Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Dr. Iman Hajirasouliha

Dear Friend of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine,

Welcome to our first quarterly external newsletter of 2023!

Thank you for signing up on our website to receive this newsletter, we hope you enjoy learning more about the important progress we’ve made towards our mission since last year.

It’s been a remarkably productive first quarter, with staff winning numerous high-profile awards,...

Dr. Ekta Khurana

Dr. Ekta Khurana, an associate professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a 3-year, $1.2 million grant from the United States Department of Defense to investigate how prostate cancer cells evolve to become resistant to hormone-blocking therapy. This work will contribute to further understanding prostate cancer and the development of effective targeted therapies for...

Dr. Abdul-Rahman is the New EIPM Director of Clinical Genetics

Dr. Omar Abdul-Rahman, a leading specialist in pediatric genetic medicine, has been named chief of the Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital, effective March 1.

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