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Graduate School Alum Assists Bermuda’s COVID Fight

February 7, 2022

a group of people standing together in front of a blue building in Bermuda

When Dr. Pradeep Ambrose, Ph.D. ’20, flew to Bermuda last fall to assist the island’s government in ramping up its COVID-19 testing, he had no idea his training at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences would play such a significant role in the fight against the pandemic.

Dr. Ambrose was enlisted to help out at Bermuda’s sole COVID-testing laboratory in September 2021 through a friend who was aware of the island’s dire need for scientists. His studies at Weill Cornell...

Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes Linked to Lower Quality of Care, Higher Medicare Costs

November 19, 2021

an elderly woman walking down the hall of a nursing home.

Nursing homes acquired by private equity companies saw an increase in emergency room visits and hospitalizations among long-stay residents and an uptick in Medicare costs, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The findings, published Nov. 19 in JAMA Health Forum, suggest that quality of care declined when private equity firms took over the facilities.

“Our findings indicate that private equity firm-owned facilities offer lower quality long-term care,”...

First-Year Medical Students Don White Coats During Historic Year

August 20, 2021

Group photo from Class of 2025 White Coat ceremony

Video of Class of 2025 White Coat Ceremony Highlights | Weill Cornell Medicine

As a child, Noelle Desir, 23, suffered from severe eczema. She and her family tried everything to bring the skin condition under control, but without insurance, all they could do was visit the emergency room when she had a flare-up. Finally at age 12, her father, an immigrant from Haiti, secured...