Editor's Note: Hayley Born, whose research is featured in this piece, is an assistant professor of otolaryngology head and neck surgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Aimee Payne, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and dermatologist-in-chief at NYP/CUIMC.
A new study in mice shows that new neurons created in the brain during adulthood are needed to maintain working memory—the temporary “sticky notes” of the brain.
Columbia’s chief of pediatric critical care and hospital medicine, Hülya Bayır, MD, is researching ways to prevent disability or death after a child suffers a head injury.
Many researchers believe that the neurodegenerative disorder gets started in the gut. Columbia research now suggests that an autoimmune reaction may be driving those early events.
The center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, funded by the NIH, will support research to reduce pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality while promoting equity.
Patients with CMD seem to be able to hear and comprehend verbal commands even though they cannot carry out those instructions, study author Jan Claassen of Columbia University said in a statement.
“The era of ‘just go out and diet and exercise’ is now gone,’” said Dr. Rudolph Leibel, a professor of diabetes research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
