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A significant amount of #research takes place in universities, “where doctors, scientists, and engineers make critical discoveries that lead to treatments people use every day," says James McKiernan, MD, CEO of ColumbiaDoctors.
Every treatment has a journey of discovery.
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Is the pandemic over? Are there new #vaccines? Can we prepare for future viral threats? Answers to these questions & more at COVID-19 #Vaccines: Unfinished Business. Register now for the 2022 #VaccineSymposium, Mar 28-Apr 1: columbiamed.link/vaccinesymp…
@Columbia #ColumbiaMed #COVID19
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.@Columbia neuroscientist Dr. Eric Kandel was a refugee, who fled to the US in 1939. In 2000, he won the @NobelPrize nytimes.com/2012/03/06/scien…
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Congratulations to #ColumbiaMed's Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD (@anavasac), for being one of six members appointed by @POTUS to the White House National Cancer Advisory Board! 👏
Read more: columbiamed.link/3l36p0A
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Match Day! Good luck to all our students finding out where they will be practicing medicine next year 🙏 #Match2016
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Columbia welcomes CAR-T pioneer Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, as the inaugural director of the new Columbia Initiative for Cell Engineering and Therapy and director of the Cancer Cell Therapy Initiative at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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ALT Columbia welcomes Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD, Director of the Columbia Initiative for Cell Engineering and Therapy and director of the Cancer Cell Therapy Initiative in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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250 years ago today—on November 2, 1767—@Columbia's medical school opened its doors to students for the first time. Happy birthday!!! 🍰
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BREAKING: Columbia will award the 2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, for trailblazing work on messenger RNA vaccines for COVID-19.
Read about their pioneering work: cuimc.columbia.edu/news/horw…
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Your words mean so much to us, @StephenAtHome - your support has lifted the spirits of our triage #nurses and all of our #HealthcareHeroes on the frontline of the #COVID19 pandemic. #thankyoufrontline
THANK YOU to the triage nurses at @nyphospital & @columbiamed. ❤️
To acknowledge the frontline heroes in your life, express your gratitude using the hashtag #thankyoufrontline. To give, text Fight19 to 51555 or visit nyp.org/thankyoufrontline.
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We find comfort knowing that our front line is protected with #PPE while braving the #COVID19 pandemic. Thank you to our @ColumbiaEM, @NYEmergency & @nyphospital #healthcareheroes who give their all to our patients no matter the risk. @ColumbiaDoctors 👏👏👏
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Today @Columbia launched a new scholarship program that will make us the first medical school in the nation to replace student loans with scholarships for all students who qualify for financial aid.
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This is a moment we will never forget. As we begin to vaccinate our #HealthcareHeroes against #Covid19, we reflect on a safe, hopeful future thanks to those who are dedicated to keeping us safe against the pandemic. @nyphospital/#ColumbiaMed #IGotTheShot #NewYorkCity
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We're excited to announce #ColumbiaMed’s newest #CEO & Dean of @ColumbiaPS: @katrinarmstrong, MD! 👏 Dr. Armstrong comes to the CUIMC family from @harvardmed & @MGHMedicine and will officially join us in March 2022. columbiamed.link/3dLGSCj
@Columbia @MassGeneralNews #nyc #welcome
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Columbia University Announces New $400 Million Gift from Roy and Diana Vagelos.
Learn more: columbiamed.link/4ecuoRt
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Help is on the way! Medical students in their final year at @ColumbiaPS will graduate a month early & be offered temporary employment at @nyphospital to join the fight against the #COVID19 pandemic: bit.ly/2UyZZVW
#columbia #nyc @Columbia #BeatTheVirus #FridayMotivation
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On Monday June 8, at 2 PM EDT we are asking faculty, staff, & students to join together with our colleagues @nyphospital & @WeillCornell in observing 9 min of silence. We ask you to do so in support of colleagues, family, friends, neighbors, & all who have experienced racism.
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Another gorgeous autumn day in Upper Manhattan 🍂 🍁
(Photo by @Columbia STEM teacher Faruk Hassan)
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Congratulations! 🥳
Truly honored for the Schaefer Award of @ColumbiaMed. Thanks to the award committee for this recognition, my collaborators, mentors & colleagues in @Kizil_Lab_DZNE - excellent scientists, without whom the beautiful #zebrafish science wouldn’t be possible. This goes most to them!
