Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (WCGS) (formerly known as the Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences) is a graduate college of Cornell University that was founded in 1952 as an academic partnership between two major medical institutions in New York City: the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Sloan Kettering Institute. Cornell is involved in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program with Rockefeller University and the Sloan Kettering Institute; each of these three institutions is part of a large biomedical center extending along York Avenue between 65th and 72nd Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences [1]
TypePrivate
Established1952
DeanBarbara Hempstead, MD, PhD [2]
Academic staff
More than 330[3]
StudentsMore than 400[4]
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
USA
Websitehttp://gradschool.weill.cornell.edu
Weill Medical Center

Programs of study

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (WCGS) partners with neighboring institutions along York Avenue, also known as the “corridor of science” in New York City. Such partnerships with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery and The Rockefeller University offer learning.

WCGS offers a variety of programs at both the Masters and Doctoral levels. As a partnership between the Sloan Kettering Institute and Weill Cornell Medical College, WCGS offers seven PhD programs as well as four distinct Masters programs. Additionally, the school offers two Tri-Institutional PhDs, a Tri-Institutional MD/PhD and the opportunity for students to participate in an Accelerated PhD/MBA program.[5]

PhD Programs:

  • Biochemistry and Structural Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Pharmacology
  • Neuroscience
  • Physiology Biophysics and Systems Biology

Tri-Institutional PhD Programs

  • Chemical Biology
  • Computational Biology and Medicine
  • Tri-I MD / PhD Program

See also

References
  1. Homepage - Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York City. Weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved on 2013-09-07.
  2. Graduate School Leadership. weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved on 2019-10-30.
  3. Our Faculty - Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York City. Weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved on 2013-09-07.
  4. "Medical Division Total Enrollment" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  5. "Academics | Graduate School of Medical Sciences". gradschool.weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-14.

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