Submitted by chh4011 on July 5, 2019 - 12:02pm
Finnish endocrinologist and educator Anna-Riitta Fuchs was renowned in the field of reproductive medicine. She worked as a scientist for the Population Council at Rockefeller University in the 1960s, where she discovered that the hormone oxytocin was blocked by the use of ethanol in rabbits. In 1971 she joined the faculty of Cornell University Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medicine) as an assistant professor in research. She continued researching premature labor with her husband, Dr. Fritz Fuchs, and rose to the level of professor in 1986.
Submitted by chh4011 on June 5, 2019 - 2:07pm
Nobel Laureate Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud pioneered research in oxytocin during his long career at Cornell University Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medicine.) Oxytocin, a polypeptide hormone, is responsible for social bonding during sex, childbirth, and breastfeeding. It also produces breast milk and the contractions of the uterus during labor. Dr. du Vigneaud was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for landmark research in sulfur compounds and the first synthesis of oxytocin in 1955. His work opened new research in the field of protein organic chemistry.
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Submitted by chh4011 on May 10, 2019 - 3:13pm
Scottish scientist John MacLeod was a leading expert in male infertility and the behavior of the human spermatozoa. In 1938 he received an offer to head the male infertility clinic at Cornell University Medical College (now Weill Cornell Medicine), and later became a professor of cell biology and anatomy.
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Hear that screeching? Spring is here and the medical center peregrine falcons are in their mating season.
Submitted by chh4011 on November 19, 2018 - 12:00pm
President Ronald Reagan. New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Actress Elizabeth Taylor. The Heimlich maneuver is credited with saving the lives of these and many others since its invention by Dr. Henry Heimlich in 1974. Although he is best known for the anti-choking maneuver that became synonymous with his name, Dr. Heimlich created many medical procedures and devices throughout the course of his career.
Submitted by chh4011 on September 7, 2018 - 1:34pm
THE HEBERDEN SOCIETY LECTURE: PROMOTING INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
The New York Academy of Medicine, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health and The Heberden Society, Weill Cornell Medicine, present
VICTORIA JOHNSON, PhD
Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College, City University of New York
Losing Hamilton, Saving New York: Dr. David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Early Republic
