E. Sander Connolly Jr., MD, has been named chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Columbia University and neurosurgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian.
Dr. Tsion Firew, an emergency physician at Columbia University who wasn’t involved in the work, cautioned that the links between masking and milder disease haven’t yet been proved as cause and effect.
“It’s reducing the risk, not eliminating the risk,” said Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
Heart transplants, donor hearts, and transplant waitlists all fell sharply at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Columbia University researchers have found.
Earlier this year, New York was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Our doctors want to share some advice for colleagues in other states who are now facing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases.
Columbia's Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research selected five new Herbert and Florence Irving Scholars to receive funding for the next three years to support their research.
The International Collaboration and Exchange Program convenes premedical, medical, and dental students from Columbia University and beyond to discuss their COVID-19 experiences via online coursework.
Physicians, researchers, and public health experts from Columbia University weigh in on what we now know about the novel coronavirus and what we still need to learn.
Columbia researchers have isolated antibodies from COVID-19 patients that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 virus and could be used to treat patients or prevent infections.
