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Perera received the inaugural Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award at an event celebrating her groundbreaking studies that revealed the harms to children caused by environmental toxins.
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Gazi Azad helped develop Partners in School, an implementation package designed to increase the use of evidence-based practices at home and in school for children with autism.
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Columbia researchers have found cannabis use disorder is rising among pregnant women as more states legalize the drug. Doctors advise against cannabis use during pregnancy,
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A new study finds that PTSD and combat exposure are linked to cardiovascular disease, chronic illness, and ongoing psychological distress in Vietnam veterans 50 years after their service.
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- February 16, 2024
Social inequity was associated with lower use of an epidural or spinal pain reliever during childbirth, especially among Black patients.
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- February 6, 2024
A group of students from VP&S and Mailman spent a day in Albany, meeting with legislators and other policymakers to lobby on issues of importance to the students.
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- January 30, 2024
A working group of international experts, including Columbia's Mary Beth Terry, evaluated the current evidence around limiting or stopping alcohol use and lowering the risk of certain types of cancer.
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- January 30, 2024
Public health researchers find that asthma is more common among U.S. individuals who reported cannabis use in the previous month, and the more frequent the use, the higher the likelihood of asthma.
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- January 30, 2024
In a study of American Indian adults, small declines in blood lead levels were associated with long-term cardiovascular health improvements.
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- December 13, 2023
Suicide rates among Black women increased from 1999 to 2020, especially among Black teens and young adults.
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- December 1, 2023
Twenty years ago, when AIDS was devastating communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Columbia's Wafaa El-Sadr created an organization to save lives in some of the continent’s hardest-hit countries.
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- November 28, 2023
Meet nine graduate students in the Mailman School's Climate and Health Program, the first such program in a school of public health, and learn how they are fighting the threat of climate change.
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- November 17, 2023
A cost-effectiveness study led by a Columbia medical student suggests liquid biopsies are not yet up to the task of screening for colon cancer.
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- November 3, 2023
Shaman, a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health, was named interim dean of the Columbia Climate School in July 2023.
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