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News & Discoveries
| Scientists Receive $3.5M in Grants to fight Cardiovascular Disease |
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June, 2010—Researchers in the Center for Cardiovascular Sciences (CCS) at Albany Medical College have received two large government grants to continue their studies of the basic workings of the cardiovascular system. Harold Singer, Ph.D., professor and director of the CCS, received a 4-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and Mohamed Trebak, Ph.D., associate professor, received a 5-year, $1.9 million grant from the NHLBI. FULL STORY |
| Albany Medical College Holds 172nd Commencement Ceremonies |
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May, 2010 - A total of 212 students were awarded degrees today at Albany Medical College’s 172nd commencement ceremonies held at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. One hundred twenty-seven received medical degrees (M.D.), 18 received Master of Science degrees in nurse anesthesiology, 31 received Master of Science degrees in physician assistant studies, and 17 received either Master of Science or doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences. In addition, 19 students received master’s degrees from the Alden March Bioethics Institute. FULL STORY |
| Albany Medical College Receives $1.6 Million NIH Grant |
| May, 2010 - Lindsay Hough, Ph.D., professor and associate director of the Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience at Albany Medical College, has received a 5-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue his search for new kinds of pain relievers that lack addictive properties of drugs like morphine. FULL STORY |
| Albany Medical College Announces 172nd Commencement Ceremonies |
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April, 2010 - Albany Medical College’s 172nd commencement ceremonies will take place at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 27 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
The college expects to award approximately 200 degrees at the ceremony, including medical degrees, Master of Science degrees in physician assistant studies, nurse anesthesiology and bioethics, and Master of Science or doctoral degrees in biomedical science. FULL STORY |
| "Match Day" Sets the Course for Med Students |
| March 18, 2010 - At the stroke of noon today, Albany Medical College officials distributed information that would change the lives of the fourth-year medical students attending “Match Day.” In an emotion-filled traditional ceremony, the soon-to-be graduates opened their “residency placement” envelopes and learned where they will spend the next few years receiving their advanced medical training. FULL STORY |
| Leaders in Mapping the Human Genome to Share Albany Medical Center Prize |
| March, 2010 - Three American scientists whose profound insights led to the mapping of the human genetic blueprint—a revolutionary development that dramatically expanded our knowledge of human disease—have been named the recipients of the 10th annual Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. They are David Botstein, Ph.D., director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, and Eric Steven Lander, Ph.D., president and director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The $500,000 Prize is the largest award in medicine or science in the United States. FULL STORY | |
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