“The debates over scope of practice are fierce . . . and in part, it’s prompted by shortages,” says Michael Sparer, chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University.
Editor's Note: Helen Ouyang, author of this Opinion piece, is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Paul Appelbaum, director of the Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry at Columbia University, suggested a minimum competency standard would not be unreasonable.
Editor's Note: Helen Ouyang, author of this article, is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“It’s always tempting in science to focus on incremental advances that are safe and NIH-fundable that will lead to immediate publications,” Samuel Sternberg told STAT.
“Children aren’t just little adults,” said Dr. Melissa Stockwell, the study's coauthor and division chief of child and adolescent health at Columbia University.
Katrina Armstrong is tasked with leading another community through a different kind of trauma, as Columbia grapples with protests, accusations of antisemitism, and the resignation of its president.
This was the first time a study linked specific stressful events with the exact moment hair began to gray, said Martin Picard, associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University.
