has been approved for a $900,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Epilepsy has been termed an "ambulatory care sensitive condition," meaning that high-quality outpatient epilepsy care can reduce unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Using this framework, high ED use is a marker of poor disease control or limited access to care. Do all people with epilepsy with poorly controlled disease or limited access frequent the ED? Are other factors at play? Read the article and accompanying editorial.

Highlights

August 6, 2018

Dr. Pathak plans to increase the size and scope of the Division of Health Informatics, which is dedicated to understanding how the explosion of biomedical big data affects healthcare delivery. He will lead efforts to expand the division's research and educational activities. Dr. Pathak also plans to foster and strengthen collaborations between health informatics researchers and clinician-investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, Cornell Tech, and NewYork-Presbyterian...

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

Alvin Mushlin, M.D., Sc.M., the Nanette Laitman Distinguished Professor of Public Health in the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2015 Career Achievement Award from the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM).

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Michael Pesko, Ph.D., received a 1-year pilot grant award from the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH). Using econometric techniques, Dr. Pesko will examine data from the National Center for Health Statistics to explore the impact of e-cigarette and marijuana policies on cigarette use and birth outcomes. The study will provide evidence of whether e-cigarettes, marijuana, and cigarettes have differential risks to pregnant...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Michael Pesko, Ph.D., has been awarded a 4-year, $750,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to evaluate provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that affect tobacco users. These provisions include expanding access to smoking cessation products and cancer screenings, permitting tobacco rating in the individual and small group health insurance marketplaces, and expanding Medicaid programs in select states. This four-year grant will evaluate the effects of these provisions on high-risk...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Dr. Zachary Grinspan (Healthcare Policy and Research) and Dr. Barry Kosofsky (Pediatrics) lead an international, multidisciplinary effort to design specifications for a pediatric neurology intensive care bedside multimodal monitor. Such a device would improve care for critically ill children with devastating neurological diseases, such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, or unremitting seizures (status epilepticus). They worked closely with several colleagues at Weill Cornell Medicine and...

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

Zachary Grinspan, M.D., M.S., has been awarded a grant from the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation. His study, called "Comparative Effectiveness Research for Infantile Spasms," will study a devastating epilepsy of infancy that can cause permanent neurodevelopment disability. Dr. Grinspan's project will compare the three recommended treatments — ACTH, oral steroids, and vigabatrin — for infantile spasms using several large datasets. The grant is a four-center collaboration with national...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Madelon Finkel, Ph.D., and Nathaniel Hupert, M.D., M.P.H., have been selected to receive Excellence in Teaching Awards. This award is given by Weill Cornell Medical College on behalf of their outstanding efforts to the College. The College-wide award selection process includes the input of students through course evaluation forms, as well as course director comments.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

The Elise Strang L'Esperance Prize in Public Health is awarded to a graduating female student who best reflects the attributes and values of Dr. L'Esperance, who served on the faculty of the Weill Cornell Medical College for over forty years. The winners among this year's graduating class are Josephine Cool and Stephanie Gold, who will split the Elise Strang L'Espercance Prize in Public Health.

The George G. Reader Prize in Public Health was endowed in 1992 by friends and colleagues of...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Thirty students completed a joint Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and University of Minnesota week-long Big Data Coursework for Computational Medicine (BDC4CM) funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). BDC4CM emphasized how to navigate the interface between research and practice by offering participants in-depth lectures, case studies and hands-on training from leading researchers in academia and industry.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Fei Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor of healthcare policy & research at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a grant from NSF Smart and Connected Health Program titled EAGER: Patient Similarity Learning with Massive Clinical Data and Its Applications in Cohort Identification.

A critical step to make sure that opportunities exist for conducting large-scale precision medicine research, researchers must ensure that cohorts are identified by defining including and exclusion criteria...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

"Use of state databases in 24 states was associated with a 30% drop in the prescribing rate for opioids such as OxyContin between 2001 and 2010, according to a study by Yuhua Bao, a health-care policy and research expert at Weill Cornell Medicine, published in June in the journal Health Affairs."