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#BREAKING: The Dr. Lorna Breen Act has been signed by @POTUS. This law will "break down the stigma of #mentalhealth care, providing education & training to prevent suicide” -@AngelaMMills
@Columbia @ColumbiaEM @WhiteHouse #ColumbiaMed #SuicidePrevention
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BREAKING: Approx. 1,000 #COVID19 tests are now being processed daily by the Clinical Microbiology Lab at @nyphospital / CUIMC and 50 tests a day will look for antibodies in people who have recovered. Read more: bit.ly/2y2pGGP
@Columbia #NYC #BeatCOVID19 #news #update
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Excited for you to join us! 🥳
I am happy to announce that I am starting at @Columbia @ColumbiaMed as an Associate Professor. I am thrilled to continue and expand on our work in #zebrafish on #Alzheimer’s disease in the great New York City at this great university! Stay tuned! 🎉 🐟
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They’re #ColumbiaMed cardiologists, of course they had to hop on this trend! 😉
February is #AmericanHeartMonth — what better way to kick it off than sharing #hearthealthy tips from the best experts in the game?! Listen to a few tips that may save your life.
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Emergency #physicians & #married couple, Drs. @bernardchangmd + Anisa Heravian, share their unique perspective about being on the #frontlines & staying connected while navigating new #parenthood during the #COVID19 pandemic: bit.ly/36bH9tq
@nyphospital @ColumbiaDoctors
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The journey begins here. Welcome to @Columbia and the profession of medicine, Class of 2020! #whitecoat
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#CancerFilm is the story of the most significant challenge in human history. Thanks @PBS, for telling it so well!
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With the days getting longer & the itch for spring #cleaning in the air, it's important to learn about the 🧽🫧 products you may use and their possible hazards.
@ColumbiaEM toxicologist Dr. Adam Blumenberg (@ABlumenbergMD) shares what you should know.
➡️ columbiamed.link/3Iy0IAh
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Today members of the #ColumbiaMed family will march proudly in the #HometownHeroesNYC ticker-tape #parade honoring all who served on the frontlines of the #covid19 #pandemic here in #NYC! 🙏🏼💙
@Columbia @ColumbiaDoctors @nyphospital #StrongerTogether #NewYork #healthcare #Heroes
ALT Group photo of healthcare workers holding their parade banner displaying the Columbia University Irving Medical Center logo.
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Inspired by a rare genetic mutation that shields people from viral infections, a @ColumbiaPS immunologist is working on a therapy that could give the rest of us the same protection.
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.@Columbia neuroscientist Dr. Eric Kandel was a refugee, who fled to the US & won the @NobelPrize #WorldRefugeeDay nytimes.com/2012/03/06/scien…
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Our new medical education building opened this week. Enjoy the state-of-the-art facilities... & the views, students!
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Columbia will award the 2024 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Scott Emr and Wesley Sundquist for discovering the ESCRT pathway and revealing how it works.
Read more: columbiamed.link/47uD4jS
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Today we gathered in #WashingtonHeights to celebrate the co-naming of 168th between Broadway & Ft. Washington. #HealthcareHeroesWay honors the sacrifice of #frontlineworkers during the #covid19 #pandemic. 🙏 💙 columbiamed.link/2S5jdF5
@Columbia @nyphospital @AngelaMMills @ydanis
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Last Friday, @NYEmergency residents received haircuts from stylist & colorist extraordinaire, @ShaunSureThing. Thanks to @AngelaMMills & @TheGargFather, some of our incredible #HealthCareHeroes were able to enjoy a quick break and a bit of pampering at a makeshift salon. #COVID19
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The first doses of the #covid19vaccine are helping ensure that our #healthcareprofessionals can continue to keep all of us #safe - and we will never stop thanking them for fighting on the #frontline of this #pandemic.
#HealthCareHeroes ... ✅
#Vaccinations ... ✅
#COVID19 ... ❌
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Tonight we're teaming up with the @Yankees to run free #prostatecancer screenings at Yankee stadium #ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth #Yankees
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Diana Berrent, a #COVID19 survivor, emerged from isolation & headed straight to CUIMC to be the 1st person screened as a potential plasma donor in the fight against this pandemic. Thanks to @CarolynGusoff for reporting! @nyphospital @dianaberrent @Columbia
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#ICYMI philanthropist, father & #Swiss tennis superstar @rogerfederer gave a surprise #thankyou via @ESPNS to one of our very own #nurse practitioners, Christianne Calderon, for her life-saving dedication to #COVID19 critical care patients. @ColumbiaNursing @nyphospital @malaya79
"You are the hero." 😍
The moment @rogerfederer surprised a health worker in New York with a message of support!
