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How Columbia Is Getting Patients Back into the Dentist Chair

April 9, 2021

After implementing an array of extra safety measures, routine dental care is rebounding at Columbia’s College of Dental Medicine.

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Dentistry
Employee Resource Group Increases Support for AAPI Community at CUIMC

April 9, 2021

The AAPI employee resource group has partnered with CUIMC leadership to increase efforts to support CUIMC employees.

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Campus News
Designing a New School: Climate School Planners See CUIMC as Model

April 9, 2021

Alex Halliday, director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, discusses the process for designing Columbia’s new Climate School and why CUIMC faculty, staff, and students should get involved.

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Campus News
Association of American Physicians Honors Seven Physician-Scientists

April 9, 2021

Six physicians-scientists—Wendy Chung, Philip De Jager, Dawn Hershman, Michio Hirano, David Ho, and Steven Marx—were elected as fellows, and Linda Fried received AAP’s lifetime achievement award.

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CUIMC Update
Rise of coronavirus variants will define the next phase of the pandemic in the U.S.(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The Washington Post

April 8, 2021

“These variants emerged because we continued to give the virus more chance to spread,” said David D. Ho, whose lab at Columbia University is studying the P.1 variant first discovered in Brazil.
ICAP Leads Community Effort to Fight COVID-19 in New York City

April 6, 2021

Mailman's ICAP program is well-known for its efforts in fighting HIV, malaria, and TB around the world, but they're also busy in the fight against COVID-19 in nearby Harlem and Bronx neighborhoods.

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COVID-19
CUIMC Update - April 5, 2021

April 5, 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 Long Covid Treatments Borrow From Brain Rehab Tactics(link is external and opens in a new window)

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The Wall Street Journal

April 5, 2021

Researchers found that generalized inflammation can disrupt the chemicals necessary for communication between brain cells, says Maura Boldrini, first author of the study.
VP&S Names 2021 Gerstner Scholars

April 5, 2021

Five VP&S physician-scientists—Jennifer Gelinas, Eliza Miller, Catherine Spina, Aaron Viny, and Xiao Zhao—will receive funding from the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholars Program.

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Campus News
A New Potential Therapeutic Target for Metastatic Esophageal Cancer

April 2, 2021

In a new study, Columbia cancer researchers have identified a potential new drug target in lung metastases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

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Cancer