Weill Cornell Medicine Englander Institute for Precision Medicine

10/07/2025

We hope you can join us on October 30th!

10/06/2025

Please join us in congratulating our Clinical Director Dr. Cora N. Sternberg on being named to Research.com's 2025 list of the Top 1000 Female Scientists!

She's ranked #305 in the U.S., and #516 in the world!

https://research.com/careers/world-ranking-of-female-scientists-in-2025

10/03/2025

“Our study [in Cancer Discovery] suggests a new therapeutic approach to block metastasis before it starts, and help patients overcome triple negative breast cancer,” said Dr. Vivek Mittal () from the Meyer Cancer Center and there EIPM.

https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2025/10/study-finds-restoring-order-to-dividing-cancer-cells-may-prevent-metastasis

10/03/2025

We hope you can join us two weeks from today!

09/26/2025

We hope you enjoy this new article from The Scientist "How Circulating Tumor Cells Can Help Diagnose Cancer Early," with our colleague Dr. Carolina Reduzzi.

These cells allow researchers to detect cancer early, provide an accurate prognosis, monitor progression, and inform personalized medicine.

Circulating tumor cells allow researchers to detect cancer early, provide an accurate prognosis, monitor progression, and inform personalized medicine.

09/25/2025

Should people with triple-negative be offered hormonal therapy to reduce the risk of recurrence?

Learn what EIPM Member Dr. Lisa Newman () from has discovered via her new podcast:

If triple-negative breast cancer comes back, the recurrence may be hormone receptor-positive. Can hormonal therapy help reduce recurrence risk?

09/19/2025

Thanks to our Elemento Lab colleague Valerie Gallegos for presenting an engaging Precision Medicine Journal Club talk yesterday about the Science Direct paper, "Cancer-associated Fibroblast-derived Fibulin-5 Promotes Radioresistance in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer."

09/18/2025

We hope you can join us today in person or via Zoom!

09/10/2025

We hope you can join us tomorrow!

09/10/2025

"Inflammation During Pregnancy May Prime Offspring for Anxiety."

A new study in Cell Reports by EIPM researchers discovered that adversity in the womb configured a small percentage of brain cells to be overly active when faced with a threatening situation, creating a vulnerability to anxiety.

Learn more:

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.

09/09/2025

Please join us in congratulating internationally recognized medical oncologist Dr. Allyson J. Ocean on being named Director of the Early Onset Gastrointestinal Cancer Program at the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine effective August 1st!

09/07/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Scarpa from the Department of Anesthesiology of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and the EIPM on his new NIA/AFAR grant to study “The Impact of Biological Age on Surgical Outcomes," with EIPM's Dr. Jan Krumsiek!

Learn more: https://anesthesiology.weill.cornell.edu/news/dr-joseph-scarpa-awarded-nia-r03-grant