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Guiding Vision

April 17, 2019

RESEARCH AND OUTREACH: Dr. Gilbert at APDA headquarters on Staten Island

Driven by a passion for discovery, Dr. Rebecca Gilbert, Ph.D. '02, M.D. '03, chose neurology in part because it’s a specialty in which so much remains unexplored. “Although something like cardiology or nephrology might be very interesting, I didn’t want to go into a field where the basic knowledge was firm,” she says. “We know very little of what actually goes on in the brain. It felt like something I could spend my life learning about.” As chief scientific officer of the American...

Study Shows How Ketamine Reverses Depression—and How its Benefits Could Be Extended

April 11, 2019

The powerful but temporary benefits of ketamine against depression might be extended if the new brain-cell connections it promotes could be preserved, according to a new study published April 12 in Science from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Depression affects tens of millions of people in the United States alone, which could lead to suicide in severe cases, and ketamine is the only widely-tested...

Students Celebrate Next Step in Medical Career with Match Day

March 15, 2019

Ngozi Monu (second from left) and Joshua Adeji (right) celebrate their matches with Dr. Yoon Kang and Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi during Match Day on March 15, 2019. All photos: Ashley Jones. Click photo to view the full Match Day Flickr gallery.

Video of Match Day 2019 at Weill Cornell Medicine

For Ngozi Monu, Match Day was the culmination of a long journey. Though she had emulated her physician father since childhood, by the time she entered Weill Cornell Medical College in 2014, the 38-year-old had already competed in the Olympics, representing Nigeria twice in swimming, and earned a doctorate in biomedical science.

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