Highlights

August 6, 2018

The project team is exploring how the Medicaid primary care fee bump affected the health and costs for beneficiaries with chronic conditions who are covered by both Medicare and Medicaid. The investigators are evaluating whether higher reimbursements to providers for primary care services led to better care and lower overall health care costs for this patient population. The results of the study will provide evidence about whether higher reimbursements to primary care providers are likely to...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Dr. Fei Wang's paper "Predicting Seizures from Electroencephalography Recordings: A Knowledge Transfer Strategy" won the best short paper award at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Health Informatics (ICHI) which was just held in Chicago. This paper proposed a knowledge transfer strategy to build convolutional neural network model to predict seizures for epilepsy patients according to their electroencephalography recordings. The paper is a collaboration with Tsinghua University, and Dr....

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

From The Lancet: "Rigorous registries are clearly vital for the transparent, long-term study of all new innovations but Sedraykan and colleagues go further, suggesting that almost all surgical patients should be entered into registries. Major national all-inclusive registries provide high-quality feedback to surgeons on their own outcomes, and have a proven role in facilitating the improvement they suggest."

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

More study is necessary to focus on the potential for harm to human health from unconventional shale gas development. To what extent does unconventional gas development lead to an increase in cancer incidence in heavily drilled Southwest Pennsylvania?

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Congratulations to Dr. Ancker for her appointment as a 2016 American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) Fellow! The ACMI is a college of elected fellows who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of biomedical informatics. Learn more about Dr. Ancker's research and education contributions at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Dr. Ancker has received the prestigious Homer R. Warner Award from the American Medical Informatics Association. Her paper, which was written in collaboration with the Institute for Family Health and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, was a retrospective cohort study examining patient use of an online medical encyclopedia linked to a personal health record.

The Home R. Warner Award is an influential award in the field of medical informatics. It is given to the...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Dr. Wang's paper, "Model Accuracy and Runtime Tradeoff in Distributed Deep Learning: A Systematic Study," will receive runner-up for best research paper at the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) 2016, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain from Dec. 12 to Dec. 15. This year, the acceptance rate for regular papers is just 8.5%

The paper is in collaboration with the researchers in IBM T.J. Watson Research, where they presented Rudra, a parameter server-based distributed...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Dr. Stephen Johnson was recently elected chair of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)'s Academic Forum. The Forum is a consortium of 60+ universities, with a focus on informatics education.

AMIA's Academic Forum focuses on a range of issues important to faculty such as management, promotion criteria, recruitment, models of success in building informatics programs, salary scales, advocacy within academic environments, and more.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

"Our study indicates that colonic stents improve the efficiency of care and quality of life of many terminally ill patients. There is a need to further advance this beneficial technology so that it can be more applicable to wider group of patients with colorectal cancer."

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Valerie Miké, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Biostatistics, has been studying ethical and value issues pertaining to uncertainty in biomedical science and technology, with emphasis on the role of statistical evidence in technology diffusion, medical decision-making, and the development of healthcare policy. She introduced the notion of an “ethics of evidence,” a multidisciplinary approach addressed to all of society. Her ideas have become formalized in the Ethics of Evidence Foundation, Inc.,...

Highlights

August 6, 2018

Funded by the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative (NIH R25 EB201381), Weill Cornell Medicine, the University of Minnesota, and Johns Hopkins University is jointly offering a "Big Data Coursework for Computational Medicine (BDC4CM)" research education program between July 10 - 13, 2017 in New York City.

BDC4CM will emphasize how to navigate the interface between research and clinical practice by offering participants in-depth lectures, case studies and hands-on training from...

August 6, 2018

Dr. Sedrakyan will collaborate with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine to facilitate the CRN creation in partnership with early stage registries developed by professional societies. The project will address the safety and effectiveness of health technologies used to advance women's health. An important component of this project will be the linkages of registries with claims data (e.g. Medicare), available state...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

As a member of the Board, Dr. Pathak will review research proposals administered locally by the VA field facilities across the U.S. and advise the Director, Health Services Research & Development Service, and the Chief Research and Development Officer on the scientific and technical merit, originality, feasibility, and mission relevance of each proposal. He will also advise on the adequacy of protection of human and animal subjects and proposed budgets.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

With the invent of minimally invasive procedure, there has been a decrease in the use of open vascular surgery to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm and carotid stenosis. In the recent cohort study using hospital data from 2000 to 2014 in New York State, we found that the practice of very low-volume surgeons performing 1 or fewer open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and carotid endarterectomy has declined but continued to exist. Patients undergoing surgery performed by these surgeons had worse...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

As healthcare continues to evolve and change, leaders must be equipped with a business skill set in order to be effective—an MBA can be invaluable.

