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Sterilization Rates Among Women Rose After Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

September 11, 2024

Columbia researchers found an increase in surgical sterilization among women after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

Topic

Women's Health
CUIMC Update - September 11, 2024

September 11, 2024

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

Topic

Campus News
Columbia Public Health Scientists Use Social Media to Conduct, Publicize Research

September 11, 2024

The "StreetTalk" method—deployed by Mailman researchers to study energy insecurity—could change the way qualitative research is conducted and publicized while maintaining rigorous standards.

Topic

Public Health
Improving the "Quality of the Cure" for Kids with Cancer

September 6, 2024

Lewis Silverman, the new director of pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplantation, is working to minimize the aftereffects of treatment to ensure the highest quality cure possible.

Topic

Cancer
The Benefits of Donating Your Body to Medical Science

September 6, 2024

People who donate their bodies to medical school anatomy courses provide an unparalleled training opportunity for future physicians.

Topic

Education
Red Flag Laws May Reduce Growing Burden of Firearm Homicides

September 6, 2024

Researchers at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health found that Florida’s red flag gun law, enacted in 2018, was associated with an 11% reduction in firearm homicide rates from 2019 to 2021.

Topic

Public Health
Thoai D. Ngo Named Chair of Population and Family Health

September 6, 2024

Ngo will join Columbia from the Population Council, where he leads a team working on a range of global health issues, including sexual and reproductive rights, gender equity, and climate justice.

Topic

Campus News
Joshua Gordon Returns to His Roots to Lead Columbia Psychiatry

September 5, 2024

Gordon has championed the integration of neuroscience and clinical practice, advocating for precision medicine approaches in psychiatry to tailor treatments to individual patients.

Topic

Psychiatry
The 25-Year Fight to Defeat West Nile Virus, One Convoy at a Time.(link is external and opens in a new window)

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USA Today

September 5, 2024

“It really was a catalytic event,” Ian Lipkin, now the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, told USA TODAY.
Do At-Home Gluten Tests Really Work?

September 4, 2024

At-home tests can detect recent exposure to gluten, but can the tests improve the health of people with celiac disease? Columbia researchers are launching a clinical trial to find out.

Topic

Gastroenterology