CUIMC Update - October 26, 2022
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
ICYMI: Dean Armstrong’s Update on the CUIMC Well-being Initiative
The CUIMC Well-being Initiative, led by Lou Baptista, MD, inaugural Chief Well-Being Officer, aims to make CUIMC a model for promoting the well-being of employees at academic medical centers around the country. Watch a video about what "well-being" means to your CUIMC colleagues and read more about the initiative.
Inaugural DEIB Summit Celebrates Diversity and Belonging at CUIMC
The inaugural Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Summit at CUIMC created a space where traditionally marginalized voices could not only be heard, but emboldened. The day-long summit, EnERGize: Valuable, Visible, Voices, featured presentations, panel discussions, and performances organized by Employee Resource Group leaders. Read more.
New Columbia Research: 1 in 3 Older Adults has Cognitive Impairment or Dementia
In a nationally representative study of cognitive impairment prevalence, a team of Columbia researchers led by Jennifer J. Manly, PhD, professor of neuropsychology in neurology at the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, found almost 10% of older adults have dementia and 22% have mild cognitive impairment. Read more.
Local High School Students Showcase Cancer Research
Students from University Heights High School in the Bronx showcased their research at a poster session at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. The initiative is part of a new outreach effort by the cancer center’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office to expose young students to scientific research and promote and support their interest in the field. Read more.
VP&S Oncologist Describes How to Assess Your Breast Cancer Risk
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Family history and mutations in breast cancer genes are not the only factors that put a woman at high risk of developing breast cancer. Julia McGuinness, MD, a breast cancer oncologist and assistant professor of medicine at VP&S, explains other risk factors. Read more.
EVENTS
LGBTQ+ Faculty Peer Mentoring Presents: “Bridging the Gap - Navigating Your Mentorship Needs”
Oct. 26, 4 p.m., School of Nursing, 7th floor
Read more.
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities presented by Carol Becker, PhD
Oct. 27, 4:30 p.m., Alumni Auditorium, Black Building
Read more.
Nominations for VP&S 2022 Martha A. Hooven Award for Excellence
Oct. 31 is the submission deadline.
Submit here.
ACE Master Clinician Mentorship Series: “Managing the 'Un-diagnosable Patient’ - A Multidisciplinary Approach”
Nov. 1, 8 a.m., online
Register here.
Webinar: Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases in Children and Adolescents
Nov. 1, 6 p.m., online
Register here.
Aftershock: Film Screening and Discussion
Nov. 2, 5:30 p.m., Alumni Auditorium, Black Building
Reserve seat here.
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day
Nov. 5, 1 p.m., Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center
Register here.
COMMUNITY Center Investigator Development Core Request for Application
Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. is the submission deadline.
Read more.
Distrust and Disparities in Healthcare: Unraveling the Complexity
Nov. 9, 4 p.m., CUIMC Faculty Club and online
Register here.
Archives & Special Collections Exhibit: "New Old Things: Recent Accessions, Archives & Special Collections, 2012-2022"
Through Dec. 16, 2022
Hammer Health Sciences Center, Lower Level 2
For more events, visit the CUIMC Events listing.
GRANTS
MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Rebecca Kehm, PhD, Epidemiology: $341,712 over two years from the National Cancer Institute for “Characterizing the role of adolescent physical activity in early onset breast cancer risk for women across the familial risk continuum.”
VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Domenico Accili, MD, Medicine: $2,788,074 over five years from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for “Mechanisms of Beta Cell Failure.”
Swarnali Acharyya, PhD, Institute for Cancer Genetics: $729,000 over three years from the Army Medical Research and Material Command for “Eliminating minimal residual disease after targeted therapy in breast cancer.”
Christine Denny, PhD, Psychiatry: $1,436,082 over three years from Silo Pharma for “Developing a combinatorial treatment targeting NMDARs and 5-HT4Rs to treat cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms.”
Jon Giles, MD, Medicine: $2,567,633 over five years from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases for “Neuroimaging Measures of Psychosocial Stress as Predictors of Articular and Arterial Inflammation, Cardiometabolic Disease, and Treatment Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis.”
Ulrich Hengst, PhD, Taub Institute: $2,702,233 over five years from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for “Neuroprotection by a secreted component of the cellular stress response.”
Victoria Leavitt, PhD, Sergievsky Center: $550,272 over one year from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for a subaward of “Reserve against Disability in Early Multiple Sclerosis (RADIEMS) Longitudinal Cohort Study.”
Akiva Mintz, MD, PhD, Radiology: $460,511 over two years from the National Institute on Aging for “A blood-brain-barrier permeable imaging biomarker for microtubules in the brain: A first-in-human clinical trial.”
Kenneth Olive, PhD, Medicine: $915,742 over three years from Revolution Medicines for “Translational studies of mutant Ras inhibition in models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.”
Daichi Shimbo, MD, Medicine: $757,483 over one year from the American Heart Association for a subaward of “RESTORE (AddREssing Social Determinants TO pRevent hypErtension) Network.”
Marissa Spann, PhD, Psychiatry: $804,250 over five years from the National Institute of Mental Health for “Midcareer investigator award in patient-oriented research in the area of perinatal-developmental neuroscience.”
Emmanuel Zorn, PhD, Medicine: $542,601 over one year from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Local antibody responses in human cardiac allograft vasculopathy.”
HONORS
MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
A Columbia Mailman School report, “The Prescription of Trust: Pharmacists Transforming Patient Care,” led by John McHugh, PhD, health policy and management, and co-authored with Express Scripts Pharmacy won the PRNews platinum award for external publication campaign. The award was presented at a ceremony Oct. 12. Read more.
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Donald Boyd, PhD '17, received the Novice Faculty Excellence in Didactic Teaching Award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
SOCIAL MEDIA SNAPSHOT
IN THE NEWS
Scientific American
Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Actually Be Conscious
Oct 18, 2022 - With covert consciousness, the lack of outward movement is complete, even more so than with locked-in patients. But this does not mean the absence of inner life.
Editor's Note: Jan Claassen, a co-author of this article, is an associate professor in the Department of Neurology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Bloomberg News (Requires a subscription)
Long Covid Disables Millions Worldwide, Even as Rates Ease, Study Shows
Oct 10, 2022 - It’s not uncommon for Covid patients to experience persistent symptoms for a month, but most have fully resolved or diminished significantly after three months, said Sarah Ryan, a doctor at Columbia Primary Care in New York.
U.S. News & World Report
Menthols Make Up 40% of U.S. Cigarette Sales; Ban Could Have Huge Impact
Oct 14, 2022 - Adult smokers who are younger, have mental health problems and are from racial/ethnic minority groups are more likely to use menthol cigarettes than other groups, according to a study from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and City University of New York.