November 2017 News

November 30, 2017

Research Highlight: Adam Lauring, MD, PhD

Get to know Dr. Adam Lauring and learn about the research he is doing that is focused on determining how the influenza virus evolves within people and spreads through communities.

November 21, 2017

Drs. Anna Lok & Elliot Tapper featured in The Wall Street Journal

Anna Lok, MD, Assistant Dean for Clinical Research and Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor of Hepatology, and Elliot Tapper, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, are featured in an article about the rise of liver disease in the middle-aged population.

November 17, 2017

Risk for breast cancer's return can linger for decades

A study conducted by a research team that includes Daniel Hayes, MD, Stuart B. Padnos Professor of Breast Cancer Research and Professor of Internal Medicine, finds that women treated for early stage breast cancer still face a substantial risk of recurrence up to 20 years later.

November 8, 2017

Dr. Ellen Hummel featured in New York Times article

Comments by Ellen Hummel, MD, Instructor of Internal Medicine, are included in a story about patients nearing the end of their lives who are managing their heart disease as a chronic condition.

November 6, 2017

Dr. Sofia Merajver featured in Reuters Health article

Sofia Merajver, MD, PhD, MS, Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, Scientific Director of the Breast Cancer Program, and Director of the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Evaluation Program comments on findings that a 70-gene test may help guide treatment for some women with early breast cancer.