Editor's Note: Sonali Rajan, interviewed here, is an adjunct associate professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Dr. Jessica Opoku Anane, a Columbia University gynecological surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive techniques to remove fibroids, says Black women are disproportionately impacted by fibroids.
“It adds dimensions of what a clinician should know about their patients beyond current screening instruments,” said Linda Fried, a frailty researcher and dean of the Mailman School of Public Health.
“Cortisol is a hormone that connects the mind and the body together,” said Martin Picard, an associate professor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University.
Prior sex-selection techniques have been inconsistent and have had safety concerns, said Dr. Alex Robles, a reproductive endocrinologist at Columbia University Fertility Center.
Congestion can also create a lot of pressure in the upper airways that can make you tired, said Dr. Joyce Yu, a pediatric allergist and immunologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
“Almost all SUID deaths have at least one unsafe sleep risk factor. More than 95% of them,” said Rebecca Carlin, a pediatrician at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
“We can and should use nursing assessment data from our health records in novel ways,” says Sarah C. Rossetti, associate professor of biomedical informatics and nursing at Columbia University.
Most people do not develop a tolerance to prescribed stimulant medications, and many stay on the same, stable dose for years, said Dr. Frances Levin, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University.
Katrina Armstrong, dean of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said, “The Vagelos Institute for Biomedical Research Education will harness the power of science to transform clinical care.”
