Highlights
- 1JAMA · 2024
- 2Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020
- 3JACC. Advances · 2024
Publications
Funding
Active
4 grants- PIK24HL170902-04Patient-Oriented Research in Global Cardiovascular Diseases and Interactions with HIVNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2023–2028Career
- Co-IR01HL161673-01Engaging Religious Leaders to Reduce Blood Pressures in Tanzanian CommunitiesNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022–2027
- PIR01HL160332-05HIV, Sleep, Nocturnal Non-dipping, and Cardiovascular Disease: a Tanzanian CohortNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2021–2027
Completed grants (3)
- PIR01MH118107-05Reducing Post-Hospital Mortality in HIV-Infected Adults in TanzaniaNational Institute of Mental Health · 2018–2025
- Co-IU19AI111143-06S1Tri-Institutional TB Research Unit: Persistence and LatencyNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2020–2021
- PIK01TW010281-05Hypertension in HIV-Infected Tanzanians: Time Course and PathogenesisFogarty International Center · 2015–2020Career
Honors & distinctions
- Member · American Society for Clinical Investigation · 2026
Clinical research
Completed & closed trials (5)
- PIReducing Hospitalizations in Tanzanian Adults with Hypertensive Crisis: a Pilot Study in TanzaniaWeill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2026)
- PIEvaluating effective coverage and process quality of hypertension health services at primary health care level in Kilifi, KenyaKenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2026)
- PISleep health epidemiology in People with HIV and comparable HIV-uninfected adults in Tanzania: a mixed method studyFogarty International Center · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2025)
- PIRisk factors and cardiovascular complications of high blood pressure among secondary school attending adolescents in Mwanza city in Northwestern TanzaniaWeill Medical College of Cornell University · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2025)
- PICardiovascular abnormalities, clinical correlates and modifiable risk factors among HIV-infected adolescents in Mwanza, TanzaniaCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)
News mentions
- Weill Cornell Medicine Faculty Inducted into ASCIMarch 2, 2026
Two Weill Cornell Medicine physician-scientists, Dr. Hooman Kamel and Dr. Robert Peck, have been elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for 2026.
- Improving Care of Hospitalized Patients with HIV in TanzaniaMarch 11, 2024
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have shown that three months of social worker follow-up support to people hospitalized with HIV in Tanzania had health benefits at low cost.
- COVID-19 Research Grants Support Weill Cornell Medicine InvestigatorsSeptember 11, 2020
Weill Cornell Medicine has awarded eight grants of $100,000 each to faculty for a variety of research projects on COVID-19, funded by the institution’s Board of Overseers and additional donors. The grants will support studies aimed at understanding fundamental aspects of the disease, the body’s immune response and social determinants of health that affect COVID-19 outcomes.
- Weill Cornell Faculty Member Honored with International Award in MedicineJune 25, 2019
Dr. Robert Peck, an assistant professor of medicine and of pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded the 2019 Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine by the American Medical Association Foundation.
Mentoring
MD · 9
- EBElizabeth BundschuhMD mentee · Class of 2026
- ECEmily CohenMD mentee · Class of 2025
- JLJordan LeithMD mentee · Class of 2025
- LGLisa GebienMD mentee · Class of 2025
- TBTaylor BrashearMD mentee · Class of 2024
- RARachel AbramsonMD mentee · Class of 2023
- RWRichmond WoodwardMD mentee · Class of 2020
- POPhilip O'DonnellMD mentee · Class of 2019