September 22, 2021 - 6:28pm
Dr. Robert Peck, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Center for Global Health, recently received an R01 grant award from the National Heart Lung Blood Institute within the National Institutes of Health to study the relationships between sleep patterns, exercise, and hypertension among people living... Read More
August 23, 2021 - 4:12pm
Dr. Jean Pape, Weill Cornell Professor of Medicine and the Director of GHESKIO, Weill Cornell’s long-term medical center partner in Haiti, was recently interviewed by the Canadian broadcast station CBC to discuss how they are coordinating relief efforts both at GHESKIO and at the epicenter of the... Read More
August 20, 2021 - 11:21am
GHESKIO, Weill Cornell’s medical center partner in Haiti, and the Haitian Ministry of Health continue to coordinate clinical interventions and send survival supplies to Les Cayes and Jeremie, the two largest cities in the south of Haiti most affected by the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake and tropical... Read More
August 19, 2021 - 12:00pm
Five days after the southern region of Haiti was struck by a 7.2. magnitude earthquake and began bracing for flooding from a tropical depression, Weill Cornell is working with GHESKIO, our long-standing partner in Haiti, to provide disaster relief at affected sites and prepare for displaced persons to... Read More
August 16, 2021 - 9:31am
On August 14, Haiti suffered a 7.2 magnitude earthquake and is now in the path of tropical depression Grace. The Southern department in Haiti was most severely affected. In two major cities, Les Cayes and Jeremie, and surrounding areas, hundreds were killed, and thousands more injured. The hospitals in... Read More
August 2, 2021 - 11:00am
On July 12th 2021, award-winning Haitian actor and philanthropist Jimmy Jean-Louis recognized GHESKIO’s work at a special reception during the Cannes Film Festival in France. Jean-Louis spoke about the recent assassination of President Jovenal Moïse and requested a moment of silence for the former... Read More
July 1, 2021 - 9:00pm
This past month Dr. Chebrolu received the Fund for the Future grant, which supports academically accomplished instructors and faculty in acquiring additional preliminary data to write a successful NIH K award or foundation equivalent. Dr. Chebrolu plans to use this award to conduct research on the rate... Read More
June 1, 2021 - 8:00am
Despite reductions in child mortality in recent decades, over 5 million children continue to die every year around the world, with the highest burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Post-hospital mortality is a significant problem in low-income countries, where children can have upwards of a 20% chance of dying... Read More
May 3, 2021 - 1:24pm
On the 27th of April, the Weill Cornell Women in Global Health Research Initiative hosted a virtual symposium to highlight women scientists’ leadership by featuring three panelists: Professor Koleka Mlisana, Dr. Regine Douthard and Dr. Vanessa Rouzier. The symposium, a highlighted event during Weill... Read More
March 29, 2021 - 12:03pm
On April 27, 2021 the Women in Global Health Research Initiative will be virtually hosting its sixth Annual Women in Global Health Research Symposium. To register please visit https://weillcornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctf-yhqj4rG9zE5ZualbH3-4LrdJWFmjNE. We will be highlighting women scientists’... Read More
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