Jeffrey Shaman, an epidemiologist at Columbia University, started with a simple assumption, that the fatality rate for people infected in China was roughly the same as it presently is in the U.S.
Through the Columbia-Harlem Homeless Medical Partnership, dental students from Columbia University and other CUIMC community members provide medical care for underserved people in West Harlem.
Though the suicide rate among youth in the juvenile justice system is two to three times higher than average, few youth get the treatment they need. Columbia Psychiatry is developing a way to help.
14-year-old Hudson, who received treatment at Columbia for autoimmune neutropenia, raised money to create an arts project for children at Columbia’s pediatric hematology and oncology clinic.
Eric Kandel, MD, was honored on Feb. 9 with a program, exhibit, and reception that recognized his contributions to Columbia, the field of neuroscience, and the world beyond Columbia.
