High School Students Explore Life as Medical Students at WCM-Q’s Online Program
High school students with an aptitude for the sciences spent a week experiencing life as medical students via the online programme at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). Thirty-seven students from 14…
Interprofessional Training Event at WCM-Q Focuses on Medication Safety for Patients
Healthcare experts from across Qatar convened for an interprofessional training event at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) that discussed strategies to optimise the safety of medication for patients in the primary…
WCM-Q Pre-Med Students Explore Role of Physics in Medicine in Joint Training with HMC
Pre-medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) learned about the role of physics in medicine, thanks to a two-day training session held in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Medical…
WCM-Q Researchers Identify Protein Markers for COVID-19
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), together with colleagues from the Weill Cornell Medicine campus in New York (WCM-NY), identified proteins that circulate at higher levels in the blood of…
WCM-Q Students Record Book Readings and Poetry for the Visually Impaired
Students of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) recently launched a project to record a selection of poetry and book readings in five languages for people with visual impairments. The WCM-Q students…
New WCM-Q Webinar Series Enhances Awareness on Key Health Issues
A new webinar series launched by the Institute for Population Health (IPH) of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is raising awareness on a wide range of key health matters to enhance…
Researchers from Qatar, US Assemble ‘Genomic Database’ for Qatari Population
A team led by collaborating researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), Qatar Foundation and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York (WCM NY) assembled a large genomic database on Qatari people…
WCM-Q Students ‘Shadow’ Physicians for a Week to Gain Clinical Experience
Pre-medical and foundation students from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) gained a glimpse of life as a working doctor when they had the chance to shadow practising physicians for a week…
Qatar Reports First ‘Landscape’ of Cancer Genetic Predisposition in Diverse Arab Population
A new study by Qatar Foundation researchers from the Qatar Genome Research Consortium and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) reported the first landscape of cancer germline variation – known as inherited…
WCM-Q Webinar Series Boosts Understanding of Key Population Health Challenges
Efforts to tackle a range of pressing global health challenges have been boosted by an innovative webinar series delivered by the Institute for Population Health (IPH) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar…