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Longtime faculty member Lorraine Symington has been elected to the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences.
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New faculty who joined VP&S in February and March include the chair of the Department of Radiology and the vice chair for basic research in the Department of Pediatrics.
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New faculty who joined VP&S in recent months include a specialist in managing infections in immunocompromised patients and a researcher of precision cellular immunotherapies for autoimmunity.
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On an overcast Friday afternoon, the clouds parted for 140 medical students at VP&S as they received the results of their residency match.
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- May 19, 2021
A virtual ceremony on May 19 honored 156 students who received MD degrees from VP&S and 37 students who received PhD degrees from Columbia’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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- May 19, 2021
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the admission of women to medical school at Columbia.
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- May 14, 2021
David Alvarez Cespedes, who graduates from VP&S with an MD and an MS in biomedical engineering, is headed for an internship in preliminary medicine, followed by a dermatology residency.
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- May 14, 2021
During medical school, Andrew Sudler has worked on behalf of marginalized communities, through research and advocacy, and spent a year working at a public interest law firm.
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- May 14, 2021
At Columbia, Lauren Fields has delved deep into medical training to find an interest in psychiatry while nurturing a love of poetry. She is among the first cohort of VP&S Equity and Justice Fellows.
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- May 14, 2021
Stephanie Granada is the first in her family to graduate from college and medical school. She was drawn to Columbia by a desire to be a doctor-in-training in an urban, Spanish-speaking community.
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- March 19, 2021
On Match Day, 154 VP&S students learned where they will start their medical training after graduation and safely celebrated their residencies at a physically distanced event.
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- February 19, 2021
Monica L. Lypson, MD, has been named vice dean for education and Jonathan Amiel, MD, has been appointed senior associate dean for innovation in health professions education.
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- December 23, 2020
When the virus arrived in New York City, VP&S clinicians were redeployed to areas in need, researchers pivoted to COVID research, and students graduated early to help “bend the curve.”
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- December 16, 2020
As VP&S begins implementing an action plan for anti-racism in medical education, students and faculty share their own perspectives on the intersection of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
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