A new study from researchers at Columbia University is the first to quantitatively link psychological stress to graying hair in people and find that the process is reversible.
Three early-career scientists at VP&S—X. Shawn Liu (Physiology & Cellular Biophysics), Xuebing Wu (Medicine), and Nikhil Sharma (Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics)—are 2021 Paul Marks Scholars.
The CUIMC deans invite everyone in the CUIMC community to observe the Juneteenth holiday as a time of reflection and resolve and help our nation move toward a more equitable society.
Spectacular images of a molecule that shuttles omega-3 fatty acids into the brain may open a doorway for delivering neurological therapeutics to the brain.
"They oftentimes never saw a tick attached,” Dr. Shannon Delaney, co-director of the Cohen Lyme Center for Health & Recovery from Tick-Borne Diseases at Columbia, told Spectrum News.
The new center builds on the school’s long-standing commitment to LGBTQ health and will study health among sexual and gender minority populations across the lifespan, with an emphasis on resilience.
“It’s a tragedy,” said Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. “A lot of that tragedy was avoidable and it’s still happening.”
