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NEWS

First Girl Jill Biden Speaks at CUIMC
First Girl Jill Biden, EdD, spoke on the Mailman College of Public Well being this week as a part of a roundtable dialogue with first women of eight African nations taking part within the International First Girls Academy. The primary multiday government schooling program designed particularly for first women coated subjects from efficient management and strategic policymaking to public well being system-strengthening. Learn extra about Biden’s go to and concerning the International First Girls Academy.

CUIMC Staff Collect for Ice Cream Social
Despite the wet climate on Tuesday, CUIMC workers and neighborhood members attended an ice cream social on Haven Plaza, having fun with a complete of 4,500 free frozen fruit or ice cream bars. Among the many medical heart leaders handing out frozen treats was VP&S Dean and CUIMC CEO Katrina Armstrong, MD. The occasion befell alongside the Fort Washington Greenmarket and likewise featured reside jazz music. Learn extra and watch a video.

Columbia Cardiologists Deliver Specialty Care to Sufferers’ Neighborhoods
Columbia’s Division of Cardiology is increasing neighborhood outreach efforts by teaming up with greater than 20 main care practices throughout New York Metropolis. A number of days every week, Columbia interventional heart specialist Babak “Bobby” Hassid, MD, visits main care practices to carry Columbia’s cardiology care nearer to house for sufferers whose communities typically lack such suppliers. Learn extra.

New Columbia Podcast Gives Kids’s Well being Recommendation for Mother and father
A brand new youngsters’s well being podcast from Edith Bracho-Sanchez, MD, a pediatrician at VP&S, options interviews with Columbia consultants on subjects starting from vitamin to display time to social and emotional improvement. “This can be a present for the busy fashionable mother or father who’s attempting to prioritize the issues that really matter for his or her children’ well being,” says Bracho-Sanchez. Learn extra and take heed to the podcast.

What to Know About Hydration and Vitality Drinks, In line with a Columbia Knowledgeable
Vitality drinks and hydration drinks could also be fashionable, however many comprise added sugar and sugar equivalents, chemical substances, and caffeine, which might result in important points when not consumed carefully. Columbia sports activities drugs doctor Elan Goldwaser, DO, explains the potential dangerous unintended effects of vitality drinks and the easiest way to remain hydrated. Learn extra.

EVENTS

ColumbiaDoctors Outreach With Dentistry and the Hypertension Middle
July 25, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Haven Plaza, Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169 Road
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Neuro-Oncology Wellness Webinar: Cognitive Rehab
July 27, 1 p.m., on-line
Register right here.

ColumbiaDoctors Outreach With Nurse Practitioner Group and Major Care
Aug. 1, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Haven Plaza, Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169 Road
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Request for Nominations: Mentor of the 12 months Award
Aug. 3, on-line
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Our Well being at 1.5 Levels and Past
Aug. 11, 11:15 a.m., Black Constructing, 650 W. 168 St., Room 16-419
Register right here.

GRANTS

MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Jeanine Genkinger, PhD, Epidemiology: $341,340 over 5 years for a subaward from the Nationwide Most cancers Institute for “Altered metabolism and machine studying for pancreatic most cancers early detection.”

Ami Zota, ScD, Environmental Well being Sciences: $288,287 over three years for a subaward from the California Breast Most cancers Analysis Program for “Taking Inventory: Lowering Breast Most cancers Dangers by Supporting Black Ladies’s Transitions to Pure Hair.”

VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS

Christoph Anacker, PhD, Psychiatry: $260,400 over 4 years from the European Fee for “Understanding, Predicting, and Treating Despair in Being pregnant to Enhance Moms and Offspring Psychological Well being End result ‘HAPPYMUMS.'”

Adam Brickman, PhD, Sergievsky Middle: $3,079,273 over three years from the Nationwide Institute on Getting old for “Cerebrovascular contributions to Alzheimer’s illness in adults with Down Syndrome.”

Henry Colecraft, PhD, Physiology & Mobile Biophysics: $449,834 over two years from the Nationwide Institute of Neurological Issues and Stroke for “Novel genetically encoded inhibitors to probe practical logic of Cav-beta molecular range.”

Remi Creusot, PhD, Medication: $849,900 over 5 years for a subaward from the Nationwide Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Illnesses for “Unraveling the tolerogenic potential of lymph node fibroblastic reticular networks in autoimmune diabetes.”

George Hripcsak, MD, Biomedical Informatics: $325,000 over two years from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for “Open supply ontologies to energy an open science neighborhood.”

Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative: $260,000 over 4 years from the Damon Runyon Most cancers Analysis Basis for “Emergency myelopoiesis pathways as widespread drivers of clonal dominance and illness development in acute myeloid leukemia.”

HONORS

VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS

The Irving Institute for Medical and Translational Analysis has introduced 4 new Herbert and Florence Irving Students for the 2023-2026 cohort: Elana J. Bernstein, MD, Medication; Kiran T. Thakur, MD, Neurology; Joshua Weiner, MD, Surgical procedure; and Kelley Yan, MD, PhD, Medication.

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IN THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

USA TODAY
Need to Dwell More healthy Longer? Scientists Goal to Enhance Life High quality Over Amount
Jul 10, 2023 – In one of many first such trials, researchers at Columbia College are at present recruiting feminine volunteers to see if rapamycin may also help delay the beginning of menopause. Round age 50, ovaries start to undergo a measurable getting older course of, mentioned Dr. Zev Williams, chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Columbia College Irving Medical Middle. Threat for coronary heart illness and different well being issues enhance after menopause, he mentioned, and early elimination of ovaries can shorten lifespan.

The Wall Road Journal
You Usually Really feel Distracted. Do You Really Have ADHD?
Jul 6, 2023 – The American Skilled Society of ADHD and Associated Issues is engaged on establishing pointers. Medical doctors do have standards for diagnosing grownup ADHD, however the group says docs want extra specifics on the way to determine signs of the situation. “Individuals are self-identifying,” says Dr. Frances Levin, a psychiatry professor at Columbia College and co-chair of the committee creating the rules.

The Washington Put up
Is a Massive Journey with Your Toddler Price It? What Reminiscence Consultants Say.
Jul 10, 2023 – Ryan Sultan, an assistant professor of medical psychiatry at Columbia College, says that journeys involving lively participation and sensory stimulation might go away a deeper impression on younger youngsters. “To make experiences extra memorable, take into account actions that cater to their pursuits,” he says. “A go to to a youngsters’s museum or a zoo could be extra memorable than passively sightseeing.”