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EIPM's Q2 2020 External Newsletter

July 1, 2020

July 2020,

Dear Friends of the EIPM,

Thank you for signing up on our website to receive this quarterly newsletter, I'm thrilled to share news about the important advances we're making in research and efforts to bring more effective treatments to patients during these extraordinary times.

We are leading important COVID-19 research initiatives at Weill Cornell Medicine, and working collaboratively with colleagues across the country and around the world to better understand...

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'Mini Brain' Models Study Tumors & Treatments

June 23, 2020

A new technique that involves growing brain tumors in a miniature laboratory model of the human brain recreated the complex genetics of the disease better than other approaches, according to research by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. The findings suggest that the technique may provide scientists with a more powerful way to develop and test personalized treatments for these tumors, known as glioblastomas.

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A Conversation with Dr. Ravi Sharaf

June 3, 2020

We hope you enjoy the following conversation with EIPM Member Dr. Ravi Sharaf.

Ravi Sharaf, M.D., M.S., is a Member of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, an Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) with a secondary appointment as Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences (Epidemiology).

He was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area, where he did his undergraduate training. He did the majority of his medical training in New...

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