News Briefs

The American Cancer Society will visit NYHQ on May 22.  The Society will host an enrollment session for its Cancer Prevention Study-3, in the Lang Center lobby from 11:30a.m. to 3:30p.m.  The goal of the study is to see who gets cancer and why.  The study needs to enroll 10,000 additional participants from the tri-state area and would like our employees, medical staff, friends and family to participate.  The enrollment process should take 20-30 minutes.  

May 29 is the date for the 7th annual Residents and Fellows Research Day. This is a special opportunity for residents and fellows to showcase their research, with the assistance of the Lang Research Center Staff. 

The Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Center for Research and Education has joined the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network with Columbia University Medical Center, one of 14 clinical centers in the network.

The network conducts clinical studies to improve maternal, fetal and neonatal health with an emphasis on randomized-controlled trials.  The goal is to reduce maternal, fetal and infant morbidity related to preterm birth, fetal growth abnormalities and maternal complications as well as to provide insight on evidence-based, cost-effective obstetric practice

Phyllis August, M.D., M.P.H., Theresa Lang director, Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Center for Research and Education, has been named associate editor of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).  JASN is one of the leading medical journals in the world in the kidney field.  It is read by physicians and scientists who want to stay current with the latest advances in the field.

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