Associated Medical Schools of New York

At New York Medical College (NYMC), a student-led initiative in 2018 to respond to this national mental health crisis resulted in the introduction of the Resiliency Curriculum. The program, which continues to be run by School of Medicine (SOM) students, aims to teach the foundational skills necessary to promote wellbeing and resiliency among the students, so that they are better trained to care for themselves and their colleagues and ultimately better able to serve their patients throughout their careers.

WRHU Radio Hofstra University recently received the Academy of Radio Arts and Sciences of America’s 2021 World Radio Day Award as Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell's Well Said podcast gets recognized. https://mednews.hofstra.edu//wrhu-receives-2021-world-rad/

An Anti-Racism and Health Care Equity initiative designed to address and mitigate the effects of systemic racism and inequality in health care has been launched by the Department of Surgery in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2021/02/005.html

Seven future physicians from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2021 have matched into U.S. military residencies. https://www.nyit.edu//nyitcom_military_matches_command_att

Utibe R. Essien, M.D., M.P.H., presented his talk, The Urgency of Now: Sustaining Antiracism in Academic Medicine, at the Einstein-Montefiore department of medicine’s Grand Rounds. Dr. Essien, who graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2013, discussed the history of racism in medicine and its ongoing and significant impact on clinical care, research, and medical education. https://einsteinmed.org//einstein-alum-presents-grand-rou/

Seeking to advance the scope of precision medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Illumina, Inc. are entering into a collaboration to sequence the complete human genomes of thousands of consenting patients, in order to identify genetic alterations driving disease and potentially reveal previously unidentified therapies for treatment. https://news.weill.cornell.edu//weill-cornell-medicine-new

The CUNY School of Medicine / Sophie Davis Biomedical Education and PA Programs announced the establishment of the Dorothy and Max Bendich Student Research Fellowship honoring the parents of City College of New York graduate, Dr. David Bendich. The Fellowship will be awarded to students showing an interest in science education and clinical research. https://www.ccny.cuny.edu//csom-dorothy-and-max-bendich-re

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) hosted the SUNY Distinguished Academy Week: Living Well Will Help Protect You From Disease and featured two SUNY Downstate Faculty members Richard M. Rosenfeld, M.D., MPH, MBA, Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Otolaryngology, CEO of the University Physicians of Brooklyn ENT Faculty Practice, and Chair of the SUNY Downstate Committee for Plant-based Health and Nutrition; and Todd Sacktor, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and of Neurology in their audio series the Academic Minute. https://www.downstate.edu//presidents/2020/11-16-20.html/

Life in the United States is the dream of many around the worldparticularly for those who have suffered persecution or injustice in their countries of origin. Since 2015, Albany Med student volunteers have dedicated their time to assisting asylum seekers with critical health care services. Now, students were recognized for their efforts with The Legal Project’s Champion Award, which honors those who have made a tremendous difference in supporting the work of The Legal Project and promoting the goal of access to justice for all. https://www.amc.edu//students-recognized-for-work-with-imm

I did not anticipate how difficult it wasboth for me and for the people who were turning to me for answersto hear myself saying, ‘I just don’t know’ as often as I did during the early days of the pandemic. Insights like this, and a look at the progress of COVID-19 vaccines, are offered by Judith A. Aberg, MD, a central figure in the Mount Sinai Health System’s pandemic response. Dr. Aberg, the Dr. George Baehr Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is principal investigator of multiple COVID-19 prevention and treatment trials. https://health.mountsinai.org//behind-the-scenes-with-jud/

"I Found Myself A Despicable Being": A study shows how medical students face disturbing moral dilemmas. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/medu.14447

Ruth O’Regan, M.D., chief of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care at the University of Wisconsin, has been named the next Charles A. Dewey Professor and Chair of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, pending approval by the University Board of Trustees. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu//ruth-oregan-named-departme

The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been competitively renewed as a designated Comprehensive Cancer Center by the federal government’s National Cancer Institute, the largest funder of cancer research in the world.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System announced that Edward Chu, M.D., M.M.S., has been named director of the National Cancer Institute-designated Albert Einstein Cancer Center, vice president for cancer medicine at Montefiore Medicine, professor of medicine and of molecular pharmacology; and will hold the Carol and Roger Einiger Professorship of Cancer Medicine at Einstein. https://www.einstein.yu.edu//edward-chu-md-mms-to-lead-ca/

Dr. John Leonard, an esteemed physician-scientist who specializes in lymphoma research and treatment, has been named senior associate dean for innovation and initiatives at Weill Cornell Medicine. https://news.weill.cornell.edu//dr-john-leonard-named-inau

CLIMB, an innovative and comprehensive diversity program at the University at Buffalo that provides intensive mentoring experiences for biosciences students from undergraduate through postdoctoral levels, has received an award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine. http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2020/08/013.html

Save the date for Columbia University Irving Medical Center's Election Forum: Health Policy & the Upcoming Election on October 14. https://neighbors.columbia.edu//cuimc-election-forum-healt

Each year, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) recognizes individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the osteopathic medical profession through leadership, excellence, achievement, and dedication. This year, the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Center for Global Health was selected to receive the AOA’s prestigious Strategic Team Award and Recognition (STAR Award) in honor of the Center’s efforts to advance the principles and practice of osteopathic medicine. https://www.nyit.edu//newsbyte_center_for_global_health_re

Shanti D’Souza, a graduate student in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease at Albany Med, has been awarded a 2020 Kalman/AFAR Scholarship from the American Federation for Aging Research for her research project on the biology of aging. https://www.amc.edu//graduate-student-receives-scholarship

We are proud to introduce the 10 recipients of the 2020-2021 AMSNY Diversity in Medicine Scholarship, funded by the NYSDOH - New York State Health Department, thanks to support from the New York State Assembly and the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus. https://amsny.org//introducing-amsnys-diversity-in-medici/

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and medical student clinical rotations were canceled, Shreya Makkapati, New York Medical College Class 2021, knew she wanted to continue some form of patient care. That opportunity arose in early April when she was approached by Aishwarya Raja, a medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, whom she met through a group for Indian females in medicine. https://www.nymc.edu//nymc-students-distribute-masks-and-g

A Haitian-American immigrant who did not have physician role models in her family, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine-Middletown student Lynn Allyssa Désiré, OMM-II, found her greatest challenge when applying to medical school was finding mentors. A winner of the 2020 Sherry R. Arnstein Minority Student Scholarship from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Désiré now advocates for resources like a mentorship app - to facilitate networking. The best way to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students is to show them that they are not alone in their journey, she says. https://www.aacom.org//aacom-announces-winners-of-the-2020

Governor Cuomo and Chancellor Malatras announce FDA approval for COVID-19 saliva swab test developed by SUNY Upstate Medical University and Quadrant Biosciences. https://www.newzjunky.com/gov-cuomo-and-chancellor-malatra/

In the six months since our world has transformedthe looming and persistent danger of COVID-19 has taken the United States by storm, inflicting unimaginable burdens on our national healthcare system and resulting in the devastating loss of more than 170,000 American lives, to date. Though globally, the world has adopted the in this together mantra, the unequal consequence and impact COVID-19 has had on marginalized communitiesparticularly the Black communityhas been impossible to ignore, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine reports. https://www.downstate.edu//presidents/2020/08-24-20.html/