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Associated Medical Schools of New York: T he Voice of Medical Education in New York State
presents this month's news in research from the medical schools.

New York News in Research

October 2015
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Highlights Highlights
New York Times Highlights Landmark Mental Health Study Led by Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine Chair of Psychiatry

John Kane, MD, and co-investigators point to talk therapy as the most effective approach in the treatment of schizophrenia.

cancerCancer
Columbia University Medical Center: Promising New Targets for Treating HER2-Positive Breast Cancer


geneticsGenetics
SUNY Downstate: Women with Alzheimer's-related Gene Lose Weight More Sharply after Age 70

neuroNeurology
Columbia University Medical Center: Finding the Brain Cells that Make Popular Antidepressants Work
otherstudiesOther Studies
Columbia University Medical Center: Dynamic Braces for Kids with Scoliosis Now in Development  

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine: Study Indicates Thyroid Hormones Help Cardiac Tissue and Function

SUNY Downstate: Researchers Identify a New Approach for Lowering Harmful Lipids, May Lead to Better Means of Controlling 'Bad Cholesterol'

articlesArticles of Interest
Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian Hospital License Technology to Lumendi, Ltd., a  start-up company dedicated to producing next-generation endoscopic tools
grantsGrants
SUNY Upstate: Pilot grant program to spur Syracuse University-Upstate Medical University research collaborations
Einstein College of Medicine awarded $2.9 Million by National Institutes of Health for Child Sleep Research

SUNY Downstate Recognized with Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program Awards for 2015

Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Receive NIH Funding to Research the Impact of Cognitive Training on Mobility 
Read more from the medical schools!

Albany Medical College
 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 
 Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University
 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
New York Medical College
 New York University School of Medicine
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at CCNY
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Weill Cornell Medicine
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