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Big Data Analysis Finds Cancer’s Key Vulnerabilities

January 11, 2021

A new analysis of almost 10,000 patients found that tumors could be stratified into 112 subtypes regardless of the cancer’s origin.

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Cancer
A Radiologist's 10-Year Mission to Improve Patient Care in Haiti

January 11, 2021

In the decade since a devastating earthquake struck his Haitian homeland, neuroradiologist Ernst Garçon, MD, has worked tirelessly to improve patient care in the country.

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Campus News
One in Five Brain Cancers Fueled by Overactive Mitochondria

January 11, 2021

A new study has found that up to 20% of aggressive brain cancers are fueled by overactive mitochondria and new drugs in development may be able to starve the cancers.

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Brain Cancer
Salim Abdool Karim: 'None of us are safe from Covid if one of us is not. We have mutual interdependence'(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The Guardian

January 10, 2021

The epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim, a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health, could be considered South Africa’s Anthony Fauci.
U.S. records its deadliest day of the pandemic while eyes are fixed on mob storming Capitol(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The Washington Post

January 7, 2021

Craig Spencer, director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at NYP/Columbia, had just received his second coronavirus vaccine dose when he saw news of rioters descending on the Capitol.
VP&S Class of 2023 Begins Major Clinical Year in Ongoing Pandemic

January 7, 2021

During a virtual Steven Z. Miller Student Clinician's Ceremony, second-year medical students celebrated their transition to patient-centered learning.

Topic

Education
Columbia Launches Pandemic Simulation for Health Care Executives

January 5, 2021

A strategic decision-making and team-building exercise for hospital executives—developed at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health—now includes a simulated pandemic.

Topic

Infectious Diseases
CUIMC Update - Jan. 4, 2021

January 4, 2021

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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CUIMC Update
New Images of Cancer Protein Reveal Potential New Drug Target

January 4, 2021

New images of Wnt, a signaling protein mutated in some cancers, in complex with its specific carrier, reveals atomic-level details of the molecules and a potential new drug target.

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Research
Virus Numbers Are Surging. Why Is New York’s Vaccine Rollout Sluggish?(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The New York Times

January 1, 2021

The pace is worrying some experts. “I do feel concern,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiology professor at Columbia University.