Discoveries Magazine
Why Difficult Conversations Matter
Discoveries / Apr 08, 2024
Historic Texts May Inform Modern Bioethical Dilemmas
Discoveries / Apr 02, 2024
Crafting a Clinical Trials Hub
Clinical trials have the power to improve patient outcomes and save lives. Cedars-Sinai is at the forefront of innovation and expansion.
Discoveries / Apr 01, 2024
Exploring Data Equity to Address Sexual Health Disparities
While reproductive health inequalities plague Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people, they’re largely left out of research.
Discoveries / Mar 29, 2024
Women’s Health Research Draws First Lady’s Attention
First lady Jill Biden tours the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at the Smidt Heart Institute.
Discoveries / Mar 18, 2024
New Insights May Yield Improvements in Heart and Brain Health
Ongoing research at Cedars-Sinai is investigating potential links between diseases of the heart and brain, with enormous potential for patient impact.
Discoveries / Feb 23, 2024
Cedars-Sinai and Tsinghua University Collaborate for Impact
A new relationship with prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing brings global research talent to Cedars-Sinai.
Discoveries / Jan 08, 2024
Researchers Look to Fasting as a Next Step in Cancer Treatment
Investigators are exploring whether dietary interventions, including fasting and the ketogenic diet, can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients with cancer.
Discoveries / Jan 05, 2024
A Scleroderma Expert on Treating Autoimmune Disease
Dr. Francesco Boin, director of the Multispecialty Scleroderma Program and member of the Kao Autoimmunity Institute, on his vision for the future.
Discoveries / Nov 17, 2023
A Call for Change: Equity and Patient-Centered Care
Patient-centered care is one of the most commonly used phrases in medicine. It’s what physicians believe in and what we promise to deliver. Yet we cannot provide patient-centered care unless we grapple with one of the most urgent challenges in healthcare today: health equity.
Discoveries / Nov 17, 2023
Frontiers in Single-Cell Biology
At the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Innovation Center (BOGIC), a team of multidisciplinary researchers and clinicians are identifying novel pathways to treat human disease.
Discoveries / Nov 17, 2023
Regenerative Medicine: A New Path for ALS Treatment
A first-of-its-kind stem cell therapy for ALS passes a critical safety benchmark, advancing the search to slow down, reverse and prevent the disease. In a parallel study, investigators are growing patient-derived stem cells to model ALS, hoping to uncover its mechanisms and classify it with more specificity. Can the cure to this degenerative condition lie in the endlessly regenerative power of stem cells?
Discoveries / Nov 17, 2023
Innovation and Collaboration in Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's
Guerin Children’s experts offer insights into research and treatment that seeks to serve patients from gestation to graduation.
Discoveries / Nov 17, 2023
New Uses for Existing Treatments: The Practice of Drug Repurposing
The practice of studying existing drugs for novel uses is supported by the emergence of artificial intelligence.
Discoveries / Sep 19, 2023
Population Sciences to Close Gaps
Cedars-Sinai’s new Division of Population Sciences is positioned to be a national leader in population sciences. A diverse pool of investigators is laying the foundation for the newly minted Division of Population Sciences in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Discoveries / Jul 27, 2023
The Most Important Object on My Desk
Dr. Marcel Maya on the talismans that remind him to go outside.
Discoveries / Jul 13, 2023
Rare Opportunity for GI Motility Fellows
Rare GI motility fellowship is offered at Cedars-Sinai.
Discoveries / Jul 11, 2023
An Objective Approach to Facial Feminization Surgery
A Cedars-Sinai plastic surgeon is conducting research using artificial intelligence to standardize facial feminization surgery for transgender patients.
Discoveries / Jun 29, 2023
Cedars-Sinai Neurology Chair Honored by National MS Society for COVID-19 Work
Dr. Nancy Sicotte has been honored by the National MS Society.
Discoveries / Jun 15, 2023
New Book Celebrates Legacy of Distinguished Medical Historian
A group of renowned scholars have authored a new book in honor of the illustrious career of Mordechai Feingold, PhD, a distinguished historian at the California Institute of Technology known for his work on the history of science.
Discoveries / Jun 13, 2023
New Surgery Chair Leads with Collaboration
Cristina R. Ferrone, MD, brings a wealth of experience to her role as the new chair of the Cedars-Sinai Department of Surgery.
Discoveries / Jun 08, 2023
Higher Stress Levels May Cause Weight Gain in Women
Women have long reported higher stress levels than men. This may be due in part to gender differences in the stress response. Celine Riera, PhD, research scientist at Cedars-Sinai’s Regenerative Medicine Institute, aims to address an understudied aspect of women’s health.
Discoveries / Jun 06, 2023
How to Stamp Out Burnout
Physician burnout is at an all-time high because of widespread fatigue and work-related distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In his new book, Alen Voskanian, MD, MBA, explores reasons for burnout, suggesting ways to conquer the problem.
Discoveries / Jun 01, 2023
Psychiatry for Visual Learners
With Atlas of Psychiatry, Waguih IsHak, MD, has edited the first visual reference of its kind.
Discoveries / May 30, 2023
Pediatric Obesity: Cedars-Sinai Experts on New Guidelines
Emerging understanding of childhood obesity has inspired new guidelines that suggest pediatricians should intervene early with more aggressive measures. Here, Cedars-Sinai experts outline the risk factors for childhood and adolescent obesity and its mechanisms and offer context for the new clinical practice guidelines.
Discoveries / May 25, 2023
Residency Programs Move Toward Greater Diversity
This year, Cedars-Sinai welcomed our most diverse class of residents ever. We hear from our residents firsthand about their experiences.
Discoveries / May 16, 2023