Health Policy
Press Coverage
Press Releases
- Study Endorses Onsite HIV Testing Without Risk Reduction Counseling (April 29, 2013)
- UAlbany and Weill Cornell Researchers Discuss Broad Impact of HIV-Testing Guideline Changes in New England Journal of Medicine (February 21, 2013)
- Generic HIV Treatment Strategy Could Save Nearly $1 Billion Annually but May Be Less Effective (January 14, 2013)
- Doctors Call For Evidence-Based Appropriateness Criteria for Elective Procedures (December 26, 2012)
- More than 100 Leading Medical, Scientific Experts Urge White House To Halt Rush to Expanded Shale Gas Fracking for Export Purposes (December 13, 2012)
- On-site HIV testing increases life expectancy in substance abusers and is cost effective (NIDA—October 9, 2012)
- Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Control Healthcare Costs? (September 21, 2012)
- Researchers Show Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Testing in Drug Abuse Treatment Programs (September 9, 2012)
- Students, Trainees and Faculty Honored for Diversity Efforts (June 28, 2012)
- Older Adults in Home Health Care at Elevated Risk for Unsafe Meds (November 21, 2011)
- Weill Cornell Research Demonstrates Cost-Effectiveness of Early Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-Infected Adults in Haiti (September 20, 2011)
- Dr. Marcia Angell Is 2011 Lubin Visiting Professor (May 17, 2011)
- Global Public Health in the New Millennium (January 28, 2011)
- Health Information Technology: Human-ware, Not Software (September 30, 2010)
- Dr. David Blumenthal to Be the 2010 Lubin Distinguished Visiting Professor (September 15, 2010)
- Patient and Doctor Expectations from Joint Replacement Surgeries Not Always Aligned (March 9, 2010)
- How Can Comparative Effectiveness Research Help Health Care Reform? (March 2, 2010)
- Comparative Effectiveness Research Is an Essential Component of Real Health Care Reform (January 6, 2010)
- Health Care System 101: Innovative Program Introduces Med Students to Real-Life Complexities of the Health Care System (January 5, 2010)
- NIDA Stimulus Grant to Assess the Benefits of Counseling with HIV Screening (November 19, 2009)
- The Pleasures, and Difficulties, of a Summer Spent Abroad (November 2, 2009)
- Genetic Testing May Be Valuable in Treating Colorectal Cancer (July 27, 2009)
- Delays in Radiation Therapy Lead to Increased Breast Cancer Recurrence (December 1, 2008)
- Cornell survey: Health insurance reform a top priority for New Yorkers, and they are willing to pay higher taxes to reduce the uninsured (October 27, 2008)
- Researchers Evaluate Cost-Effectiveness of Genetic Screening to Guide Initial HIV Treatment (September 17, 2008)
- New Book Sheds Light on Conflicts of Politics and Science (December 26, 2007)
- Rapid Syphilis Testing in Haiti Will Prevent Congenital Disease and Stillbirths (May 28, 2007)
- Researchers Project Lifetime Cost and Life Expectancy for Current HIV Care in the United States (November 1, 2006)
- Four-Drug Combo Is No Improvement Over Standard Three-Drug Regimen in Suppressing HIV, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell-Led Study Finds (Aug. 10, 2006)
- Mammography: Is It Right for Me? (June 12, 2006)
- Bruce R. Schackman Appointed Chief of Division of Health Policy in Public Health at Weill Cornell (June 1, 2006)
Media Coverage
- "Antiretroviral switching strategies to treat HIV improve survival and are cost-effective in resource-limited countries" (AHRQ Research Activities, December 2010, No. 364)
- "Cost-effectiveness analysis supports genetic testing before patients with metastatic colorectal cancer are given irinotecan" (AHRQ Research Activities, May 2010, No. 357)
- "Patient and doctor expectations from joint replacement surgeries not always aligned" (PhyOrg, escience news, ScienceDaily, newswise, BrightSurf, HealthCanal, March 10, 2010)
- “When the Patient Can’t Afford the Care.” (The New York Times, February 5, 2010)
- “Medical students learn about health care system and reform” (Cornell Chronicle, January 7, 2010)
- "Don't Delay Cancer Treatment" (CBS News video, December 13, 2008)
- "Delay in Cancer Treatment Is Found to Raise Recurrence" (The New York Times, December 1, 2008)
- "Cornell survey: Health insurance reform a top prioity for New Yorkers" (Cornell Chronicle, October 27, 2008)
