Teaching and Research

  • As reported in the cover story of The New York Times Magazine, Feinstein Institute President Kevin J. Tracey, MD, is featured as discovering a new approach to treating disease by stimulating nerves, called bioelectronic medicine.
  • North Shore-LIJ’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research receives patent approval for a new device that could help physicians better monitor severe traumatic brain injuries, such as those suffered in combat.
  • US Department of Defense awards a $5 million grant in 2010 to the Feinstein Institute and the University of Cincinnati to develop a “smart sensor,” because of its potential to improve outcomes for combat veterans suffering from severe traumatic brain injury. Still in the developmental phase, the device is expected to be ready for clinical use in approximately three to four years.
  • Zucker Hillside Hospital is the site of an innovative study that uses pharmacogenomic testing to treat patients diagnosed with psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The study is sponsored by ValueOptions®, Inc. a health improvement company specializing in mental and emotional well-being and recovery, and Genomind, a personalized medicine company.
  • The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, a philanthropic organization that supports medical facilities, causes, research and education, endows a $10 million scholarship fund for students at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. The Gertrude and Louis Feil Endowed Scholarship Fund for Medical Students recognizes and supports the innovative curriculum that has made the school a national model for medical education by fully integrating academic and clinical experiences from the beginning of a student’s training.
  • Vanguard Research Group, a clinical research organization spun off North Shore-LIJ Ventures, announces a four-year, $28.6 million agreement with Otsuka America Pharmaceutical to manage, monitor and coordinate a clinical study evaluating Abilify Maintena for extended-release injectible suspension for intramuscular use.
  • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research receives a $1 million donation from Voices Against Brain Cancer to kick-start its new Brain Tumor Biotech Center. The center — the first of its kind in the world — will bring together scientists, clinicians and biotech companies to accelerate the delivery of novel drugs for treating the deadly cancer.
  • A team from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research joins other runners and walkers to help raise almost $200,000 for Voices Against Brain Cancer and brain cancer research in the 4th annual 5K Run For Rob. The health system is one of the race’s sponsors.
  • The health system becomes a funding partner in the new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars Program. North Shore-LIJ has committed $500,000 over the next 10 years to fund 10 individuals who will pursue their doctorate as part of the initiative to develop the next generation of PhD-prepared nurse leaders.
  • The North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute is awarded a $4.1 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program. The grant will support cancer prevention, cancer control and survivorship by funding clinical trials and cancer care delivery research in local communities. The health system is the only healthcare provider on Long Island selected to participate in this prestigious program.
  • Lenox Hill Hospital hosts a seminar to educate emergency medical responders on the signs and symptoms of stroke.
  • Franklin Hospital hosts students from Baldwin High School’s Healthcare Career Academy who spend a day shadowing more than a dozen healthcare professionals to learn about career opportunities in hospitals.
  • The health system’s Movement Disorders Center is one of nine sites in the United States taking part in a clinical trial of AZD5213, a new drug for Tourette syndrome.
  • A researcher at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research publishes a new perspective on sepsis in Immunity calling for the medical community to examine how the disease is treated.
  • The North Shore-LIJ Health System Foundation and Law & Psychiatry Institute establish a $200,000 endowment to fund a scholarship and summer fellowship program focusing on educating students at the Touro Law Center on the legal challenges facing veterans. The endowment is named in honor of Sol Wachtler, a life trustee of the health system, former chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, a longtime member of the Touro Law Center’s Board of Governors and a Korean War Army veteran.
  • The Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine announces the formation of the Osler Society at the school, a resource for health professionals to explore, foster, and unite the arts with the practice of medicine. It is the first time the society is established at a medical school or institution in New York.
  • Advancing Women in Science and Medicine hosts its third annual awards breakfast in celebration of National Women’s Health Week and in recognition of the numerous scientific accomplishments achieved at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and across the health system.
  • North Shore-LIJ announces a collaboration agreement with i360medical Ltd., an Irish medical device innovation company, aimed at commercializing new healthcare solutions and medical device innovations. Representatives from i360medical will be based at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. Together with i360medical personnel in Ireland and consultants around the globe, i360medical will bridge the health system’s ideas and technologies with engineering, development, industry and commercialization specialists.
