Health

Recent health and wellness news from across Columbia.

Columbia People: Jonathan Kornberg, Director of Instructional Technology at Irving Medical Center

Researchers found clumps of non-functioning hnRNP H and at least three other RNA-binding proteins in the brain cells of people who had died with ALS, frontotemporal dementia or both.

Columbia Technology Ventures nurtures laboratories and startups across Columbia's campuses, sparking innovative research and technologies.

Before deciding to become a doctor, Michael Hernandez wanted to be a priest. “I always loved the idea of helping people.” 

If he hadn’t nearly died, Jamal Lewis likely never would have found his way to the Mailman School of Public Health, and a life devoted to the field of environmental health.

Michael Alberto oversees Irving Medical Center’s central dining and catering service where his team is set to surpass 6,000 catered events this academic year.

Bard Hall is named for Samuel Bard (1742-1821), a founder of what is now Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

This is the new, state-of-the-art Center for Precision Dental Medicine, located on the fifth floor of the Vanderbilt Clinic on 168th Street, where the next generation of dentists is being trained.

Alumna Elizabeth Bishop Davis had a lifelong commitment to providing psychiatric services, gaining early experience at the LaFargue Clinic, a pioneer in providing mental health care in Harlem.