“I think this is more evidence that this legacy of structural racism created through redlining boundaries has implications for health today,” said Joan Casey, the lead author of the study.
The grants support physician-scientists with family caregiving responsibilities to help them maintain their research productivity in the face of burdens worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I would have expected to see something, some uptick in the cases I’m taking care of,” said Craig Spencer, director of global health in emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia.
Mailman School of Public Health Dean Linda P. Fried has received an Association of American Physicians’ medal in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to the science of healthy aging.
“Menopause is part of life, and it’s important to talk about it,” said Mary Rosser, director of integrated women’s health at Columbia University’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Heavy ions could radically improve radiation therapy for cancer treatment, but research is needed to understand how they work. With the aid of a new instrument at Columbia, scientists aim to find out.
Interprofessional Education Day this year addressed the question of how health professionals can actively provide antiracist, inclusive, and equitable care through health care teamwork.
