“They recognize a gap in their education, and I create a safe space to wrestle with deep questions,” said Lydia Dugdale, who teaches a philosophy seminar for medical students at Columbia.
Alex Halliday, director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, discusses the process for designing Columbia’s new Climate School and why CUIMC faculty, staff, and students should get involved.
Six physicians-scientists—Wendy Chung, Philip De Jager, Dawn Hershman, Michio Hirano, David Ho, and Steven Marx—were elected as fellows, and Linda Fried received AAP’s lifetime achievement award.
“These variants emerged because we continued to give the virus more chance to spread,” said David D. Ho, whose lab at Columbia University is studying the P.1 variant first discovered in Brazil.
Mailman's ICAP program is well-known for its efforts in fighting HIV, malaria, and TB around the world, but they're also busy in the fight against COVID-19 in nearby Harlem and Bronx neighborhoods.
Researchers found that generalized inflammation can disrupt the chemicals necessary for communication between brain cells, says Maura Boldrini, first author of the study.
