Einstein Faculty

Einstein is home to 2,522 faculty members, who promote research and academic excellence at the College of Medicine.  In addition to conducting research in the institution’s 300 laboratories, these individuals serve as mentors and teachers to the medical school’s 724 M.D. students, 248 Ph.D. students, 117 M.D.-Ph.D. students and 368 postdoctoral research fellows. This page reflects resources and information useful to Einstein investigators, along with highlights pertaining to honors and events relevant to faculty.  Can't find a resource you need?  Please contact webrunners@einstein.yu.edu to let us know.

Faculty Features

Unraveling the Mysteries of Genetics with Technology and Teamwork

Today, barely a decade after the first sequencing of the human genome, Einstein researchers are unlocking new knowledge about how genes affect human health. Much of that work relies on state-of-the-art scientific and technical resources, including the installation of the first segment of an easily expandable supercomputer that broadens the ability of researchers at the College of Medicine to organize and analyze complex read more

Dr. Robert Singer: Pioneering Biomedical Imaging for Viewing Molecules in Motion

For more than three decades, Dr. Robert Singer, professor and co-chair of anatomy and structural biology, co-director of the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center and professor of neuroscience and of cell biology, has been plumbing the mysteries of cells. For him and the researchers in the Singer lab at Einstein, this is the most basic and fundamental of life's questions. "The ultimate cell biology read more

Tackling America's Public Health Problems by Going to the (Food) Source

No one disputes that the way we eat in the U.S. has contributed to a national health crisis of diet-related diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and stroke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of all U.S. adults (over 72 million people) and 17 percent of U.S. children are obese. And there are serious health effects read more

 
 
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Academic Honors & Events

Stellar RecognitionDr. Michael Lipton was recently named Fellow of the American College of Radiology (ACR), a title bestowed on only 12 percent of active ACR members. The honor recognizes those who have made exceptional contributions to teaching or research in radiology.  Dr. Lipton is associate professor of radiology, of psychiatry & behavioral sciences, and of neuroscience, as well as associate director of the Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center

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Collaboration Zone

Faculty Development Events

Thursday, May 31, 2012

"Basics of PowerPoint"

Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: Forchheimer, Room 119N