Many patients know the frustration of rushing to a doctor’s appointment, then sitting in a waiting room as they watch the minutes tick by. Maybe they make it straight to the exam room—and then wait there without so much as a magazine for distraction. But what if someone popped in and offered them a cup of coffee? Or apologized for Read full article »
Tag archives for Spring 2011
Service with a Smile—Sloan Initiative Helps Weill Cornell Neurosurgery Raise Patient Satisfaction
category: News and Research Articles
tags: Spring 2011
PAM Faculty to Head New Institute on Health Policy
Two Policy Analysis and Management (PAM) professors are working to build a “community of scholars” from campus and visiting institutions focused on risky health behaviors and their implications for health care policy and public health. The Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors, and Disparities, co-directed by professors John Cawley and Donald Kenkel and set to launch July 1 with funding by Read full article »
category: News and Research Articles
tags: Spring 2011
Fast Track Research from Basic to Bedside
U.S. biomedical research faces a serious problem: It takes far too long—up to 17 years by conservative estimates—to move new ideas from basic research into medical practice. The slow crawl of innovation means longer waits for patients who need potentially life-saving treatments and therapies. William Trochim, professor of policy analysis and management and director of evaluation at the Weill Cornell Clinical Read full article »
category: News and Research Articles
tags: Spring 2011
Tipping the Scales
For two years running, the Bronx has attained an unwelcome distinction: the unhealthiest of all 62 counties in New York. High rates of adult and childhood obesity, especially in the South Bronx, have helped plunge the borough to the bottom of the findings by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. A few miles Read full article »
category: Features
tags: Spring 2011
Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research: Forging closer links among research, practice, and policy
This fall, the College of Human Ecology will open the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR), an initiative that will merge two longstanding and successful college centers: the Family Life Development Center and the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center The BCTR will place the college in the vanguard of one of the most dynamic and exciting recent developments in the scientific community—translational Read full article »
category: Afterword
tags: Spring 2011
Four nutritional sciences faculty honored for research and service
The American Society for Nutrition recognized four faculty members in the Division of Nutritional Sciences in February for their superior achievement in nutrition research and public service. Patsy Brannon, professor, was awarded the Roland L. Weinsier Award for Excellence in Medical/Dental Nutrition Education in recognition of an outstanding career that includes innovations in medical/dental education. David Levitsky, professor, received the Read full article »
category: In Short
tags: Spring 2011
Fiber and design group tours textile facilities on 14-day India trip
Thirteen students and four faculty members from the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design (FSAD) visited the Indian cities of Mumbai, Surat, Coimbatore, and Hyderabad Jan. 4–18, touring textile and apparel production facilities. Among the highlights on FSAD’s first-ever sponsored trip overseas, said trip coordinator and associate professor Charlotte Jirousek, were visits to a hand-embroidery workshop; commercial weaving, dyeing, Read full article »
category: In Short
tags: Spring 2011
Collision of climate change and aging populations needs serious study
Human Ecology researchers are calling on their colleagues around the world to focus on how aging global populations will intersect with climate change and pressure for environmental sustainability. In an article published in the Journal of Aging and Health (April 2011), professor of human development Karl Pillemer and four Cornell colleagues argued that environmental threats disproportionately affect the health of Read full article »
category: In Short
tags: Spring 2011
Positive outlook on life eases chronic pain
A person’s outlook on life can minimize—or aggravate—one’s chronic pain, found a new study led by Anthony Ong, assistant professor of human development, and M. Cary Reid, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Ong and colleagues reported that a person’s habitual outlook on life and their ability to sustain positive emotions in the face of adversity Read full article »
category: In Short
tags: Spring 2011
Economist’s new book calls for private dollars to fix U.S. transportation
America’s roads, bridges, and highways are failing: In its 2009 report card, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave U.S. transportation infrastructure a “D.” In his new book, The Road to Renewal: Private Investment in U.S. Transportation Infrastructure (AEI Press, Jan. 2011), R. Richard Geddes, associate professor of policy analysis and management, offers a host of solutions to repair our decaying Read full article »
category: In Short
tags: Spring 2011
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News and Research Articles
- Service with a Smile—Sloan Initiative Helps Weill Cornell Neurosurgery Raise Patient Satisfaction
- PAM Faculty to Head New Institute on Health Policy
- Fast Track Research from Basic to Bedside
- Fiber Science Lab, Design Student Develop Clothes to Trap Poisonous Gas
- Furnishings and Technology Help Dementia Patients Connect with Loved Ones
- Research on Proteins Holds Promise for Dementia and Diabetes Drugs
- Cornell Students Reach out to Local Seniors
- Lab Aims for ‘Universal Design’ for Wheelchairs and Assistive Devices