Highlights

August 6, 2018

More than 20 percent of Americans — nearly 57 million people — live with a disability, including 8 percent of children and 10 percent of nonelderly adults. And while the medical profession is devoted to caring for the ill, often it doesn’t do enough to meet the needs of the disabled. People with disabilities are less likely to receive routine medical care, including cancer screening, flu vaccines and vision and dental exams. They have higher rates of unaddressed cardiovascular risk factors...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Underage smoking in pregnant teens are up as a result of minimum legal sale age laws restricting access to e-cigarettes (Dr. Michael Pesko, Ph.D)

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

A joint training program between the New York City College of Technology (City Tech) at the City University of New York (CUNY) and Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) of Cornell University was recently awarded a 4-year NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) training grant to educate and train undergraduate students in biomedical big data sciences and informatics.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

States that require prescribers to register for prescription drug monitoring programs have seen a reduction in the number of prescriptions issued for Schedule II opioids to Medicaid enrollees by up to 10 percent, according to research from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Drug monitoring programs provide prescribers with an online record of a patient’s history of controlled substance use, and currently operate in every state and the District of Columbia except Missouri. These...

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

The last time I saw Margaret Worthen was in November 2012. She was in New York participating in a study of patients with severe brain injury. As soon as I walked into her room, I knew something had changed. She was still immobile, but she noticed my presence, was more attentive and engaged. And there was something else: She at times was able to use her left eye to answer simple yes or no questions. That morning, she seemed to relish her new found fluency. She responded with verve, as if the...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

The opioid crisis is so complex and so large — drug-related deaths now exceed those caused by cars, H.I.V. or guns — that there is no single solution. Among the partial ones: prescription drug monitoring programs, an approach highlighted in the draft report from President Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

Even patients with whom I have the best rapport would probably rather not see me so often.
Sometimes I readmit a patient I cared for just weeks before in the hospital. “Nice to see you again,” I offer with a smile. The usual response, loosely paraphrased: I’d rather be anywhere else.
This reflects not some deep deficiency in my bedside manner (I think), but rather an essential truth about medicine: People want health, not health care. And those who require the most health care and get...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Multiple pollutants found in the air and water near fracked oil and gas sites are linked to brain problems in children, according to a science review recently published today.

Researchers focused on five types of pollution commonly found near the sites—heavy metals, particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrobcarbons, BTEX and endocrine disrupting compounds—and scrutinized existing health studies of the compounds' impacts to kids' brains.

What they didn't find is as important...

Highlights

August 6, 2018

No industry in America spends more on lobbying than health care.

In 2016, the health care industry spent half a billion dollars on lobbying, with pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and health professionals making the largest contributions. In 2009, the year the Affordable Care Act was debated, health care lobbying exceeded $550 million. (Last year, by comparison, defense lobbying totaled $129 million, and the gun lobby spent just $10.5 million.)

Closely related to industry...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Most Cochrane Reviews examine the effects of healthcare interventions, but some look at other aspects of healthcare systems, such as how to help people access health services. In a new review in November 2017, a team of university researchers from Canada, Germany, India, New Zealand and the United States examine the possible role for unconditional cash transfers. One of the team, Sze Yan Liu from Weill Medical College at Cornell University in the US, tells us what they found in this podcast...

Highlights

August 6, 2018

In a recent publication, Dr. Jing Li, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Economics in the department of Healthcare Policy and Research, and Drs. William Dow and Shachar Kariv from UC Berkeley's departments of Public Health and Economics, measured the social preferences of current US medical students in an effort to understand how such preferences influence the healthcare decision making of future physicians. 

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

Dr. Said Ibrahim, a leading physician-scientist whose research focuses on healthcare disparities, has been named the inaugural chief of the newly established Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medicine, effective Feb. 1. Dr. Ibrahim will also serve as the department’s vice chair for development and strategy.

The Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation will spearhead the development,...