🎥: @ESPNtenis #COVID19
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#Congratulations to professor & Chief of Staff of #Neurology @ColumbiaPS, Dr. Olajide Williams on being named to @CrainsNewYork 2021 Notable in Health Care list in honor of his dedication to a future of #equitable & #inclusive #healthcare! @ColumbiaDoctors columbiamed.link/36D6L3m
ALT Picture of Dr. Olajide Williams, professor and Chief of Staff of Neurology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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#ColumbiaMed bioengineers have devised a way to grow engineered skin in complex, 3D shapes, making it possible to construct, for example, a seamless “glove” of skin cells that can be easily slipped onto a severely burned hand.
Learn more: columbiamed.link/3DtW2cy
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We’re excited to welcome Dr. Jay Vyas, as our new Assoc. Dean for Academic Innovation & Director of Physician-Scientist Programs at the Vagelos Institute for Basic Biomedical Science. He'll also join the Division of Infectious Diseases in @CUIMCDeptofMed.
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New research: @Columbia scientists find a new Coronavirus variant that is spreading in the New York City region cuimc.columbia.edu/news/new-…
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Congratulations to Columbia scientist Joachim Frank, PhD, on receiving the 2017 #NobelPrize in Chemistry! ow.ly/ocRb30fD61p
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A famous @Columbia grad just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Right now, our doctors, nurses, researchers & medical staff are all on the front lines of the #COVID2019 pandemic. Let’s fight this #together. Learn how you can help @ giving.cuimc.columbia.edu/co….
#nyc #CoronavirusNYC #columbia #helpfromhome #BEATTHEVIRUS #healthcareheroes @Columbia
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Don’t forget to #ClapBecauseWeCare @ 7 pm tonight! Show our #healthcareheroes that #NYC supports them & appreciates the work they’re doing in the battle against #COVID19! @Columbia @CUMC_GCA @ColumbiaDoctors @nyphospital @ColumbiaMSPH @ColumbiaSurgery @ColumbiaEM @ColumbiaNursing
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#Congratulations to @ColumbiaPS, @ColumbiaNursing, & @ColumbiaMSPH for this year's ranking among the top #gradschools in the nation! We're thrilled to see you among the #top5 in your respective categories in the @usnews report.
@Columbia
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We are live for the second day of our virtual global health symposium focused on the #COVID19 vaccine development, strategy and implementation. #VaccineSymposium pscp.tv/w/cwPa2TE5OTY0fDFSRE…
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Thanks for visiting @ProSyndicate, keep up the good work supporting #ALS research! Thx for not breaking anything too chideo.com/chideo/syndicate-…
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Our world-class researchers are pushing forward in the fight against #COVID19. Read more in this feature from #Bloomberg about the critical work being done by Dr. David Ho and his team:
bloom.bg/3b4hfJo @business @RobertLangreth @susanberfield #columbia
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Congrats to @Columbia #NobelPrize winner @joachimfrank, named one of @CarnegieCorp's #GreatImmigrants carnegie.org/news/articles/j…
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We are thrilled to announce a $175 million gift from Roy & Diana Vagelos for biomedical research education; the gift will grow the ranks of early career researchers to advance scientific discoveries and improve the lives of patients.
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In the face of #COVID__19, the support & love for Dr. Kato of @ColumbiaDoctors and @ColumbiaSurgery shows that #nyc is truly #StrongerTogether. 💪🙌👏
#coronavirus #Survivor @Columbia
"Kato! Kato! Kato!" We are so thrilled to share that after a two-month battle with COVID-19, Dr. Tomoaki Kato was discharged from the hospital yesterday! Our cheers say it all, we will be riding this joy for a long time.
More @ColumbiaMed: cuimc.columbia.edu/news/kato…
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.@Columbia doctors used #3Dprinting to fix a baby boy's heart. Here's how: newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/b…
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, @columbiacancer's Dr. Yvon Woappi (@DrWoappi) is sharing advice for aspiring scientists and the importance of "inclusive excellence."
