Alumni Profile: Health is More than Healthcare

Alumni Profile: Health is More than Healthcare

John Lumpkin tackles health from all sides (Published in Northwestern Medicine Magazine) The average American spends just 60 minutes a year receiving healthcare, says John Lumpkin, ’73 BMS, ’74 MD — not enough time to tackle the harmful effects of health inequities or resolve the chronic diseases that too often result from them. “Health is […]

Weill Cornell doctor creates epidemic modeling tool

Weill Cornell doctor creates epidemic modeling tool

(Published in Cornell Chronicle) Mathematical modeling by Weill Cornell Medicine is helping to guide New York state and New York City leaders as they make decisions that could affect the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a tool he created called the Cornell COVID Caseload Calculator C5V, Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, associate professor of population health sciences and of […]

Studies offer tips on lessening spaceflight-related risk

Studies offer tips on lessening spaceflight-related risk

(Published in Cornell Chronicle) Space travel, illnesses like COVID-19 and climbing Mount Everest can trigger the body’s stress response systems in similar ways, according to new studies by Weill Cornell Medicine, space agencies and other investigators. The discoveries, including new maps of the abundance of mutations and immune changes found in blood cells during spaceflight, may […]