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As part of a new study funded by the Wellcome Trust, Darby Jack is measuring the effects of heat exposure during pregnancy on birth outcomes, child development, and overall mortality.
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A symposium commemorated the accomplishments of the program, one of the first academic programs in the world to address the deficiencies in health services provided in humanitarian response.
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Twenty years ago, when AIDS was devastating communities in sub-Saharan Africa, Columbia's Wafaa El-Sadr created an organization to save lives in some of the continent’s hardest-hit countries.
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In a new policy brief, experts from the Mailman School of Public Health and other institutions highlight the health risks of climate change and opportunities to improve health through decisive action.
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- September 8, 2015
A study by Mailman School of Public Health researchers links exposure to famine in the first trimester of pregnancy with the risk of developing diabetes in later life.
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- July 16, 2015
Some 100 million people in southeast Asia drink from shallow wells originally drilled to provide germ-free water, but many are contaminated with arsenic. Columbia researchers, including Mailman School scientists, are working to combat the issue.
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- March 19, 2015
Four P&S physicians—Joy Vink, Nasir Naqvi, Max O'Donnell, and Sameer Sheth—have been named 2015 Gerstner Scholars.
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- November 14, 2014
Columbia medical students wanted a way to learn about global health, so they helped create a lecture series.
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- November 12, 2014
While celebrating Dr. Spencer’s recovery, his colleagues have renewed their commitment to raising public understanding of the disease.
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- November 12, 2014
Reducing the time between Ebola diagnosis and treatment could dramatically alter the shape and size of the outbreak, says Columbia's Wafaa El-Sadr, MD.
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- October 6, 2014
Columbia Nursing confronts the Ebola outbreak, a tragic, textbook example of a public health crisis.
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- September 4, 2014
The milestone represents an important step on the path to confronting the global HIV epidemic.
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- July 21, 2014
Training program will prepare promising individuals for careers in interdisciplinary research, with a focus on HIV prevention, care, and treatment modalities.
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- July 1, 2014
Fogarty International Center has awarded $5.8 million to NYSPI and four other institutions to support work in low- and middle-income countries.
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