Learn about key moments from his upbringing that helped shape the #scientist he is today: columbiamed.link/3lhCIJ6
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At #ColumbiaMed, we take great pride in providing exceptional #patientcare. We are incredibly proud of our #healthcareheroes at @ColumbiaDoctors and @nyphospital & we are honored to be ranked + part of the 4th #BestHospital in the nation, and best hospital in #NYC by @usnews.
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#DYK Drs. Keith Reemtsma & Eric Rose from the @ColumbiaPS Department of Surgery performed the first successful #HeartTransplant in a child on
June 9, 1984? We are proud of our #ColumbiaMed pioneers in pediatric care. #NYPKids #HeartHealth @nyphospital
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Scientists capture first image of major brain receptor, involved in memory & learning, in action.
Learn more: newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/b…
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.@ColumbiaPS students celebrated #MatchDay, joining fellow medical students across the country in learning where they will start their residencies.
This exciting day marks the next phase of their journey in medicine. 🩺 Congratulations to all who found their matches! #Match2024
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During these turbulent times, we would like to remind you to be aware not only of your surroundings, but of yourself. Stay healthy by recognizing the signs and symptoms of #COVID2019 -
• Fever
• Cough
• Difficulty Breathing
• Headache
Learn more at cuimc.columbia.edu/coronavir…
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A winter's view of the Hudson river from one of our neuroscience labs. What an inspiring scene for doing research!
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#ColumbiaPsych's Martin Picard, PhD., (@MitoPsychoBio) is testing the impact of stress on mitochondria and how that affects mental health in people.
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As a professor of biomedical engineering & director of research for stem cell and tissue engineering @Columbia, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic has a profound and poetic approach to her work. Read about the intersection of her art and science: @NarrativeMed columbiamed.link/3cLw8nO
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On the growing divisiveness of the public health issue regarding wearing #masks to protect from #COVID19, Dr.@Craig_A_Spencer says "We need to convince, as opposed to compel or mandate.”
CC: @ColumbiaMSPH
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Florence & Herbert Irving have given $700 million to @Columbia & @nyphospital to dramatically advance #cancer research & treatment, building on 3 decades of support for @ColumbiaMed & @columbiacancer. ow.ly/a0U330gCPHr
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.@drcarlhart on how media distortions can influence even scientific knowledge about the consequences of drug use vice.com/read/a-neuroscienti…
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Today's #GoogleDoodle honors @Columbia's own Dr. Virginia Apgar, who devised a test that has saved millions of babies. Thank you, Dr. Agpar! cnet.com/google-amp/news/goo…
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Our nursing graduates are all smiles after their ceremony today. Well done all! 👏🎓 #ColumbiaCommencement
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#BlackHistoryMonth Spotlight: Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD
“What makes a good or bad parent? And can we do anything to help?” Learn more about how @bjmarlin is working to answer these questions & more with her lab at @columbia’s @zuckermanbrain Institute.
columbiamed.link/3jA5AYh
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A message from #ColumbiaMed, @nyphospital, and @WeillCornell leadership in response to the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd.
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We are grateful for the invaluable work, sacrifice and diligence of every employee at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Thank you to each and every member of our #ColumbiaMed family, and we wish you a safe, happy, and healthy #LaborDay!
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Today a few members of our #ColumbiaMed community rang the Closing Bell 🔔 @NYSE in honor of the #RollUpYourSleeves PSA launch to encourage all eligible #NewYorkers to get #vaccinated to protect themselves & their communities from #covid19.
ALT CUIMC employees ringing the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
ALT CUIMC employees signing the wall at the New York Stock Exchange.
ALT CUIMC employees touring the New York Stock Exchange.
ALT CUIMC employees clapping and celebrating the ringing of the Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Spotted in #Manhattan: real live #superheroes! 🙌💪 #NYC showed up to honor #ColumbiaMed & all #essentialworkers @ the #HometownHeroesNYC parade this week. #Thankyou #Heroes for leading us through the #covid19pandemic 💙 @Columbia @ColumbiaDoctors #ColumbiaUniversity #NewYorkCity
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Congrats to Kevin, Jason & Katherine. As students, they created a low-cost tech solution for the #Ebola crisis
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🔴 WATCH LIVE: @Columbia's University-wide commencement ceremony.
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Congrats to the Class of 2018! 🎓 👏
#ColumbiaCommencement
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Our Columbia community is celebrating with CUMC scientist Joachim Frank, PhD, winner of the 2017 #NobelPrize in Chemistry!
