AAMC News - August 11, 2020
Joshua Nosanchuk, M.D., describes how Einstein medical students are helping to revise select courses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Nosanchuk is senior associate dean for medical education and professor of medicine and of microbiology & immunology at Einstein.
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Nature - July 30, 2020
Paul Frenette, M.D., has led and published research showing that the gut microbiome and stress play a role in triggering painful vessel-clogging episodes in sickle-cell disease. Dr. Frenette is professor of medicine and of cell biology, and chair and director of the Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research.
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US News & World Report - July 28, 2020
Philip Ozuah, M.D., Ph.D., urges health care leaders and institutions to work with community-based organizations and public officials to combat the social determinants of health and related inequities, such as poverty, unemployment, and substandard housing, that leave minorities and people of lower income at increased risk of contracting COVID-19. Dr. Ozuah is president and CEO of Montefiore Medicine.
Additional coverage includes The New York Times, MSNBC
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WebMD - July 27, 2020
Oladimeji Oki, M.D., discusses the social, economic, and quality-of-life factors that may account for higher rates of COVID-19 cases and mortality among Hispanics. Dr. Oki is assistant professor of family and social medicine at Einstein and a family medicine physician at Montefiore Health System.
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Science News - July 23, 2020
Marla Keller, M.D., Will Southern, M.D., M.S., and Shitij Arora, M.D., are co-authors on a study that finds a blood test can help physicians determine which hospitalized patients with COVID-19 can benefit from steroids. Dr. Keller is vice chair of research in the department of medicine; Dr. Southern is chief of hospital medicine; and Dr. Arora is associate professor of medicine and a hospitalist at Montefiore.
Additional coverage includes USA Today, LoHud, Fox News, US News & World Report (via HealthDay), Daily Mail, LabPulse
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WSJ - July 14, 2020
Nir Barzilai, M.D., says varying rates of protein level changes are among the biological differences in how men and women age. Dr. Barzilai is the Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Chair of Aging Research and director of the Institute for Aging Research at Einstein and an endocrinologist at Montefiore.
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Medscape - July 14, 2020
Michal Melamed, M.D., discusses her editorial in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology that advises nephrologists take extra precautions with their high risk patients, such as home dialysis, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Melamed is associate professor of medicine and of epidemiology & population health at Einstein and a nephrologist at Montefiore.
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The City - July 14, 2020
Caterina Minniti, M.D., comments on the challenges faced by patients with sickle-cell disease during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the disease's side effects that may put people at higher risk for complications and death. Dr. Minniti is professor of clinical medicine and of pediatrics at Einstein and director of the Sickle Cell Center for Adults at Montefiore.
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The New York Times - June 27, 2020
A column by Nicholas Kristof hails positive examples of Hispanic community members helping one another in difficult times, including the COVID-19 pandemic. He notes that Carmen Isasi, M.D., Ph.D., who studies LatinX populations, has seen Spanish-speaking churches in New York City offering food for those in need. Dr. Isasi is associate professor of epidemiology & population health and of pediatrics.
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March 13, 2012
New Scientist interviews Vern Schramm, Ph.D., about his research on transition state analogs, a class of drugs he has been developing that target and neutralize specific enzymes in order to combat disease. Dr. Schramm is professor and Ruth Merns Chair in Biochemistry at Einstein.
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February 1, 2012
Arthritis Today interviews Dr. Anna Broder regarding her research that found continued treatment may help extend the lives of lupus patients with end-stage renal disease. Dr. Broder is assistant professor of medicine.
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Newsweek - February 1, 2012
Microbe features research by Liise-Anne Pirofski , M.D., about a newly identified antibody that works against pneumococcal bacteria and could help to improve vaccines against pneumonia. Dr. Pirofski is chief of the division of infectious diseases at Einstein and Montefiore Medical Center and the Selma and Dr. Jacques Mitrani Professor in Biomedical Research.
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