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Weill Cornell Medical College, and The Niels Bohr Institute, determine that cyber communications, such as Facebook, can reflect interpersonal interactions among people and possible disease transmission. The study, published January 3 in the Journal of Royal Society Interface, is the first of its kind to study the relationship between cyber and physical networks and use digital records to advance...

Faculty Updates

August 6, 2018

"Data at rest does not help anyone...A major goal of our Research Informatics program is to optimize the availability of our data for research, care, and education" states Dr. Thomas Campion on Weill Cornell Medicine's recent addition to the TriNetX health research network.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

Trust, in each other and in American institutions, is vital for our social and economic well-being: It allows us to work, buy, sell and vote with some reasonable expectation that our behavior will be met with fairness and good will.

But trust has been declining for decades, and the most tangible and immediate damage may be to public health and safety. Mistrust in the medical profession — particularly during emergencies like epidemics — can have deadly consequences.

In 1966, more...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

In 2014, approximately 1.3 million elective hip or knee joint replacement procedures occurred in the United States, with anticipated demand for these operations to increase as the American population ages. With an aging population being a given, less attention is focused on how discharge decision making and differences in post-acute care settings contribute to socio-economic disparities and what they might mean for patients and payment reforms.

In recent an article, Dr. Ibrahim and Dr...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Levetiracetam, the most commonly prescribed drug for U.S. infants with epilepsy, may be significantly more effective than the second-choice drug phenobarbital, according to a new study by scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and 16 other research institutions. The findings provide the first evidence to favor levetiracetam in infants.

The barbiturate phenobarbital has been prescribed since the 1910s to infants with epilepsy but its use has been associated with...

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

A surgically implanted device used to regulate bladder and bowel control often requires additional operations to repair or replace, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

The device, a sacral neuromodulator, stimulates the nerves that lead to the bladder, bowels and pelvic floor, helping to regulate the need to urinate and pass stool. The study, published Feb. 14 in JAMA Surgery, found that one in three patients required additional...

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

Recent article from Dr. Said Ibrahim, Division Chief of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, examines racial and ethnic variations in mortality within the Veteran Affairs Healthcare system and the economic disparities this particular populations endures.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

A strong primary care foundation is widely understood as important for high-value health care systems. Greater use of primary care has been associated with better patient satisfaction, lower costs, fewer hospitalizations, and lower mortality. Recent delivery system reform efforts, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), have focused on primary care transformation to ensure that care is more accessible, coordinated, continuous, and comprehensive.

While the need for a robust...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

To effectively implement antibiotic stewardship programs, hospitals should boost operations with health IT tools, improve data interoperability and data resources, and expand beyond traditional stewardship organizational models, according to a study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Improper antibiotic stewardship can lead to antibiotic resistance in patients, which negatively impacts mortality, morbidity, and length and cost of hospital visits....

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

Drs. Rahul Sharma and Michael Nochomovitz author an opinion piece, published in JAMA, which examined the way a medical virtualist specialty could tie in with currently existing telemedicine services.
With the rapid rise in technologic advances and the increase in medical specialties in the last half-century, the creation of a new specialty — the medical virtualist — could be an effective response to new care challenges.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Congratulations to Dr. Dhruv Khullar on being named this year's "40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health" by The National Minority Quality Forum. "After receiving hundreds of applications from healthcare professionals across the country, these 40 represent the next generation of thought leaders in reducing health disparities," according to the forum's website.

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Dr. Art Sedrakyan provides commentary on a study, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, which found that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure is cheaper than the surgical alternative, despite falling reimbursements for the procedure.

Highlights

August 6, 2018

"Is there any process within #Medicare to make a decision as to which procedures would need to be reimbursed at the same rate, or go higher or lower?" asks Dr. Sedrakyan in MedPage Today's recent Quotable quotes blog post.

Highlights

August 6, 2018

Dr. Ravinder Mamtani, senior associate dean for population health, capacity building and student affairs at WCM-Q, is among a group of only 204 physicians worldwide who have become the very first medical professionals to be certified by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine (ABLM)/the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

“Some of us believed that a doctor’s job is to deliver the best possible care, period," begins Dr. Khullar. "Others argued that doctors should aim to find some balance between medical benefit, financial cost and social responsibility. It’s the kind of question that we aren’t really trained to solve. Are costs something that an individual doctor should do something about? What is a doctor supposed to do?”

