CUIMC Update - November 20, 2024
CUIMC Update is a weekly e-newsletter featuring medical center news and the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and trainees. Please send your news, honors, and awards to cuimc_update@cumc.columbia.edu. Grants are provided by the Sponsored Projects Administration office.
News
Fall Festival Includes Giant Pumpkin Carving, Free Soup
Faculty, staff, students, and Washington Heights community members enjoyed a live pumpkin carving, a jazz performance, warm soup, and winter squash giveaways at the CUIMC Fall Festival.
VP&S Open Forum: Thursday, Nov. 21 at 9 a.m.
All VP&S faculty and staff are invited to attend the next VP&S Open Forum on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 9 a.m. VP&S leadership will share campus updates and recent advancements in clinical and translational research in support of the VP&S strategic plan. A brief Q&A session will follow the presentations.
How Our Nutritionist Plans for a Holiday Meal
Thanksgiving is a time to enjoy flavorful and nostalgic dishes, spend time with family and friends, and express gratitude. Columbia dietitian Jamie Leskowitz shares tips for enjoying the foods of the season in a way that’s healthy, flavorful, and includes dessert.
Columbia Injury Prevention Center Leads the Science of Safety
On Nov. 18, National Injury Prevention Day, faculty leaders of the Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention reflected on more than 15 years of progress toward the center's missions of generating new science to address the ongoing challenges that injuries create in the U.S. and training the next generation of injury prevention scientists.
Effective Dec. 2, for safety reasons, electric micromobility devices including e-bikes, e-scooters, hoverboards, skateboards, and unicycles are not permitted within NewYork-Presbyterian, including storage or charging of batteries. After Dec. 2, please use an outdoor bicycle rack to park your device. Bike racks are located on the southeast corner of 168th St. and Fort Washington Ave. (public), 165th Street by LL3 Heart Center entrance, and the 165th Street parking garage. If you have questions, contact Environmental Health & Safety at 646-NYP-SAFE (646-697-7233).
Events
- VP&S Open Forum
Nov. 21, 9 a.m.
Black Building, 650 W. 168 St., Alumni Auditorium - Public Health in Times of War and Conflict
Nov. 21, 11:30 a.m.
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., 8th Floor Auditorium - Columbia Health Care Ventures Fast-Pitch Competition
Nov. 22, 9 a.m.
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., 8th Floor Auditorium - Vulnerable and Sick: How Can We Do Better During Pandemics?
Nov. 22, 9 a.m.
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., Hess Commons and via Zoom - New York Community-Hospital-Academic Maternal Health Equity Partnerships (NY-CHAMP) Scholar Session
Nov. 22, 10 a.m.
Online - Deadline to Register: 2024 CUIMC Gingerbread House Competition
Nov. 26
Online - Arts for Well-Being: Building Community Through Music: "Lenferna de la Motte"
Dec. 3, 5 p.m.
Black Building, 650 W. 168 St., Alumni Auditorium and Schaefer Awards Gallery - Narrative Medicine Grand Rounds: “Covering Race, Racism and Inequality on Health: A Journalist's Perspective”
Dec. 4, 6 p.m.
Online - Virtual Community Health Talk: Regain Bowel Control
Dec. 4, 7 p.m.
Online - Virtual Naloxone Training
Dec. 5, noon
Online - Ethics Grand Rounds: Are We Ready for Psychedelic Medicine?
Dec. 10, noon
Vagelos Education Center, 104 Haven Ave., Room 401 and via Zoom - Call for Applications: StudioLab Narrative Medicine Journalism Workshop
Application Deadline: Dec. 13, 11:59 p.m. - Clinical AI Workshop: From Idea to Deployment to Making A Difference
Dec. 17, 9 a.m.
Presbyterian Building, 622 W. 168 St., Floor 20, Room 200
Grants
Mailman School of Public Health
- Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri and Sebastian Calonico, Epidemiology
$2,433,730 over three years from the National Institute on Aging for "Illuminating our understanding of statins and Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia using modern causal inference methods."
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Anum Glasgow, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
$640,203 over three years from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for "Computationally designed, small molecule-responsive cell receptors for treating solid tumors." - Despina Kontos, Radiology
$507,502 over four years for a subaward from the National Cancer Institute for "Evaluation of novel tomosynthesis density measures in breast cancer risk prediction." - Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Medicine
$294,000 over three years from the Department of Agriculture for "Mechanistic effect of walnut consumption on sleep." - Yonghao Yu, Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics
$985,876 over four years from the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for "Targeting PARP1 Trapping to Overcome PARP Inhibitor Resistance for BRCAmut Ovarian Cancer."
Honors
Mailman School of Public Health
- Linda P. Fried, Epidemiology
Named a 2024 New York Power Player in Health Care.
School of Nursing
- Suzanne Bakken
Named one of Crain’s New York Business’s 2024 Notable Health Care Leaders.
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Paul S. Appelbaum, Psychiatry
Appointed to the Ethics Committee of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology. - David A. Fidock, Microbiology & Immunology
Now serving as the president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.
Social Media Snapshot
In the News Highlights
- Will Bird Flu Be the Next Pandemic and Could it Cause a Lockdown? What Experts Say
Nov 14, 2024
TODAY Online
The current public health risk from H5 bird flu is low, the CDC says. But the agency is “watching the situation carefully” — as are experts in the field. Dr. Ian Lipkin, an expert on emerging viral threats, calls it an important health concern. “Emerging infectious diseases are unpredictable. If you told me 20 years ago that we were going to have major problems with coronaviruses, I wouldn’t have predicted that,” Lipkin, professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, tells TODAY.com. - How Does Ozempic Work? Read This Before You Look Into Taking the Drug
Nov 10, 2024
USA TODAY
Dr. Judy Korner, an endocrinologist and the founder and director of the Metabolic and Weight Control Center at Columbia University, says Ozempic mimics the hormone GLP-1. “GLP-1 goes to the pancreas and helps the pancreas make insulin – but only when the body needs insulin. So when glucose levels rise, the body needs more insulin, and GLP-1 or Ozempic (its mimicker) helps the pancreas release insulin,” Korner explains. - One-Third of Low-Income People With Private Health Insurance Face Medical Debt After Childbirth
Nov 7, 2024
Crain's New York Business
Despite policy advances, “the big kahuna” of childbirth is still not well covered under private insurance plans, leaving many new parents in the red at one of the most vulnerable points of their lives, said Dr. Jamie Daw, study author and assistant professor of health policy at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. “You’re already starting the process of having an infant with a bill in hand,” Daw said.