Science And Society

Dr. Barbara Hempstead, O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine and Co-Division Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 3-1-07

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Cancer research, molecularly targeted cancer therapy, personalized medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College. Physicians and scientists of Weill Cornell Medical College are engaged in cutting-edge research in such areas as stem cells, genetics and gene therapy, cardiovascular medicine, AIDS, obesity, cancer and psychiatry. The primary focus of Dr. Barbara Hempstead's basic research is the role of growth factors, called neurotrophins, and their receptors in human physiology and pathology. She has authored more than 70 scientific articles, with two papers published in 'Science' and one in 'Nature' in the last four years.