By studying the gaze of experts as they assess images of the eye, data scientist Kaveri Thakoor has improved AI methods for glaucoma detection and developed a new way to instruct trainees.
Combining a diabetes drug with a cancer drug not only kills aggressive bladder cancer cells in mice, but also turns remaining malignant cells into a more benign state.
During her talk, “The Joy of Figuring Things Out,” Olinto told the audience that pursuing her dream of becoming an astrophysicist was challenging at times as a woman in a male-dominated field.
Children born during the pandemic, including those exposed to COVID in utero, were no more likely to screen positive for autism than unexposed or pre-pandemic children.
Findings from the Mailman School's HEATE project could inform policy interventions to safeguard the health and well-being of New Yorkers against the threat of extreme indoor temperatures.
The 2024 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award recognizes Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool Karim for global contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Editor's Note: Quarraisha Abdool Karim is a professor of epidemiology and Salim Abdool Karim is a CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
New faculty who recently joined VP&S include hospitalists, a doctor at the new ColumbiaDoctors Lincoln Center location, and an emergency medicine doctor also board-certified in sports medicine.