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.