Einstein Features

Marmur Awards Celebrates 25 Years

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:00:54 EST

On Monday, March 22, the Einstein research community gathered virtually to toast the winners of the Julius Marmur Awards and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the prize. The award is presented each year by Einstein's Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences to three graduate students in recognition of their exceptional contributions to research in their field.

A Clear-Eyed Look at Visual Perception: A Q&A with Ruben Coen-Cagli, Ph.D.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:29:48 EST

Ruben Coen-Cagli, Ph.D., assistant professor of systems & computational biology and in the Dominick P. Purpura Department Purpura of Neuroscience, has two major grants totaling more than $2.5 million from the National Institutes of Health for basic research in computational neuroscience. The grants support studies on visual processing, neural coding, and machine learning and involve collaborations with Einstein faculty members including Adam Kohn, Ph.D. at Einstein and Pascal Mamassian at Ecole Normale Superieure Paris.

Einstein Student and Parents Roll Up Their Sleeves for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:02:35 EST

Caroline Boyle figured the odds were in her favor. Two people would receive the real vaccine for each person who got a placebo injection. So the second-year Einstein medical student was happy to enroll last December when the Einstein-Montefiore trial site was seeking volunteers to test the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine.

Einstein Celebrates Black History and Excellence

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:36:38 EST

This February, a range of Einstein students, faculty, and staff honored the contributions of Black Americans and celebrated Black History Month with virtual events, community initiatives, and profiles of Black Americans.

Freeing Immune Cells to Combat Cancer

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:08:38 EST

Basic scientists like Xingxing Zang, M.Med., Ph.D., are accustomed to wearing white lab coats, not “white tie” evening wear. But a few Decembers ago, Dr. Zang was decked out in formal attire at Stockholm, Sweden, where he mingled with scientific and social elites from the world over.

Celebrating the Women Who Battle Blood Cancer

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:19:59 EST

Late last April, Rita Gist was feeling tired—“just a little off.” Worried that she had COVID-19, the 36-year-old Bronx mother of three promptly set up an appointment through Montefiore with her primary care doctor. Blood tests revealed the true cause of her fatigue: Ms. Gist had acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a potentially deadly form of blood cancer. Within 24 hours of her diagnosis, she was undergoing the first of several rounds of treatment.

Einstein Students Join COVID-19 Vaccination Effort

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:10:04 EST

As COVID-19 vaccination efforts ramp up in New York and around the country, Einstein students have already logged 700 hours as volunteer vaccinators and vaccine coordinators in the Bronx. In the few weeks since the effort launched on Jan. 7, Einstein medical students have given hundreds of doses of the Pfizer or Moderna shot to people at Weiler Hospital and Montefiore’s Comprehensive Family Care Center (CFCC) on Eastchester Road.

Einstein Alum Presents Grand Rounds on Racism in Academic Medicine

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:07:30 EST

On Thursday, January 14, Utibe R. Essien, M.D., M.P.H., presented his talk, “The Urgency of Now: Sustaining Antiracism in Academic Medicine,” at the Einstein-Montefiore department of medicine’s Grand Rounds. Dr. Essien, who graduated from Einstein in 2013, discussed the history of racism in medicine and its ongoing and significant impact on clinical care, research, and medical education.

Two Einstein Med Students Win National Hispanic Health Foundation Scholarships

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:40:00 EST

Two Albert Einstein College of Medicine students—one now interviewing for her residency program and another just a few months into his medical school education—have each won a $5,000 scholarship from the National Hispanic Health Foundation (NHHF) for demonstrating academic excellence, leadership, and a commitment to providing healthcare to Latino patients and communities. The winners are fourth-year student Veronica Ortiz, who also won the NHHF scholarship in 2018 and 2019, and first-year student Daniel Alicea.

Einstein Mourns Loss of Board Chair, Roger W. Einiger

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:23:12 EST

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, the Einstein community lost a devoted and loyal friend, Roger W. Einiger, chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees. Mr. Einiger assumed the role of Board chair in 2015, succeeding Dr. Ruth Gottesman.