Albert Einstein College of Medicine Names Dr. Joshua D. Nosanchuk Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
JUNE 14, 2017—(BRONX, NY)— Albert Einstein College of Medicine has named educator and infectious disease researcherJoshua D. Nosanchuk, M.D., senior associate dean for medical education. Dr. Nosanchuk, who currently serves as assistant dean for student affairs at Einstein, will assume his new position on July 1, 2017. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - June 14, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
NIH Funds NYC Center for AIDS Research
June 8, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers atAlbert Einstein College of Medicine,The Rockefeller University, andThe City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY), a $7.5 million grant for the Center for AIDS Research focused on preventing HIV transmission and ending the AIDS epidemic. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - June 8, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Dean Allen M. Spiegel to Step Down at End of Term in 2018
June 7, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and executive vice president and chief academic officer at Montefiore Medicine, today announced that he will not seek a fourth term as dean. He will step down from his positions at the end of his current term on May 31, 2018. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - June 7, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Better Cancer Immunotherapy Drugs Through X-Ray Crystallography
May 30, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Immunotherapy drugs to combat cancer have stimulated tremendous excitement among patients and physicians alike. They debuted in 2011, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ipilimumab (Yervoy) to treat metastatic melanoma, a usually fatal disease. Since then, other immunotherapies have reached the market, including pembrolizumab (Keytruda), nivolumab (Opdivo), atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and avelumab (Bavencio). (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - May 30, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Einstein Celebrates Its 59th Commencement
May 24, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Yesterday,Albert Einstein College of Medicine celebrated its 59th commencement at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, conferring 178 M.D. and 24 Ph.D. degrees on the graduates. In addition, eight graduates of Einstein’sMedical Scientist Training Program received both an M.D. and a Ph.D. degree. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - May 23, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Einstein Celebrates Its 59th Commencement
May 23, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Today,Albert Einstein College of Medicine will celebrate its 59th commencement at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, conferring 178 M.D. and 24 Ph.D. degrees on the graduates. In addition, eight graduates of Einstein'sMedical Scientist Training Program will receive both an M.D. and a Ph.D. degree. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - May 23, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Researchers Discover First Human Antibodies That Work Against All Ebolaviruses
May 18, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—After analyzing the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak, a team of scientists from academia, industry and the government has discovered the first natural human antibodies that can neutralize and protect animals against all three major disease-causing ebolaviruses. The findings, published online today in the journalCell, could lead to the first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - May 18, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Einstein's Spirit Luncheon Benefits Comprehensive Health Care for Women
May 16, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Today, Einstein’s Women’s Division hosted its 63rd annual Spirit of Achievement Luncheon at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan. The annual philanthropic event will support comprehensive health care for women through research, discovery and teaching as well as providing specialty care for all women in the diverse communities served byAlbert Einstein College of Medicine and theMontefiore Health System. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - May 16, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Einstein's Spirit of Achievement Luncheon Benefits Cancer Research
May 16, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Today, Einstein’s Women’s Division hosted its 63rd annual Spirit of Achievement Luncheon at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan. The annual philanthropic event will support comprehensive health care for women through research, discovery and teaching as well as providing specialty care for all women in the diverse communities served byAlbert Einstein College of Medicine and theMontefiore Health System. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - May 16, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Einstein Shares in $2.9 Million Grant to Combat Breast Cancer Metastasis
May 2, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Researchers atAlbert Einstein College of Medicine and three other institutions are sharing a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study how different types of cells influence breast cancer metastasis—the process by which cancer cells spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body and that causes 90 percent of breast cancer-related deaths. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - May 2, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
