David Rosner, a professor of sociomedical sciences and history at Columbia University, said rail lines are “often routed through the most disenfranchised communities of color.”
Sebastián Riquelme is one of the pioneers in the growing field of immunometabolism, investigating how the processes that turn food into energy impact the outcome of infectious diseases.
Several faculty members from the VP&S Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics gave presentations at the latest in the medical school’s Afternoon of Science series.
Editor's Note: The Columbia University study referenced here was led by Keith Diaz, the Florence Irving Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The latest issue of Columbia Medicine magazine tells the stories of VP&S faculty—today's Whipples, Apgars and Drews—who are working to forever change health care like their illustrious forebears.
Columbia University’s Dr. Lawrence Lustig said that although the children in these studies don’t wind up with perfect hearing, “even moderate hearing loss recovery in these kids is pretty astounding.”
“Think if you tied a knot in a thread — nits are the size of that knot,” said Dr. Candace Johnson, an assistant professor of pediatrics and hospital epidemiologist at Columbia University.
“We know that wildfires are getting worse and more intense due to climate change,” said Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University.
