A historic investment from Board of Fellows member Israel Englander will advance Weill Cornell Medicine’s growing research enterprise and support critical initiatives throughout the institution.
EIPM's 4Q External Newsletter
January 5, 2024
Dear Friend of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine,
Welcome to our fourth quarterly external newsletter of 2023!
EIPM Researcher Receives Grant for Blood Test to Diagnose Breast Cancer
January 4, 2024
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program to validate a new blood test for the early detection of breast cancer.
Researchers are evaluating Syantra DX Breast Cancer (Syantra Inc.), an experimental diagnostic test that detects specific biomarkers in blood associated with breast cancer. The test uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to determine whether a patient is positive for cancer as soon as detectable by mammogram or possibly earlier, and before symptoms arise.
Dr. Bishoy Faltas Earns Young Investigator Award
December 29, 2023
Dr. Bishoy Faltas, the Gellert Family-John P. Leonard, M.D. Research Scholar and assistant professor of medicine, was awarded the Young Investigator Award by the Society for Basic Urological Research (SBUR). Since its inception, SBUR has committed to education, innovation, advocacy and excellence in basic urology research. The award is given to members under the age of 45 who have made significant contributions to urologic research.
December 2023 EIPM Director's Memo
December 4, 2023
Dear Members of the Englander Institute,
Thank you all so much for a very successful and productive November!
Weill Cornell Medicine to Open Medical Research Center at 1334 York Avenue
November 27, 2023
NEW YORK (Nov. 28, 2023)—Weill Cornell Medicine is dramatically expanding its campus and research footprint in New York City by securing five floors of 1334 York Ave., the current home of Sotheby's auction house, the institution announced today.
Bishoy M. Faltas Receives Prestigious MERIT Grant
November 21, 2023
Dr. Bishoy M. Faltas, director of bladder cancer research at the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, the Gellert Family-John P. Leonard, M.D. Research Scholar and an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a $4 million, seven-year MERIT grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
EIPM Researcher Elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 9, 2023
Dr. Lisa Newman, chief of the section of breast surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and Dr. Jedd D.