A physician interested in expanding access to colonoscopy screening and an obstetrician/gynecologist focused on reproductive justice are among the full-time faculty who joined VP&S in October 2023.
Fish get arthritis, too, but unlike people they can repair their joints. With an NIH "New Innovator" award, Joanna Smeeton is investigating how fish make repairs and if we can adopt their techniques.
Neil A. Shneider, director of the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center, said that New York was well positioned to advance A.L.S. research because of the number of specialized centers in the state.
Editor's Note: Qixuan Chen, a co-author of the study referenced here, is an associate professor of biostatistics at the Mailman School of Public Health.
Several Uptown and WaHi organizations are hosting volunteers on this National Day of Service or staging cultural events celebrating and honoring the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
Columbia microbiologists have found that commensal gut bacteria induce their host to generate T cells that prevent inflammation and maintain the health of the gut.