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SPURS: A Pipeline Program to Interest Under-Represented Students in Lab Research

A unique summer program, now in its 14th year, strives to attract more diversity to ranks of biomedical scientists. Two alumni of the program are currently studying at Columbia
Public Health

Battling Arsenic Poisoning in Southeast Asia

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.
Personalized Medicine

Precision Medicine: A Conversation with the Leader of Columbia’s Initiative

Tom Maniatis discusses the potential of precision medicine and how success will depend on Columbia’s commitment to building and enhancing multiple disciplines related to the field.
Neuroscience

Brain Network that Controls, Redirects Attention Identified

Researchers at Columbia have found that key parts of the human brain network that give us the power to control and redirect our attention—a core cognitive ability—may be unique to humans.
Campus News • Medical Education

Why Should Art Matter in Medical Education?

P&S students completing their first year of medical school took a break to view works of art–and to share some of the art they created in narrative medicine seminars.
Psychiatry

Junk Food May Increase Depression Risk

A diet high in refined carbohydrates may increase risks for not just obesity and diabetes, but also depression, according to a study by Columbia psychiatry researchers.