News & Events

December 20, 2022 - 8:45am
Drs. Karine Severe, Nadalette Alcenat, and Vanessa Rouzier, an all-female team of doctors from GHESKIO in Haiti, were published in the New England Journal of Medicine on the country’s recent resurgence of cholera. The outbreak, which originated in Port-au-Prince, now has reported suspected cases in... Read More
December 1, 2022 - 8:33am
At the end of October, Center for Global health (CGH) faculty and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dr. Sasha Fahme, spoke with NPR about the parallels between water infrastructure and disease epidemics, specifically in regards to recent and ongoing cholera outbreaks in the Middle East and Haiti. Dr.... Read More
November 1, 2022 - 2:42pm
Claudia Thomas Riché, Executive Director of the Nursing Education Collaborative for Haiti (NECH-CIEH), a collaborative education network for nurses in the US, Canada and Haiti, and nurse in GHESKIO’s training unit, was recently selected to be a Vital Voices Visionaries Fellow with Estee Lauder’s... Read More
October 10, 2022 - 1:29pm
As of October 7th, there have been 170 cases of cholera reported with 19 laboratory confirmed cases in Port au Prince. Both the Ministry of Health’s and GHESKIO’s lab have confirmed cholera cases. The cases have been reported in multiple neighborhoods in greater Port au Prince and so the suspicion is... Read More
October 3, 2022 - 1:51pm
This September, 17 second-year physician-scientist fellows were enrolled in the Center for Global Health’s Fogarty research training program funded by the NIH, which supports trainees in strengthening scientific expertise and skills needed to conduct research in low-resource settings and supports their... Read More
September 29, 2022 - 8:11am
The Center for Global Health congratulates Dr. Linnie Golightly, Associate Professor in Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology and Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at Weill Cornell Medicine, on her election as President of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH).The... Read More
August 26, 2022 - 9:14am
The Center for Global Health is proud to announce that Dr. Jyoti Mathad, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology in the Center for Global Health at Weill Cornell Medicine, was recently awarded an NIH R01 Research Project grant award.  (R01). Funding for this grant category is... Read More
August 1, 2022 - 9:41am
Earlier this month, Center for Global Health faculty member Dr. Kathleen Walsh, Assistant Professor of Medicine, was selected for funding through the Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) Dean’s JumpStart Research Career Development Program. The objective of the WCM JumpStart Program is to provide support for... Read More
July 13, 2022 - 8:55pm
During the summer in between their first and second year, students at Weill Cornell Medicine have the opportunity to participate in a global health research elective abroad. This summer semester, the Center for Global Health is hosting six Y2 medical students at its international sites in Tanzania and... Read More
June 1, 2022 - 11:08am
The Center for Global Health congratulates Dr. Lindsey Reif, Instructor in Medicine, and Dr. Lily Yan, Instructor in Medicine and Fellow in General Internal Medicine, who have both been selected as 2022 recipients of the Ritu Banga Healthcare Disparities Research Award. The award is given to support... Read More

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