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

An article on Penn Medicine’s efforts to improve antibiotic use, mentions Dr. Shashi N. Kapadia’s study, published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, which found that antimicrobial-resistant organisms account for more than two million infections and 23,000 deaths annually in the United States.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty leads a session at the Radiology Business Management Association’s 2018 PaRADigm conference, where she discusses her experience in the field, payment models, AI and related data-science opportunities, and advice to radiologists.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

A new research center launches today with the goal of empowering and supporting practicing physicians as they seek to improve care for their patients while navigating today’s complex healthcare landscape. The Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership at Weill Cornell Medicine (CPPL) is embarking on an initial five-year initiative to document challenges facing physicians in medical practice and define practice models that help physicians to provide high-...

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

This issue of the Annals of Family Medicine includes multiple articles reporting early information from the implementation of the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) initiative EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary care. This $112 million initiative—one of the largest in AHRQ’s history—funds 7 cross-organizational collaborations to assist 1,500 small (fewer than 10 clinicians) primary care practices to...

Highlights
Photo of nurse with elderly patient

August 6, 2018

Medicine’s decades-long march toward patient autonomy means patients are often now asked to make the hard decisions — to weigh trade-offs, to grapple with how their values suggest one path over another. This is particularly true when medical science doesn’t offer a clear answer: Doctors encourage patients to decide where evidence is weak, while making strong recommendations when evidence is robust. But should we be doing the opposite?
Research suggests that physicians’ recommendations...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Continuing coverage on Dr. Heather Yeo’s study, published in JAMA Surgery, which found that surgical interns with realistic expectations of the demands of residency and life as an attending may be more likely to complete their training.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

A man walking in off the street to a drug store in Manhattan got key advice from a digital doctor visit that in all likelihood saved his life. In this case, it was by seeking treatment before having a fatal heart attack after a NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center doctor during a telehealth session diagnosed the patient as having congestive heart failure.

Highlights

August 6, 2018

Dr. Lawrence Casalino discusses his goals for The Center for the Study of Physicians Practice and Leadership, a collaboration between Weill Cornell Medicine and The Physicians Foundation.

Press Releases

August 6, 2018

In medicine, language is supposed to be cautious and precise, the opposite of the political hyperbole that infects Donald Trump's words.

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

Each year the medical student recipients of the Public Health Prizes (which they receive during commencement) get their photos posted on the department’s website with a description of the prizes. This year’s winners and the descriptions are as follows:

Sasha Hernandez and Anna McKenney will share the Elise Strang L’Esperance Prize in Public Health, awarded to the female student(s) in the graduating class who best reflects the attributes and values of Dr. L’Esperance, who served on the...

Awards & Achievements

August 6, 2018

Americans with depression, bipolar disorder or other serious mental illnesses die 15 to 30 years younger than those without mental illness — a disparity larger than for race, ethnicity, geography or socioeconomic status. It’s a gap, unlike many others, that has been growing, but it receives considerably less academic study or public attention. The extraordinary life expectancy gains of the past half-century have left these patients behind, with the result that Americans with serious mental...

Faculty Publications

August 6, 2018

"We recognized the crucial need for new training programs after hearing from hospital CEOs about the scarcity of leaders with background in health-care policy, particularly given the explosion of data and evidence," says Dr. Kaushal. "The formula proposed here is basic: as health-care changes, so must medical and other professional health education."

Highlights

July 27, 2018

Dr. Joseph Fins was elected to the Board International Neuroethics Society Board of Directors for a three-year term, effective March 1. Dr. Fins is the E. William Davis, Jr., MD Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of psychiatry, medicine, healthcare policy and research, and medical ethics in neurology. 

The society is an interdisciplinary group of scholars, scientists, clinicians and other professionals who share an interest in the social,...

Awards & Achievements

July 27, 2018

Dr. Joseph Fins was awarded the Dr. Mary Ann Quaranta Distinguished Palliative Care Ethicist Award in June. Dr. Fins is the chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, the E. William Davis, Jr. Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of medicine; healthcare policy and research; medicine in psychiatry; and medical ethics in neurology.

