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Four scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have received 2020 awards from the Schaefer Research Scholars Program to continue their research in human physiology.
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Adam Bass, MD, will join the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center as founding director of the Center for Precision Cancer Medicine and director of gastrointestinal oncology.
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Christopher Petit, an international leader in interventional pediatric cardiology and clinical research, has been appointed chief of pediatric cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at VP&S.
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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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Latest News
- March 1, 2020
Many women connected to CUIMC have made deep and lasting imprints over the years. Meet some of the remarkable clinicians, educators, scientists, and alumni from throughout history.
- February 20, 2020
A new Innovation Nucleation Fund from the Department of Pediatrics will provide seed funding to jumpstart six innovative research projects in children’s health.
- February 20, 2020
Four research teams at Columbia University will share a $2.1 million grant to mount an aggressive effort to identify potential antiviral drugs and antibodies for use against the new coronavirus.
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- February 19, 2020
This July, Columbia neurologist Mitch Elkind will become president of the American Heart Association, only the second time a neurologist has led the organization.
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- February 19, 2020
CUIMC Celebrates acknowledges individuals at Columbia University Irving Medical Center for their grants, honors, and leadership positions.
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- February 12, 2020
While pursuing her education as a geneticist, Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH, witnessed the early days of the AIDS epidemic and changed fields to help address it.
- February 12, 2020
Lorna Dove, medical director for the liver transplant center at CUIMC, was drawn to her field partly because of the close relationships she is able to develop with her patients.
- February 12, 2020
Raised in a poor neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, George Jenkins and two friends fulfilled a pact they made in high school to become doctors.
- February 12, 2020
February is Black History Month, and we are celebrating African American physicians, dentists, nurses, and researchers at CUIMC who are helping to improve the health of the nation.
- February 7, 2020
A recent report about a fleeting fitness craze from the 70s may have revealed the identity of the first African American physician at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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