Departments & Centers
The institutional structure of Weill Cornell Medicine — clinical, basic-science, and administrative departments alongside the centers and institutes that span them.
Centers & institutes
13 cross-disciplinary research centersResearch organizations that span departments. Faculty appointments roll up to a department; center affiliations are layered on top.
- Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research InstituteResearch on the mechanisms, early detection, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders.12 membersDirectorLi Gan
- Cardiovascular Research InstituteMultidisciplinary cardiovascular science from molecular pathways to clinical trials, including the cardio-oncology consortium.9 membersDirectorGeoffrey Pitt
- Center for Aging ResearchGeroscience, late-life cognitive and physical decline, and the clinical care of older adults across WCM and partner sites.4 membersDirectorMark Steven Lachs
- Center for Global HealthGlobal health research and training addressing infectious disease and health-system challenges in resource-limited settings.18 membersDirectorDaniel W. Fitzgerald
- Clinical & Translational Science CenterThe Weill Cornell Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) is an NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program that brings together leading institutions to accelerate scientific discoveries into better treatments, healthcare practices, and community health outcomes.1,973 members
- Cornell Center for Health EquityTo achieve health equity in local, national, and global communities through partnerships for cross-campus collaborative research, education, service, and advocacy. The fivefold mission of the Cornell Center for Health Equity is to advance health equity by: 1. Generating and sharing new knowledge 2. Training outstanding investigators, with an emphasis on people from underrepresented groups 3. Educating students, trainees, faculty and communities 4. Engaging with diverse communities in this work 5. Applying knowledge to maximize its impact on practice and policy58 membersDirectorMonika M Safford
- Cornell Health Policy CenterCornell Health Policy Center (CHPC) is a partnership between Weill Cornell Medicine and the Brooks School of Public Policy that serves as the locus of health policy impact, research, and training at Cornell. The Center brings together the strong cadre of health policy researchers across Cornell to pursue the mission of using evidence to shape effective health policy at the federal, state, local, and organization levels.41 members
- Drukier Institute for Children's HealthPediatric research spanning immunology, genomics, and the biological origins of childhood disease.42 membersDirectorVirginia Pascual
- Englander Institute for Precision MedicineThe Englander Institute for Precision Medicine is a large multi-disciplinary institute that uses precision medicine technologies and informatics to uncover the molecular mechanisms of disease and individualize disease treatment and prevention.58 membersDirectorOlivier Elemento
- Friedman Center for NutritionThe Friedman Center for Nutrition is dedicated to improving health through nutrition by driving research that promotes improvement in human health through the study of nutritional biochemistry; by delivering state-of-the-art nutritional care to patients; and by educating future health professionals in nutrition.13 members
- Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseInnate and adaptive immunity in chronic disease, autoimmune mechanisms, and immunotherapy development.9 members
- Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer CenterThe Meyer Cancer Center champions a dramatic shift in the paradigm for translational biomedical research and clinical care, by engaging basic scientists, pathologists, bioinformaticians, surgeons, radiation oncologists and radiologists, medical oncologists and other cancer care professionals who collaborate daily to move their discoveries from the bench to clinical trials and ultimately into therapies for patients.335 membersDirectorJedd D Wolchok
- Weill Center for Metabolic HealthThe Joan and Sanford I. Weill Center for Metabolic Health brings together scientists and clinicians to advance the understanding of diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic diseases. Our investigators leverage stem cells, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, proteomics, and nutritional research to uncover the molecular mechanisms of these critical conditions.46 membersDirectorLaura Alonso
Core facilities
1 shared research facilityShared instrumentation and expertise available across departments and centers.