Physician-scientist Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, has been named chief of the Division of Clinical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics, effective Jan. 1, 2020.
The Epic Project Team will launch a structured personalization initiative within the first three months after go-live, an endeavor designed to meet practice-specific needs and improve patient care.
C. Elliott Strimbu, PhD, wanted to connect more with CUIMC's uptown community and found an opportunity through the Neighborhood Fund, for which he conducted a site visit of the Scandia Symphony.
The fellows were drawn from across Columbia University and have been selected to participate in the Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics, and Culture Project for the 2019-2020 academic year.
In the United States, the drug hydroxyurea has helped reduce strokes caused by sickle cell disease. Now a team from Columbia and Makerere University is testing if it can do the same in Uganda.
