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Match Day 2024 Welcomes Friends, Family to Celebrate New Residents

March 18, 2024

On an overcast Friday afternoon, the clouds parted for 140 medical students at VP&S as they received the results of their residency match.

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Medical School
VP&S, Mailman Students Win Honors at Three-Minute Thesis Competition

March 15, 2024

Doctoral students from VP&S and Mailman participated in a university-wide competition designed to help students develop communication skills for future careers. Two shared top honors.

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Education
Eating Healthy Slows 'Aging Clock,' Helping to Shield Your Brain From Dementia(link is external and opens in a new window)

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U.S. News & World Report

March 15, 2024

“Our findings suggest that slower pace of aging mediates part of the relationship of healthy diet with reduced dementia risk," said study first author Aline Thomas.
Cancer Battles: Olivia Munn Says Easy Breast Cancer Test Saved Her Life(link is external and opens in a new window)

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NBC News

March 14, 2024

Editor's Note: Roshni Rao, interviewed here, is the Vivian L. Milstein Associate Professor of Surgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Why Do Some Newborns Develop Severe Infections?

March 14, 2024

A serious immune deficiency in newborns may originate from a system that protects the fetus in utero but lingers too long after birth.

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Stem Cells
Commentary: A Way to Ease New York's Doctor Shortage and Expand Health Care Access(link is external and opens in a new window)

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Times Union

March 13, 2024

Editor's Note: Katrina Armstrong, a co-author of this commentary, is dean of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
CUIMC Update - March 13, 2024

March 13, 2024

View the CUIMC Update, a weekly e-newsletter featuring medical center news and the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and trainees.

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Campus News
Ana Navas-Acien Named Next Chair of Environmental Health Sciences

March 13, 2024

Navas-Acien is an internationally renowned scholar, instructor, and champion of environmental justice.

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Campus News
Assessing the Impact of Fast-Track Drug Approval Programs

March 13, 2024

Based on an analysis of withdrawn drugs that gained approval through the FDA's fast-track program, Columbia researchers argue that such programs have positively contributed to drug development.

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Research
Brain Waves Travel in One Direction When Memories Are Made and the Opposite When Recalled

March 13, 2024

A new understanding of brain waves may help explain how the brain quickly coordinates activity and shares information across multiple regions.

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Neuroscience