Relationship between adipokines and androgens in children and young adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Introduction: Children and young adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) are at increased risk of obesity and insulin resistance. There is evidence that children with CAH have increased visceral adiposity, which has been linked to metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The adipokine adiponectin has been shown to correlate with reduced metabolic risk, whereas the adipokines visfatin and leptin have been linked to visceral fat and adipocyte inflammation and can serve as biomarkers of increased metabolic risk.

Virtual Clinical Shadowing for Pre-Clinical Medical Students in an Emergency Medicine-Based Leadership Course.

The COVID-19 pandemic limited pre-clinical medical students from participating in traditional clinical in-person shadowing. Rather than eliminating clinical shadowing from an established leadership course, we describe the experience of six pre-clinical medical students shadowing physician preceptors remotely through virtual platforms. Six pre-clinical medical students enrolled in 2020's Weill Cornell Medicine's Healthcare Leadership and Management Scholars Program were prepared with training materials for on-camera patient care.