Kenrick Cato’s love of health care came from his mother, a retired nurse, but the idea of becoming a nurse himself didn’t dawn on this ex-Army officer until a friend made the suggestion.
Breast cancer epidemiologist Jasmine McDonald, PhD, originally set out to become a laboratory researcher, but a chance conversation on a bus led her to switch fields.
A 2018 study found that children from poor neighborhoods fare worse after heart surgery compared with kids from wealthier areas. Now Columbia researchers are trying to understand why.
The concerns about healthcare costs after retirement are “realistic,” said Dr. John Rowe, a professor of health policy and management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
“Dramatic reductions” in the spread should begin this month if containment works, said Dr. Ian Lipkin, director of Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity.
A recent report about a fleeting fitness craze from the 70s may have revealed the identity of the first African American physician at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
"If you have a lot of people who are asymptomatic and not seeking medical care but are still contagious, you're going to have a very difficult time," says Jeffrey Shaman of Columbia University.
Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, a virus-hunter at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, was in China advising its Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
