Top Stories
-
The stretch of 168th Street between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue has a new name.
Topic
-
Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney lowered blood pressure in people with drug-resistant hypertension, Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian physicians have found.
Topic
-
Thinking is a surprisingly slow process because our brain cannot make multiple decisions about the same object at once, Columbia neuroscientists have found.
Topic
-
Nursing homes with Black residents had higher rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths during the pandemic's first wave compared to homes with no Black residents, Columbia Nursing researchers have found.
Topic
Events
- Tuesday, May 18, 202112:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Venue
Online Event - Tuesday, May 18, 20214:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Venue
Online Event - Tuesday, May 18, 20214:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Venue
Online
In The Media
-
Source:
The Wall Street JournalMay 13, 2021“The vaccine is doing what it’s supposed to do,” said Jeffrey Shaman, an infectious-disease modeler at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.
-
Source:
The New York TimesMay 12, 2021The funding is needed urgently, said Salim S. Abdool Karim, a professor of clinical epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
-
Source:
The New York TimesMay 10, 2021“These studies are difficult to do,” said Dr. Henry N. Ginsberg, a professor of medicine at Columbia who was not involved in the work.
Browse by Topics
COVID-19
- May 18, 2021
The post-COVID Community Mental Health Project aims to promote wellness and increase access to behavioral health services in underserved New York City neighborhoods.
Topic
- May 7, 2021
A significant level of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress may follow COVID-19 independent of any previous psychiatric diagnoses, a new Mailman study finds.
Topic
- May 4, 2021
Hundreds of New Yorkers from Harlem, Northern Manhattan, and Morningside Heights have been vaccinated at Columbia's Community Pop-up Vaccination Site.
Topic
Cancer
- May 18, 2021
Christine Iok In Chio and Xuebing Wu have received 2021 Pershing Square Sohn Prizes for their out-of-the box approaches to cancer research.
Topic
- May 10, 2021
Scientists have found that many esophageal cancers turn on ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, a finding that could lead to improvements in immunotherapy.
Topic
- April 2, 2021
In a new study, Columbia cancer researchers have identified a potential new drug target in lung metastases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Topic
Neuroscience
- May 14, 2021
Thinking is a surprisingly slow process because our brain cannot make multiple decisions about the same object at once, Columbia neuroscientists have found.
Topic
- May 13, 2021
Scientists at Columbia took high-res images of a heat-sensing molecule in ground squirrels that could help researchers understand how we sense temperature and lead to the design of new pain relievers.
Topic
- April 22, 2021
A new imaging technique that can capture movies of individual receptors on the surface of living cells in unprecedented detail could pave the way to a trove of new drugs.
Topic
Heart Health
- May 16, 2021
Brief pulses of ultrasound delivered to nerves near the kidney lowered blood pressure in people with drug-resistant hypertension, Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian physicians have found.
Topic
- March 31, 2021
Lowering the cutoff to diagnose hypertension during pregnancy better identified 20% of women at risk for preeclampsia, a study by a Columbia University researcher has found.
Topic
- March 17, 2021
Therapies that soothe inflammation could be effective at preventing heart disease in older people with a common blood condition, a new study from Columbia researchers suggests.
Topic
Public Health
- May 7, 2021
Exposure to air pollution, even for just a few weeks, can impede mental performance, but aspirin can lessen the effect, Mailman researchers have found.
Topic
- May 7, 2021
Driving data captured by vehicle recording devices can help detect mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older drivers, Columbia researchers have found.
Topic
- April 28, 2021
A study from Columbia's Peter Muennig on the benefits of creating a park over the Cross Bronx Expressway is helping elected officials and community leaders make the case for transforming the highway.
Topic
Campus News
- May 17, 2021
The stretch of 168th Street between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue has a new name.
Topic
- May 17, 2021
View the CUIMC Update, a weekly e-newsletter featuring medical center news and the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and trainees.
Topic
- May 14, 2021
David Alvarez Cespedes, who graduates from VP&S with an MD and an MS in biomedical engineering, is headed for an internship in preliminary medicine, followed by a dermatology residency.
Topic
