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Lauren Fields was awarded a 2020 International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry & Medicine for her poem, “A Laying on of Hands in the OR.”
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VP&S faculty received year-end awards during graduation for teaching, humanism, and clinical and basic research.
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The brainchild of Vibhu Krishna, a medical student at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, "Faces of the Frontline," shares stories on Instagram from the COVID-19 front line.
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Columbia medical students celebrated early graduation in a web event on April 15. Among the 139 students, 84 will start work at NewYork-Presbyterian to provide support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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- September 6, 2018
A study published in NEJM has found that inducing labor a week before a baby’s due date is safe and reduces the risk of cesarean section.
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- August 29, 2018
How can you prevent getting bitten by a tick when you are camping or hiking? Chris Tedeschi, a wilderness doctor at Columbia University, has some important advice on how to safely spend time exploring outside.
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- August 28, 2018
Fifteen high school teachers worked in labs on campus in July and August as part of Columbia University’s Summer Research Program for Science Teachers.
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- August 27, 2018
Columbia researchers are developing an optical fiber system that uses a type of UV light to sterilize areas around skin-penetrating medical devices.
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- August 27, 2018
A new study led by Columbia's Mathew Maurer found that tafamidis reduced deaths from transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, a type of heart failure.
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