The award honors distinguished service to the community in palliative care. At the Collaborative for Palliative Care's...

Awards & Achievements

July 26, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, an assistant professor of clinical radiology, in May received the J. Arliss Pollock Memorial Award from the American Society of Neuroradiology for her work on socioeconomic issues in neuroradiology. She received the award at the society's annual meeting, hosted May 24 in Washington, D.C.

Awards & Achievements

July 26, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, assistant professor of clinical radiology, in May received a Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Radiology for her service as a member of the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Update Committee, Advisory Committee and RUC Panel. The American College of Radiology seeks to empower radiology professionals to advance the practice, science and professions of radiological care.

Awards & Achievements

July 26, 2018

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, an assistant professor of clinical radiology, was named one of Irish America magazine’s 2016 Healthcare & Life Sciences 50. The distinction honors Irish-American innovators who are leading the way in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Dr. McGinty was honored on October 5 at a reception in New York.

Awards & Achievements

July 26, 2018

Dr. Joseph Fins was selected a 2016-17 fellow ambassador of the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Fins is also chief of the Division of Bioethics; the E. William Davis, Jr., MD Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of medicine, medicine in psychiatry, healthcare policy and research and medical ethics in neurology. As a fellow ambassador, Dr. Fins will work with academy staff and leadership as an expert spokesperson on a variety of health-related topics...

Awards & Achievements

July 26, 2018

Dr. Fei Wang, an assistant professor of healthcare policy and research, won the Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative Data Challenge. The foundation, which sponsors the landmark biomarkers PPMI study, asked data analysts to provide a model of either Parkinson's disease subtypes or baseline predictors of progression using PPMI data. Dr. Wang, who will receive $25,000 furnished by MJFF and supported in part by GE Healthcare, has outlined three Parkinson’s...

Awards & Achievements

July 26, 2018

Dr. Heather Yeo, the Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar in Healthcare Policy and Research/Clinical Evaluation and an assistant professor of surgery and of healthcare policy, won the James IV Traveling Scholar Award from the James IV Association of Surgeons. The association sponsors visiting fellowship opportunities for young surgeons from and to member countries. Dr. Yeo’s fellowship covers four weeks of travel over a two-year period and pays $15,000. She will travel to...

Awards & Achievements

July 26, 2018

Dr. Jessica Ancker, an associate professor of healthcare policy and research, was elected a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. The college comprises elected fellows who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of biomedical informatics.

Awards & Achievements

December 1, 2016

A severely brain injured woman, who recovered the ability to communicate using her left eye, restored connections and function of the areas of her brain responsible for producing expressive language and responding to human speech, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. Read full article.

Faculty Updates

December 1, 2016

NEW YORK (December 19, 2013) — Dr. Rainu Kaushal, an expert in health care quality, patient safety and information technology, has been named chair of the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medical College and physician-in-chief of healthcare policy and research at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Formerly known as the Department...

Faculty Updates

October 1, 2016

As the daughter of two physicians, Shokhi Goel spent her childhood absorbing what the day-to-day practice of medicine looked and felt like to her parents. And she watched as her grandparents went in and out of the healthcare system in three countries: India, England and the United States. These experiences exposed her to the diverse systems in which physicians care for patients, and inspired her to consider a career in which she might, as a doctor, also become a leader in healthcare...

Faculty Updates

August 1, 2016

Two Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have received the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Clinical Investigator Award for 2016 for their innovative research.

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation bestows these annual awards upon young physician-scientists who are conducting disease-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. Dr. Christopher...

Awards & Achievements

August 1, 2016

Bigger may not always be better in the world of healthcare. Practices that are smaller or physician-owned - as opposed to larger or hospital-owned — had lower rates of hospital admissions that could have been avoided with good primary care than did their bigger counterparts, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medical College.

Read full...

Scientific Breakthroughs

July 29, 2016

Dr. Stephen Johnson was appointed chair of the Commission on Health Informatics and Information Management's Council for Health Informatics Accreditation. Dr. Johnson is the director of biomedical informatics at the Clinical and Translational Science Center, director of graduate programs at the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, and professor of healthcare policy and research.

The council comprises academic professionals...

