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Aug 05, 2020
Cornell Chronicle
PRESS RELEASE

Dr. Sallie Permar, a physician-scientist who investigates the prevention and treatment of neonatal viral infections, and Dr. Stephen Patrick, a 2007 FSU College of Medicine alumnus and neonatologist focused on the impact of the opioid epidemic on pregnant women and infants, have been jointly awarded Weill Cornell Medicine’s fifth annual Gale and Ira Drukier Prize in Children’s Health Research.

The Drukier Prize, which honors early-career pediatricians whose research has made important contributions toward improving the health of children and adolescents, was established in 2014 as part of a $25 million gift to Weill Cornell Medicine.

Radio

Aug 11, 2020

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Health Report, hosted by Dr. Norman Swan, features significant medical research and developments, and the Department of Geriatrics' Dr. Damaris Aschwanden was recently featured! She discussed her and her colleagues' work published in the European Journal of Personality, Psychological and Behavioural Responses to Coronavirus Disease 2019: The Role of Personality. In the broadcast, Dr. Aschwanden describes their findings, explaining that personality can play a role in a person's response to prevention of COVID-19. Listen to the broadcast on Health Report's website.

Brave New Lungs: Aging in the Shadow of COVID-19

Aug 11, 2020

Assistant Professor of Geriatrics Xan Nowakowski published an article about aging with lung damage from SARS-CoV-2 infection in a COVID-19 special issue of the Journal of Gerontology Series B (Social Sciences). 

Brave New Lungs: Aging in the Shadow of COVID-19