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Increased risk for anxiety may begin before birth, shaped by infection or stressful events during pregnancy, according to a new preclinical study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. While scientists have long known that maternal difficulty during pregnancy may raise a child’s risk for psychiatric illness, the biological pathways between these prenatal...

Drs. Benjamin Hopkins, Daniela Sia and Andrea Sboner.

Dear Friends & Members of the Englander Institute,

I hope you enjoy reading about our recent departmental accomplishments, including news media coverage of our work, interesting & engaging departmental events, and impressive publications in top-tier journals like Nature Biotechnology.

We are looking for EIPM Journal Club speakers for November 6 & 13 and December 4 & 11th. Presentations are both in-person and via Zoom, from 3-4...

Drs. Mirhaj and Ahmed with EIPM Director Olivier Elemento, Ph.D. (left)

August 2025 EIPM Director's Memo


Dear Friends & Members of the Englander Institute,

As I shared in the most recent EIPM Weekly News Roundup newsletter, I've always taken the most pride in the high-quality research our colleagues have published in leading peer-reviewed journals. But July was truly something special, with outstanding papers (below) by dozens of our team members. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to the outstanding...