At Columbia, Lauren Fields has delved deep into medical training to find an interest in psychiatry while nurturing a love of poetry. She is among the first cohort of VP&S Equity and Justice Fellows.
Stephanie Granada is the first in her family to graduate from college and medical school. She was drawn to Columbia by a desire to be a doctor-in-training in an urban, Spanish-speaking community.
“The vaccine is doing what it’s supposed to do,” said Jeffrey Shaman, an infectious-disease modeler at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.
Scientists at Columbia took high-res images of a heat-sensing molecule in ground squirrels that could help researchers understand how we sense temperature and lead to the design of new pain relievers.
The funding is needed urgently, said Salim S. Abdool Karim, a professor of clinical epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
Scientists have found that many esophageal cancers turn on ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, a finding that could lead to improvements in immunotherapy.
The leaders of the Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association at VP&S mobilized during the rise in anti-Asian hate to secure more support for Asian American students at CUIMC.
