Barbara Louise Hempstead is an American hematologist, neuroscientist, and academic administrator serving as the dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences since 2019. She is the O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine.

Life

Hempstead earned a bachelor's degree in biology from

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

in 1976. She completed a M.D. and Ph.D. in

cellular biology Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells. All living organisms are made of cells. A cell is the basic unit of life that is responsible for the living and ...

from Washington University School of Medicine in 1982. Her dissertation was titled, ''The Cell Surface Receptor for Immunoglobulin E: Characterization of the Receptor from Human Basophils, Rat Mast Cells and Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cells''. She completed an internal medicine residency and a fellowship in

hematology Hematology ( always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the produc ...

and medical

oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...

at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center. In 1987, Hempstead became a faculty member at

Weill Cornell Medicine The Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University is Cornell University's biomedical research unit and medical school located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York. Weill Cornell Medicine is affiliated with NewY ...

. She joined the

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

program at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences in 1994. The following year, she joined its

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

, biophysics, and

systems biology Systems biology is the computational modeling, computational and mathematical analysis and modeling of complex biological systems. It is a biology-based interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological syst ...

program. She was promoted to professor of medicine in 2001. From 2004 to 2012, she served as the co-chief of the division of hematology and medical oncology. She was the associate dean for faculty development from 2012 to 2016. In 2015, she became the senior associate dean for education. She is the O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine. On January 14, 2019, she succeeded

Carl F. Nathan Carl F. Nathan is the chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine and dean of the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences at Cornell University. Some of his most notable work has been in the characterization o ...

as the dean of the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

References

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