News Releases 2005
December 20, 2005
Researchers Show How Air Pollution
Can Cause Heart Disease
December 12, 2005
Depression and Anxiety Improve After
Epilepsy Surgery
December 1, 2005
NYU Child Study Center Raises $4
Million at Eighth Annual Child Advocacy Award Dinner
November 17, 2005
Scientists Observe How a Close Bond
Activates the Immune System
November 11, 2005
NYU Sleep Disorders Center Expert
Available to Discuss Sleep Apnea and Stroke
November 10, 2005
Forum Provides Latest Update on Air
Pollution and Asthma in the South Bronx
November 7, 2005
NYU Cancer Institute Designated as
a Fertile Hope Center of Excellence
November 2, 2005
NYU Medical Center Expert Available
to Discuss an Over-the-Counter HIV test
October 28, 2005
NYU School Of Medicine and the Center
for Health Disparities Research Host the Fourth Annual
Latino Health Conference: “Social Justice and Latino
Health”
October 20, 2005
Master Scholars Presents: Bioindustry
Ethics: Ethical Decision Making in the Bioscience Industry
October 13, 2005
NYU Child Study Center Launches
Children's Mental Health Public Education Campaign
October 13, 2005
Elevated Blood Levels of a Protein
are Linked to Asbestos-induced Cancers
October 12, 2005
The Seventh Annual Latino Expo Featuring
NYU Cancer Institute Experts: What You Should Know About
Cancer Prevention & Screening
October 5, 2005
A New Analysis of a Standard Brain
Test May Help Predict Dementia
September 30, 2005
Dr. Robert Cancro to be Honored by
the Irene & Eric Simon Brain Research Foundation
September 29, 2005
Life after the Michigan Cases: Striving
for Diversity in Higher Education
September 27, 2005
NYU Medical Center Surgeons Perform
Their First Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib
Surgery on 9 Year Old with Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
September 22, 2005
Master Scholars Presents: Tale of
Two Cities: SARS and HIV
September 22, 2005
NYU Medical Center Holds Symposium
in Emergency Management Featuring Israeli Disaster Response
Experts
September 20, 2005
NYU School of Medicine Sponsors Conference
on Plagiarism in Science
September 19, 2005
NYU Medical Center Installs 64-Slice
CT Scanner SOMATOM Sensation 64 Delivers Sharp Images in
Less Than Ten Seconds
September 15, 2005
Mutation Rate in a Gene on the X
Chromosome Holds Promise for Testing Cancer Risk
August 31, 2005
Scientists Discover the Molecular
Switch for Nerve Cells’ Insulating Jelly Rolls
August 26, 2005
Highly Publicized Transplant Patient
Leaves NYU Medical Center After Successful Liver Transplant
August 18, 2005
NYU Center for the Study of Asian
American Health Presents the 2nd Annual Asian American
Health Conference
August 12, 2005
Remicade Co-Inventor And NYU Professor
Of Microbiology Jan Vilcek, M.D., Ph.D. Pledges $105 Million
To NYU School Of Medicine
August 9, 2005
NYC Asian American Hepatitis B Project
Receives $2.6 M Successive Grant From New York City
August 2, 2005
NYU Medical Center Receives FDA Approval
to Study Safety and Efficacy of Gastric Banding Weight
Loss Surgery on Teens
July 29, 2005
NYU Medical Center Opens New Voice
Center Specializing in Throat Disorders
July 18, 2005
Sensory Deprivation Affects Brain’s
Nerve Connections
July 15, 2005
Rusk Kids Spend the Summer with Gentle
Giants
July 12, 2005
Ten
NYU Programs Rank Among Top 50 Nationwide in U.S. News & World
Report Survey
June 23, 2005
Researchers Shed New Light on Cause
of Bedsores and Other Chronic Wounds
June 19, 2005
The New Computer Program Uses Brain
Scans to Assess Risk of Alzheimer's
June 13, 2005
The Asian American Health Seminar
Series: The Validity of Race Medicine
June 13, 2005
New Tool for Clinicians Interested
in Adult ADHD
June 6, 2005
Potential Cancer Therapies Emerge
Targeting a Protein Called Stat
May 17, 2005
First National Asian and Pacific
Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
May 17, 2005
ANAC Annual Conference: HIV/AIDS
Nursing: Here and Now
May 17, 2005
Seventh Annual Skirball Symposium:
?The Biology of Sex: From Genes to Behavior?
May 12, 2005
Active Vaccine Prevents Mice from
Developing Prion Disease
May 5, 2005
Annual Breast Cancer Conference:
Breast Cancer Advocacy: Revolution, Evolution?..Change
May 5, 2005
NYU School of Medicine Scientist
is Elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences
May 2, 2005
$10 Million Gift Establishes Helen
L. & Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology
April 18, 2005
New York State Department of Health
Designates First Primary Stroke Center at NYU Medical Center
April 12, 2005
CSAAH SEMINAR: Issues of Identity & Health:
The Case of Transnational Adoptees
April 11, 2005
Biotechnology Study Center Honors
Richard Lerner, Philip Needleman, and Stuart Schlossman
April 7, 2005
NYU School of Medicine Master Scholars
Program & Sackler Institute Colloquium Present Jonas
Salk Celebration Week
April 7, 2005
Expert Talks About Common Voice Problems
of Lung Cancer Patients
April 5, 2005
NYU Medical Center Awarded Magnet
Status for Excellence in Nursing
April 4, 2005
Health Disparities Research Training
Program (HDRTP)
April 4, 2005
Immune Cells in the Liver Take a Ride
March 31, 2005
NYU School of Medicine Expert Available
To Comment on New Study Regarding Epidurals
March 28, 2005
NYU Medical Students Open Their Envelopes
March 16, 2005
NYU Child Study Center Appoints New
Administrator
March 16, 2005
NYU's Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation
Medicine is Featured on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
March 16, 2005
Master Scholars Presents: When Germs
Travel: Epidemics and Anxiety in America
March 11, 2005
NYU Medical
Center Named One of Four Better Performers in UHC Bariatric
Surgery Benchmarking Study
March 11, 2005
New Magnets
Allow for Safer Steering Through the Heart
March 11, 2005
Vasila, Afghani Girl with Heart Defect,
to Get Treatment Through NYU's Project Kids Worldwide,
but Many More Still Need Help
March 4, 2005
Three New Trials
for Counseling Caregivers and Patients with Alzheimer's
Disease Begin at NYU School of Medicine
Feb 11, 2005
Norman Eig named
Chairman of Board of Directors of NYU Cancer Institute
Feb 3, 2005
George Contreras
Joins NYU Medical Center as Director of Emergency Management
Jan 10, 2005
Deborah Axelrod,
Breast Cancer Clinician, Researcher, and Advocate, Joins
NYU Clinical Cancer Center