STAR U, a new summer program at CUIMC for college students, seeks to enhance the study of aging, Alzheimer's, and disparities by increasing the numbers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
From 19th century medical students denied their degrees to today's surgeons, there are many African-American clinicians with connections to Columbia University Irving Medical Center you should know.
A physician-scientist at Baylor University has been named to lead pediatrics at the College of Physicians & Surgeons and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at CUMC.
A chair has been named for the new Department of Emergency Medicine in the College of Physicians & Surgeons. Angela Mills, MD, also will be director of emergency services for the Columbia campus of NewYork-Presbyterian.
The funds will support recruitment and career development for professors, doctoral, and postdoctoral students who traditionally have been underrepresented in higher education.
Riders, sponsors, volunteers, and friends joined forces for Velocity, Columbia's Ride to End Cancer, in support of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Joachim Frank discusses the call from Sweden and his work using cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the three-dimensional shapes of biological molecules.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was awarded to Joachim Frank, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biophysics and of biological sciences, Richard Henderson, and Jacques Dubochet for developing cryo-electron microscopy.