Awards & Achievements

June 19, 2016

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, an associate professor of medicine and healthcare policy and research, was appointed to the National Health Security Preparedness Index Methods' Modeling Working Group in February.

The index examines America's preparedness efforts by looking collectively at the health security preparedness of states. The Index is updated annually to accurately reflect the nation's progress in preparing for, preventing and responding to potential health...

Awards & Achievements

June 15, 2016

Dr. Joseph Fins was appointed to the international editorial board of Springer Press' Advances in Neuroethics book series in February. Dr. Fins is the chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, the E. William Davis, Jr. Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of medicine; healthcare policy and research; medicine in psychiatry; and medical ethics in neurology. The upcoming series will address how advances in brain sciences can benefit patients and society...

Awards & Achievements

June 10, 2016

Dr. Jessica Ancker, an associate professor of healthcare policy and research, gave an invited talk on "Communicating Risk in the Context of Precision Medicine: The Challenge of Low Health Literacy" at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Health Literacy Roundtable event on March 2 in Washington, D.C.

The organization’s Health and Medicine Division (formerly the Institute of Medicine) hosted the event, "Health Literacy and Precision Medicine...

Awards & Achievements

June 3, 2016

Dr. Lawrence Casalino's journal article "Physician Satisfaction and Physician Well-Being: Should Anyone Care," was awarded the John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize from the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation on April 19. 

Dr. Casalino is the chief of the Division of Health Policy and Economics, the Livingston Farrand Professor of Public Health and a professor of healthcare policy and research.

The prize recognizes outstanding...

Awards & Achievements

June 1, 2016

Physician practices that adopt the patient-centered medical home model can achieve modest improvement on quality-of-care measures compared with more traditional practices. Although electronic health records play a central role in the medical home, the new roles and relationships of providers and staff may be even more important in driving quality improvement.

Read full article...

Faculty Updates

June 1, 2016

NEW YORK (June 2, 2014) — Primary care doctors practicing in a model of coordinated, team-based care that leverages health information technology are more likely to give patients recommended preventive screening and appropriate tests than physicians working in other settings, according to research published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The study comparing...

Scientific Breakthroughs

May 1, 2016

Hospitals will maintain their prominent role in American medicine and remain economically viable, despite health care reform that requires them to make wide-ranging changes, according to Weill Cornell Medical College researchers.

Read full article.

Faculty Updates

April 26, 2016

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, an associate professor of healthcare policy and research; and medicine, was appointed to the board of advisors for Stevens Institute of Technology's Business Intelligence and Analytics Master's program in February. The board shapes the degree program to ensure that the coursework is aligned with the demands of the professional world. Members meet regularly to review the curriculum, provide input on program structure, suggest student consulting...

Awards & Achievements

April 16, 2016

A commonly used term important to delivering health care and promoting wellbeing means different things to parties charged with the public's health, suggesting the need for a clearer definition of "population health" to accurately identify and prioritize health care needs and resources, according to a new study in BMJ Open.

Read full article.

Scientific Breakthroughs

April 1, 2016

Dr. Bruce Schackman, the Saul P. Steinberg Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, a professor of healthcare policy and research; healthcare policy and research in medicine; and healthcare policy and research in psychiatry, was elected a member of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence on Jan. 29.

The group, the longest standing in the United States to address problems of drug dependence and abuse, seeks to promote scientific discoveries in...

Awards & Achievements

March 1, 2016

Emergency department physicians are less likely to admit patients to the hospital when they have readily available electronic access to those patients' health records, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have found. 

Read full article.

Faculty Updates

February 19, 2016

Dr. Joseph Fins, chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, the E. William Davis, Jr., MD Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of medicine; medicine in psychiatry; healthcare policy and research; and medical ethics in neurology, served as the Kim-Frank Visiting Writer on Nov. 5 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.

Dr. Fins gave the talk "Rights Come to Mind: Giving Voice to Consciousness." This sponsored lecture is part of an annual series at the...

Awards & Achievements

February 6, 2016

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, an assistant professor of clinical radiology, received a Best of 2015 Award from the Journal of the American College of Radiology in the category of exceptional manuscript. The award recognizes the paper "From Gatekeeper to Steward: The Evolving Concept of Radiologist Accountability for Imaging Utilization," which Dr. McGinty co-authored.

