The Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine is committed to innovative translational stem cell research.

Columbia has over 100 stem cell laboratories performing stem cell research in areas including bioengineering, blood, bone/teeth, brain, cancer, diabetes, internal organs, neurodegeneration, skin and stem cell biology. The Columbia Stem Cell Initiative is committed to exploring a broad range of potential stem cell applications, including disease modeling, screening for small molecule drug therapies, enhancement of endogenous stem cell function to enhance tissue repair, and regenerative therapies.

Research Faculty

CSCI research faculty within the Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine include:

• Hynek Wichterle, PhD
• Lei Ding, PhD
• Masayuki Yazawa, PhD
• Edmund Au, PhD
• Barbara Corneo, PhD
• Joanna Smeeton, PhD

The Director of the CSCI is Emmanuelle Passegue, PhD.

Contact Information

For more information on CSCI, please contact:

• Lalena Luna, Executive Assistant
  Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI)
  701 West 168th Street
  Hammer Health Sciences Center, HHSC-702
  New York, NY 10032
  United States
  Tel: 212-305-6281
  Email: ll3129@cumc.columbia.edu