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Roboz, associate professor of medicine and director of the Leukemia Program at Weill Cornell Medical College, has seen firsthand how breakthrough research can change the lives of her patients.", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/06_20_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#fff", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_roboz.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/roboz.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_roboz.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_white.png", "navcolor": "#ffffff", "date": "June 21, 2011" }, { "id": "36", "title": "What's Behind a Cure?", "blurb": "For Dr. Ronald G. Crystal, his research field — personalized genetic medicine — is much more than a distant promise or something from a science-fiction novel. 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Schiff, professor of neurology and neuroscience and director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuromodulation."", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/07_12_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#fff", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_schiff.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/schiff_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_schiff.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_black_80.png", "navcolor": "#1c0e01", "date": "June 23, 2011" }, { "id": "38", "title": "What's Behind a Cure?", "blurb": "Dr. Orli Etingin believes that treating each patient successfully comes down to not just her own experience, but also to the "amazing teamwork" between scientists and physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College.", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/07_19_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#fff", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_etingin.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/etingin_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_etingin.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_black_80.png", "navcolor": "#1c0e01", "date": "July 19th, 2011" }, { "id": "39", "title": "What's Behind a Cure?", "blurb": "Dr. Louis J. Aronne is working to better understand the “feed forward” mechanism that may be driving weight gain: The more fattening foods you eat, the more your body craves the same unhealthy foods.", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/07_26_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#f0de8c", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_aronne.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/aronne_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_aronne.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_black_80.png", "navcolor": "#1c0e01", "date": "July 19th, 2011" }, { "id": "40", "title": "What's Behind a Cure?", "blurb": "Weill Cornell is widely known for its esprit de corps and collaborative research atmosphere, "which is why scientists from all around the world like coming here," says David P. Hajjar, Ph.D., dean of Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences and research dean. "This is why we are hitting big research home runs."", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/08_09_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#f0de8c", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_hajjar2.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/hajjar2_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_hajjar2.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_black_80.png", "navcolor": "#1c0e01", "date": "August 8th, 2011" }, { "id": "41", "title": "What's Behind a Cure?", "blurb": "Dr. B.J. Casey is leading breakthrough collaborative research in childhood and adolescent mental health that is transforming our understanding of how to identify, treat and prevent severe mental distress in children and adolescents", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/08_24_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#f0de8c", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_casey.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/casey_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_casey.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_black_80.png", "navcolor": "#1c0e01", "date": "August 24th, 2011" }, { "id": "42", "title": "New Dean to Lead Weill Cornell Expansion of Medical Research", "blurb": "Dr. Laurie Glimcher has been named the Cornell University provost for medical affairs and the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean at Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan, effective Jan. 1, 2012, Cornell President David Skorton announced today.", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/09_07_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#f0de8c", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_glimcher.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/glimcher_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_glimcher.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_white.png", "navcolor": "#ffffff", "date": "September 7th, 2011" }, { "id": "43", "title": "What's Behind a Cure?", "blurb": "Dr. Steven M. Paul and his research colleagues at the Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute at Weill Cornell are worldwide pioneers in research breakthroughs that promise to help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease — and eventually, through early diagnosis, prevent it altogether.", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/09_27_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#f0de8c", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_paul.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/paul_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_paul.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_white.png", "navcolor": "#1c0e01", "date": "September 27th, 2011" }, { "id": "44", "title": "New Dean to Lead Weill Cornell Expansion of Medical Research", "blurb": "Research at Weill Cornell is helping patients avoid aggressive prostate cancer surgery and improve outcomes. "It is the reason that our program is among the very best in low recurrence rates after treatment. And we are aiming to reduce even that by half in the next two years," says Dr. Ashutosh Tewari.", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/10_18_11.shtml", "class": "sticky", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#f0de8c", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_tewari.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/tewari_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_tewari2.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_black_80.png", "navcolor": "#1c0e01", "date": "October 12th, 2011" }, { "id": "45", "title": "Dr. Frank A. Chervenak Elected to Institute of Medicine of the National Academies", "blurb": "Dr. Frank A. Chervenak has been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. IOM membership is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.", "link": "http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/feature/10_27_11.shtml", "class": "mukherhee", "shade": "dark", "bgcolor": "#f0de8c", "bgimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_background_skortonfins.jpg", "thumb": "static/images/home/themes/thumbs/skortonfins_thumb.jpg", "featureimage": "static/images/home/themes/home_featurephoto_chervenak.jpg", "logoimage": "static/images/home/home_wcmclogo_white.png", "navcolor": "#ffffff", "date": "October 27th, 2011" }, { "id": "46", "title": "$100 Million Gift Establishes Belfer Research Building at Weill Cornell Medical College", "blurb": "Congresswoman Carolyn B. 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