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Joint Clinical Trials Office

Skinny Fat

Andrew Dannenburg, M.D.

As the nation’s waistlines expand, so too is the evidence linking obesity with increased risk of several cancers, and worse prognosis. But even those who maintain a “healthy” weight may be harboring hidden metabolic problems that make them more likely to develop cancer.

A guide for the health care system

Leslie Michelson, author of 'The Patient's Playbook,' and Gail Roboz, M.D., director of Weill Cornell Medicine's Leukemia Program, appeared on Good Morning America

New scientific director at Richard T. Silver, M.D. Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Center

Dr. Joseph Scandura
Dr. Joseph Scandura
Joseph Scandura, M.D., Ph.D., has been named Scientific Director of the Richard T. Silver, M.D.

Landmark Study Investigates Substance Use and Adolescent Brain Development

Dr. BJ Casey

Weill Cornell Medicine has received more than $10 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of substances of abuse on the developing brain. The study will follow approximately 10,000 children beginning at ages 9 to10, before they initiate drug use, through the period of highest risk for substance use and other mental health disorders.

New Weill Cornell Medicine Name Announced

Weill Cornell Medicine's new logo

NEW YORK (October 6, 2015) — After two decades of dynamic growth that has transformed Weill Cornell Medical College into a global healthcare leader, the institution announced today a new name — Weill Cornell Medicine — which more comprehensively captures the full scope of its mission.

Participate in a Clinical Trial

The physicians at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian are dedicated to the pursuit of breakthrough research, and the safe and ethical management of clinical trials.

Research study volunteers play a critical role in determining the effectiveness of new therapies and treatments. By participating in clinical trials, you may gain access to new research treatments before they are widely available. Healthy volunteers are also needed for many studies.

A multicenter safety study of unlicensed, investigational cryopreserved cord blood units (CBUs) manufactured by the National Cord Blood Program (NCBP) and provided for unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation of pediatric and adult patients

Cord blood (CB) is blood that is taken from the umbilical cord and placenta of healthy newborn babies after childbirth. The cord blood collected from a newborn baby is called a cord blood unit. Cord blood units are stored frozen (cryopreserved) in public cord blood banks. Approximately 10,000 cord blood transplants have been performed in children and adults for blood cancers and other blood diseases in the world. Cord blood units that meet all FDA requirements can be licensed.

A Multicenter National Prospective Study of Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes in Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

This research study is for pregnant women who have either Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis.

The Multi-Center African American IBD Study (MAAIS)

This research study is for men and women who are of African American descent and who:

  • Have Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  • Have a family member with IBD
  • Do not have IBD or a family member with IBD (for comparison)

The purpose of the study is to find out why inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) occurs in individuals and families of African-American descent. The research is being done because the characteristics of IBD in the African-American population have not been well documented.

Pilot study to collect blood from research subjects allergic and non-allergic to peanut to study immune modulation with anti-IgE therapy in mice

This pilot study is collaboration between the Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Genetic Medicine and Yale University and will examine the pathways involved in allergic response, primarily in food allergy; specifically peanut allergy.