We’re excited to share that Himel Mallick, PhD, FASA (He/him) has received the 2024 UAB National Alumni Society’s Young Alumni Rising Star Award, which recognizes achievements in a professional field and contributions to future generations: bit.ly/3YnFM8c

Many people enrolled in Medicaid who require psychiatric care struggle to find psychiatrists and other mental health professionals who accept their health plan and have available appointments, according to new research led by Dr. William Schpero of Weill Cornell Medicine Population Health Sciences.

We’re thrilled to welcome our new and returning students to the Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Johnson EMBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program! Our classes of 2025 and 2026 just completed their summer residential session in Ithaca. We look forward to an exciting year ahead!

In a study in JNCI, Jialin Mao and colleagues find that racial and ethnic minorities face systematic barriers in accessing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer treatment: bit.ly/3SwNoBC

In JAMA, William Schpero and colleagues examine the accessibility of psychiatric appointments to Medicaid enrollees in four of the most populous US cities: bit.ly/3YokdEA

In two NIH funded studies, Sean M. Murphy will lead economic evaluations to inform new treatment options to end the HIV epidemic in individuals involved with the criminal legal system: bit.ly/3yohzEa

.Dhruv Khullar and Amy Bond conducted a qualitative study, now published in Health Affairs, to examine how leaders of accountable care organizations aim to meet the needs of socially vulnerable patients: bit.ly/4d9XaBP

Dr. Kavita Rajasekhar joins our department as an assistant professor of teaching and program director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program. Learn more about her expertise: bit.ly/4dHOeDS

As part of the NIH RECOVER initiative, a study in Communications Medicine led by Rainu Kaushal, Fei Wang, and Chengxi Zang suggests that machine learning could potentially help identify patients who are at risk of long COVID: bit.ly/3WZMnof

.Sean M. Murphy is hiring a research coordinator to join his team. This role will collect and analyze data for health services research studies. Find out if this position is right for you: bit.ly/4fHBYoA

Every year, students in our MS programs are paired with organizations to provide valuable services for student credit while building industry knowledge. Learn how you can become a partnering organization: bit.ly/3SNPXzq

Congratulations to Yiye Zhang on becoming editor-in-chief of @Nature_npj Health Systems. She will lead the journal’s publishing strategy and vision to foster a platform for innovative, impactful research: bit.ly/3SW6vFg

As an alumnus of the Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Johnson EMBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program, Durward C. Rackleff successfully pivoted his career to focus on promoting healthcare transformation. Learn more: bit.ly/3WW2WjC

In npj Digital Medicine, Yifan Peng and colleagues use deep learning to develop a method for disease prognosis, forecasting future risk of developing disease based on longitudinal imaging: bit.ly/3MaWlgk

We are thrilled to have Roxana Daneshjou MD/PhD kicking off our monthly seminar series in the new semester. Register here bit.ly/3yL8SnL to listen to the insights from Dr. Daneshjou on #GenerativeAI for #Healthcare.

Research from Jialin Mao and colleagues in JNCI examines how surgeon treatment patterns affect racial and ethnic disparities in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy use among prostate cancer patients: bit.ly/3SwNoBC

In a study in Nature Communications, Fei Wang and colleagues from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) developed a machine-learning tool that can help distinguish subtypes of rheumatoid arthritis, which may help scientists find ways to improve care: bit.ly/4cMI30l

A study in Health Affairs led by Dhruv Khullar & Dr. Jiani Yu could guide the future of telehealth policy, as COVID-19 provisions for expanded Medicare telehealth coverage are set to expire. Learn more: Article- bit.ly/3TfWRgU Podcast- bit.ly/3Tg7Yqq

We recently started the academic year with our golden hour cruise, welcoming students to our MS and PhD programs. Thank you to those who attended and made the event a success! Looking forward to an exciting academic year ahead.

The Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Johnson Executive MBA/MS in Healthcare Leadership program is hosting a breakfast information session on September 18, where prospective students can meet the admissions team and learn about the program. Register to attend: bit.ly/3B0ecUJ