Brooke Ellison Overcoming Challenges for New York

Brooke, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson met at North Shore University Hospital to promote a $1 Billion Stem Cell Research initiative. The research funded under this program will bring relief to all New Yorkers

Brooke, along with New York's next Lt. Governor and Governor, David Paterson and Eliot Spitzer, tour a research lab at North Shore University Hospital. They are joined by Jon Cohen, Chief Medical Officer of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Bettie Steinberg, dean of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, and David Eidelberg, Head of the Susan & Leonard Feinstein Center for Neurosciences.

Brooke and Eliot Spitzer talk about the groundbreaking initiative.

Brooke consults with a researcher about how her lab could benefit through the use of stem cell research.

Brooke, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson are joined by scientists in a presentation about the plan.

Brooke talks about the importance of stem cell research.

From left to right (sitting at table): Kevin Tracy, MD, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Feinstein, Institute for Medical Research, Jon Cohen, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Gov. Candidate Eliot Spitzer, Lt. Gov. Candidate David Paterson, David Eidelberg, MD, Head of the Susan & Leonard Feinstein Center for Neurosciences, Bettie Steinberg, Ph.D., dean of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, and State Senate Candidate Brooke Ellison.