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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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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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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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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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Latest News
- July 1, 2019
Anne Armstrong-Coben, MD’89, and Donald Quest, MD’70, are taking on leadership roles for Columbia's medical school.
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- March 7, 2019
Cory Abate-Shen, PhD, distinguished cancer researcher and AAAS Fellow, has advanced our understanding of the molecular causes of cancer development and progression.
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- February 25, 2019
Critically examining art can help medical students come to terms with the role uncertainty plays when physicians make clinical decisions, a new study from Columbia medical educators suggests.
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- January 25, 2019
Columbia medical students share their experiences interviewing for residencies across the United States.
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- October 3, 2018
The man who's changing the future of medical education in America—P. Roy Vagelos, MD’54—shared his inspiration and goals with Columbia Magazine in the diner once owned by his immigrant parents.
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- September 18, 2018
A newly discovered function for the ApoE4 gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, may help explain how the gene causes cognitive decline.
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- September 18, 2018
A new anti-inflammatory drug may offer hope for people with a progressive form of MS. In a phase 2 trial, the drug slowed brain atrophy in people with the disease.
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- September 13, 2018
A group of clinical trials showed that pregnant women can prevent excess weight gain with a healthy diet and physical activity.
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- September 12, 2018
This fall, Rita Charon, MD, PhD, will receive the federal government's highest honor for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.
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- September 6, 2018
A CUIMC study found that during the 2016 presidential election Republicans made gains in counties with more "deaths of despair."
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