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The E.E. Just Scholars program is a collaboration between #ColumbiaMed & @UNCF that aims to increase the number of Black researchers at top-tier biomedical #research institutions and the diversity of voices and experiences in the life sciences.
Read more: columbiamed.link/3decUcV
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Learn how @Columbia doctors used 3D printing to fix an infant's heart: newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/b…
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Congratulations to Dr. Victoria North, whose passion for ballet led to a career in medicine #columbiacommencement
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Meet #actuallivingscientist Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD, who studies the neuroscience behind parental behavior facebook.com/columbiaps/phot…
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We’re celebrating #PrideMonth here at #ColumbiaMed & the #freedom to be you! To all of our #LGBTQ patients, #healthcare providers, students, staff & community: we stand with you.🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
cc: @nyphospital @Columbia @ColumbiaDoctors
#NYC #healthequity #NewProfilePic #pride #columbia
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The Association of American Physicians has elected six @ColumbiaPS physician-scientists to its ranks: Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, Philip De Jager, MD, PhD, Dawn Hershman, MD, MS, Michio Hirano, MD, David Ho, MD, and Steven Marx, MD. columbiamed.link/3ggVD2z #Congratulations!
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While we continue to learn how asymptomatic #COVID19 cases affect the body, Dr. Neil Schluger, chief of pulmonary, allergy and critical care medicine says some cases may still experience mild lung inflammation. Read more:
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Dr. Katrina Armstrong became CEO of #ColumbiaMed & Dean of @ColumbiaPS in 2022. The first woman to oversee the medical center & medical school, Dr. Armstrong shares what leadership in #medicine means for her this #WomensHistoryMonth.⚕️
Read more: columbiamed.link/3TOgrjm
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On June 8, hundreds of members of the #CUIMC community, along with colleagues at @nyphospital and @WeillCornell observed 9 minutes of silence to demonstrate a shared commitment to making Black lives matter at @Columbia and beyond. bit.ly/3f88SyG
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Congrats to our dentistry students who have just completed 2nd yr. Today marks the day they begin treating patients
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Head over to #GoodMorningAmerica on #Instagram tomorrow, 3/18, @ 4PM ET to get your #covid19 + #kids questions answered #LIVE by phenomenal #pediatrician @DoctoraEdith of @KidsAtColumbia!
#ColumbiaMed #GMA #asktheexperts #NYPKids #nyc
@GMA @nyphospital @ColumbiaDoctors @Columbia
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We have just digitized some important historical medical texts. Check them out here: newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/b… #TBT
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#Match2016 in a word? Emotional. Here's how our future doctors reacted to finding out where they'll be next year
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Learn how Columbia doctors used 3D printing to fix a baby boy's heart: newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu/b…
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Today at 2PM we ask that you join us in observing 9 minutes of silence in support of black colleagues, family, friends, neighbors, & all who have experienced racism. @ColumbiaMSPH @ColumbiaCDM @ColumbiaPS @ColumbiaNursing @nyphospital @WeillCornell
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After nearly dying from #COVID19 last year, Dr. Tomaoki Kato, the world-renowned transplant surgeon, reflects on his recovery and completing his eighth #NewYorkCity Marathon.
columbiamed.link/3kZMEE6
@nyphospital @Columbia @ColumbiaSurgery @ColumbiaDoctors
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Happy Nat'l #WomenPhysiciansDay. Today, we honor the unwavering dedication, leadership, and resilience of women in a traditionally male-dominated field. We also acknowledge the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.
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📣 Today at 11 AM EST, 168th St. between Broadway & Fort Washington will be co-named #HealthcareHeroesWay in honor of our #ColumbiaMed/@nyphospital teams who have been #essential to the care of #NYC. Join us in person on NW 168th St. & hear from @AngelaMMills, @ydanis, & more!
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We couldn't be prouder of the Class of 2020 and all that they have accomplished and overcome. Look out for the blue tonight at the #empirestatebuilding in #NYC!
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@Columbia @ColumbiaNursing @ColumbiaMSPH @ColumbiaCDM @ColumbiaAlumniA #RoarLions2020
NYC’s iconic @EmpireStateBldg will be Columbia blue for the Class of 2020 TONIGHT, Wednesday 5/20. Capture the magic and tag us! #ColumbiaUniversity #RoarLions2020 bit.ly/3dF3QZR
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Yesterday, genetics student Sarah Joseph spotted a whale swimming up the Hudson from her room in Bard Hall. Wow! 🐳 nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Wh…
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