The grant, awarded to four New York City medical centers, including Weill Cornell Medicine, aims to improve physicians' ability to prevent and treat disease based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics.
The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes hosted a Cancer Moonshot Summit June 29 to support a White House initiative to double the rate of cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Deborah Estrin, professor of computer science at Cornell Tech and professor of public health at Weill Cornell Medicine, has won a 2017 IEEE Internet Award for for contributions to internet technology.
The jury is out in terms of the effectiveness of high-intensity focused ultrasound to create prostate cancer, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
Twenty percent of people living in nursing homes are abused by other residents, according to a study by researchers in the College of Human Ecology and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Fungi that live in a healthy gut may be as important for good health as beneficial intestinal bacteria, according to new research conducted at Weill Cornell Medicine.
A naturally produced chemical exacerbates infection by a common bacteria, rendering the infection significantly harder for the body to clear, according to new Cornell cross-campus research.
Spanning six continents, 32 countries and 54 cities, more than 12,000 samples of DNA, RNA and microbes from surfaces in subways, buses, airports and other well-traveled public meeting spaces were collected June 21.
Starting in the fall 2017 semester, Cornell University will offer a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on epidemiology, infectious disease, food systems and sustainability.
