As we settle into the fall semester, I鈥檇 like to thank all of you for your dedication and ongoing efforts on behalf of 91传媒.聽聽Our institution is in a strong place, as we continue to innovate, grow, and implement our strategic plans.聽聽I am proud of the many ways that together we have advanced in our mission to care, discover, and teach, and I look forward to seeing this momentum build through the rest of the year and beyond.
- To date, we have raised more than $911 million toward the 鈥溾 campaign goal of $1.5 billion.聽聽This ambitious campaign will help us to expand our impact around the globe, set a new standard for the development of life-saving treatments, deliver equitable and evidence-based care, and continue our ground-breaking research.
- This semester we were delighted to welcome聽, 67 PhD students, and 196 Master鈥檚 students to our community.聽聽The incoming class included the first four students to enroll in our new, interdisciplinary聽.聽聽It also extends to Houston Methodist Academic Institute, where the second cohort of PhD students entered Weill Cornell Graduate School鈥檚 Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology program.
- 聽was joined by 49 new medical students, 51 pre-medical students, and 24 high school graduates in the Foundation program, which prepares individuals for the integrated Six-Year Medical Program.
- We are thrilled to have聽, a renowned researcher in melanoma and immunotherapy, as the new Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center.聽聽Dr. Wolchok will lead our multidisciplinary research and clinical enterprise in cancer and enhance our efforts in cancer care at our Upper East Side location, Brooklyn, and Queens.
- Our investigators continue to demonstrate their ingenuity and drive toward innovation, winning grants to achieve a 12% increase in sponsored research funding in 2022 compared to the previous year.聽聽We recently received our largest federal award ever, a $61.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue funding of the聽.聽聽Faculty are also expanding a cutting-edge聽聽in New York, studying聽, and building additional expertise in聽, to mention a few examples.
- Our clinicians are striving to improve patient health through聽, by enhancing treatments for conditions ranging from聽听迟辞听, and by providing guidance to the public on聽,听, and many other topics.聽聽Their expertise fueled a terrific 12% increase in revenues from clinical activities in 2022, surpassing pre-pandemic levels.
Throughout my time as dean, and especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been an incredible privilege to see our students, faculty, and staff confront new challenges, collaborate with colleagues, and surpass even their own expectations. 聽91传媒 is truly a remarkable place, and I thank each and every one of you for your ongoing efforts to make it even better for the future.
Sincerely,
Augustine M.K. Choi, MD
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean
91传媒
Provost for Medical Affairs
Cornell University