Genetic Research and Discovery in Jewish Populations

Recent News

Battling Breast Cancer in Ethiopia
Dr. Carol Harris's work with local caregivers & leaders is addressing Ethiopia's growing breast cancer rates.

New Insights into Breast Cancer Spread Could Yield Better Tests and Treatments
A new study provides compelling evidence that a specific trio of cells is required for the spread of breast cancer. The study was published in Science Signaling. 

Repairing nerve cell damage from multiple sclerosis"
For over 30 years, Einstein Pathology researcher Bridget Shafit-Zagardo, PhD, has worked to understand MS and give people suffering from the neurological disease hope.

CUNY-TV Interviews Dr. Herbert Tanowitz
CUNY-TV interviews Dr. Herbert Tanowitz on the rising spread of infectious diseases to non-endemic areas. Dr. Tanowitz is professor in the departments of pathology and of medicine (infectious diseases). His laboratory investigates the pathogenesis of chagastic heart disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.  )Interview starts at minute 3:30)

Advancing NeuroAIDS Research

Einstein Graduate Dionna Williams, PhD, is heading to Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral fellowship to further investigate NeuroAIDS. Full story 

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Research

Experimental pathology aims to define disease in terms of fundamental molecular and cellular processes. Research in our Department is focused on critical issues in multiple disease classes. Areas of focus include 

• Genomics and Cancer  
• BiologyImmunopathology  
• Infectious Disease  
• Neuropathology.

Research in each of these areas is highly interactive, and the Department strives for a collegial atmosphere in which collaborations can flourish. This effort is conducted through a variety of department-level activities, including regular meetings to discuss work in progress and a departmental retreat at which students, postdoctoral fellows, residents and faculty all have opportunity to present and discuss their research.

Research Faculty

Thomas Belbin, PhD 

Joan W. Berman, PhD 

Tina Calderon, PhD 

Linda Cannizzaro, PhD 

Mahalia Desruisseaux, MD, PhD 

Rachel Hazan, PhD 

Huan Huang, MD 

Fernando Macian, MD, PhD 

Harry Ostrer, MD 

Thomas J. Ow, MD 

Michael B. Prystowsky, MD, PhD 

Moshe Sadofsky, MD, PhD 

Laura Santambrogio, MD, PhD 

Rani Sellers, DVM, PhD 

Bridget Shafit-Zagardo, PhD 

Herbert Tanowitz, MD 

Louis Weiss, MD