  • A North Shore University Hospital physician presents a study to which he contributed involving a new treatment for chronic hepatitis C at the 45th annual Digestive Disease Week meeting.
  • A study from North Shore University Hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery department demonstrates a very significant reduction in hospital readmissions after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery if patients received follow-up home care. The study is featured in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
  • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research enters into a research agreement with Natera, Inc., a leader in non-invasive genetic testing, to analyze cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for advanced detection, diagnosis and monitoring of cancer. Under the terms of the agreement, Natera will provide funding to the Feinstein Institute which will contribute blood and tissue samples to Natera for the development of technology that can detect tiny fragments of tumor DNA in a patient’s bloodstream.
  • The Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine receives a $50,000 grant from the Pinkerton Foundation to benefit the Medical Scholars Pipeline Program which exposes high-achieving minority students to healthcare careers with the goal of diversifying the future healthcare workforce.
  • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, in partnership with Traverse Biosciences, secures a $223,979 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. The award will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Traverse Biosciences’ drug candidate, TRB-N0224, for the treatment of osteoarthritis.
  • Investigators at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research utilize a new image- based strategy to identify and measure placebo effects in randomized clinical trials for brain disorders, including Parkinson’s disease. The findings are published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
  • A Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine professor publishes breakthrough research that pinpoints the origin of the cell that is alleged to cause multiple sclerosis, a discovery that may open new doors in treatment and prevention.
  • A team from the Center for Bariatric Surgical Specialties at Syosset Hospital are the first in the US to present findings from a clinical trial that increased participants’ weight loss by combining a Lap band procedure with surgery that folds the stomach.
  • Scientists at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research investigate ways to treat sepsis by halting persistent and constant inflammation. Their findings are published in Nature Medicine.
  • The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the University of Notre Dame announce a collaboration on biomedical research projects involving sepsis and other diseases, student training, joint conferences and other forms of academic exchange.
  • Investigators at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and other institutions publish the first report from a large-scale effort designed to aid in the discovery of genes associated with risk of common diseases. The initial findings from the Ashkenazi Genome Consortium are published in Nature Communications.
  • A Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine student receives second prize at the Hofstra-CPXi Tech Challenge for an idea that improves upon ventriculoperitoneal shunting, a surgical procedure that removes excess cerebrospinal fluid from the brain. The CPXi Tech Challenge is an annual college student competition that is organized to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship.
  • Runners from the North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute participate in the Step By Step Charitable Foundation’s Ocean to Sound 50 Mile Relay, part of a year-long effort to raise money to support pediatric brain cancer research.
  • North Shore-LIJ’s workforce readiness division partners with Nassau County, Suffolk County, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island high schools as part of the SPARK! Challenge to educate students about healthcare and the health system. Students from public and private high schools were matched with a health system facility and shadowed employees for a day. With the help of a North Shore-LIJ mentor, each created a video about their experience to enter in a video contest.
  • Molecular Medicine, the peer-reviewed open access journal published by the Feinstein Institute Press, releases its 20th anniversary edition, highlighting the career and scientific
  • Richmond Hill High School’s Career Academy students tour the North Shore-LIJ Employee Assistance Program offices to learn about social work careers.
  • North Shore-LIJ’s Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) is approved as a registered education provider (REP) by the Project Management Institute, the world’s largest project management member association. REPs help project managers achieve and maintain professional credentials from the institute. CLI is approved to cover professional development units for Six Sigma White Belt, Six Sigma Lean and Introduction to Project Management courses.
  • In association with the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, the Summer Pre- Medical Program provides college students the opportunity to learn more about medical careers and healthcare delivery by rotating through North Shore-LIJ hospital departments and attending a series of discussions with physicians.
  • Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine students and faculty members participate in “Movember,” a fundraising initiative started by the Movember Foundation that challenges men to sport mustaches during the month of November to raise funds for its men’s health programs.