Awards & Achievements

January 22, 2016

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, an assistant professor of clinical radiology, won the 2015 Minnie Award in the Most Effective Radiology Educator category in October. The award category is one of 14 presented by AuntMinnie.com, the first comprehensive community Internet site for radiologists and related professionals in the medical imaging industry.

Awards & Achievements

January 8, 2016

Dr. Joseph Fins gave the David Kopf Lecture on Neuroethics, entitled "Giving Voice to Consciousness: Neuroethics, Human Rights and the Indispensability of Neuroscience" for the Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting, on Oct. 19 in Chicago.

Dr. Fins is the chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, the E. William Davis, Jr. Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of medicine; healthcare policy and research; medicine in psychiatry; and...

Awards & Achievements

December 4, 2015

Dr. Oliver Fein, associate dean (affiliations) and a professor of clinical medicine; and clinical healthcare policy and research, has won the 2015 Award for Excellence from the American Public Health Association.

The award honors public health professionals who have made exceptional contributions to the field through innovative organizational work for the improvement of community health. Dr. Fein, who was recognized for lifetime achievements in healthcare advocacy and activism,...

Awards & Achievements

November 6, 2015

Dr. Erika Abramson, an assistant professor of pediatrics and of healthcare policy and research, was elected vice chair of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors' Research and Scholarship Task Force, effective June 30.

The association serves pediatric programs by leading the advancement of education to ensure the health and well-being of children. The task force is charged with understanding and informing association leadership how research and scholarship...

Awards & Achievements

November 5, 2015

Dr. Joseph Fins was named the Yale Law School Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Medicine, Bioethics and the Law in July.

Dr. Fins is the chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, the E. William Davis, Jr. Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of medicine; healthcare policy and research; medicine in psychiatry; and medical ethics in neurology. In this new role, Dr. Fins plans to continue working with students on projects that focus on legal...

Awards & Achievements

October 30, 2015

Dr. Geraldine McGinty, an assistant professor of clinical radiology, was appointed chair for the American College of Radiology's Commission on Economics at its annual meeting in May.

The commission is the college's primary resource for medical socioeconomics. The American College of Radiology aims to maximize the value of radiology for society and patients by advancing radiology research, education, and its applications in the medical field.

Awards & Achievements

October 25, 2015

Dr. Alvin Mushlin, the Nanette Laitman Distinguished Professor of Public Health in the Department of Healthcare Policy & Research, has won the 2015 Career Achievement Award from the Society for Medical Decision Making. The annual Career Achievement Award recognizes distinguished senior investigators who have made significant contributions to the field of medical decision making. Dr. Mushlin will receive the award during the society's 37th annual meeting, hosted Oct....

Awards & Achievements

September 25, 2015

Dr. Joseph Fins was appointed to the editorial board of The Pharos, a quarterly journal published by Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, in May for a one-year term. Dr. Fins is the E. William Davis, Jr., MD Professor of Medical Ethics, and a professor of medicine; medicine in psychiatry; healthcare policy and research; and medical ethics in neurology.

The honor society has more than 150,000 members, elected as medical students, who have...

Awards & Achievements

August 14, 2015

Dr. Yuhua Bao was appointed to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's study section on Healthcare Effectiveness and Outcomes Research on March 31 for a two-year term. 

Dr. Bao is an associate professor of healthcare policy and research and of healthcare policy and research in psychiatry. The agency aims to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable and affordable. This study section focuses on the...

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July 9, 2015

Dr. Rainu Kaushal was appointed to the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network Steering Committee as a member in January. Dr. Kaushal is chair of the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, the Frances and John L. Loeb Professor of Medical Informatics, and a professor of healthcare policy and research; and medicine.

An initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the network is dedicated to improving the nation's...

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June 19, 2015

Dr. Joseph Fins delivered the plenary keynote at the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting hosted on Feb. 6. Dr. Fins is chief of the Division of Medical Ethics, the E. William Davis, Jr., MD Professor of Medical Ethics and a professor of medicine; medicine in psychiatry; healthcare policy and research; and medical ethics in neurology. 

His talk was titled "Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the Defense of Academic...

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