Upcoming Programs and Events
The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts a variety of programs and events for our members, patients, and community.
If you would like your event posted on this webpage, please contact the Communications Office at cucancercomms@cumc.columbia.edu.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023 to Saturday, May 6, 2023
Categories
- Basic Health Sciences
- Clinical Health Sciences
- College of Dental Medicine
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Columbia Nursing
- Education
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Healthcare
- Mailman School of Public Health
Course Details and Registration
Course Overview
The challenge of reversing the obesity epidemic has highlighted the need for new ways to teach complex skill sets which effectively target lifestyle behaviors, particularly diet and physical activity. Most health professionals (apart from registered dieticians) have little or no training in the science of nutrition, diet, physical activity, and facilitating behavior change.
This Obesity course provides an excellent overview of obesity medicine, focusing on nutrition, lifestyle, behavior change, and case management while integrating pharmacological and surgical options and covering childhood, adolescent, and adult populations.
Learning Objectives
Understand the complexity of the development and treatment of obesity.
Apply best practice approaches to preventing and treating pediatric and adolescent obesity.
Identify, classify and determine appropriate treatment approaches for people with obesity, including lifestyle, advanced pharmacological approaches, and bariatric surgery.
Create treatment plans for people with obesity that include motivational interviewing, behavior modification, and nutrition and physical activity plans.
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Venue
On Campus Schermerhorn Hall, Suite 601 (Conference Room)
On Wednesday, May 3rd (2:00 PM ET), the Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics welcomes Sriram Sankararaman, PhD (Associate Professor, Computer Science, UCLA). The seminar is hosted by Itsik Pe'er. The seminar will take place in Schermerhorn Hall, Suite 601 (conference room). If you wish to join remotely, please register here: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpdOyqrzksG9GqjMNl9Nb4UDcCuF1SK8hA
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Categories
- Basic Health Sciences
- Clinical Health Sciences
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
CSCI Columbia Stem Cell Initiative Seminar Series with Dr. Ya-Chieh Hsu, PhD
"Skin Deep: Stem Cells at the Nexus of the Niche, Physiology, and the External Environment"
Professor
Harvard University Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology
Thursday, May 11
11:30 AM
Hammer 401
Hosted by Claudia Doege, MD
Series sponsored by Sony Biotechnology, Inc.
For more info: ll3129@cumc.columbia.edu
https://www.stemcell.columbia.edu/
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Categories
- Basic Health Sciences
- Clinical Health Sciences
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI) Work in Progress (WIP) Series
Thursday, May 18
11:30 AM
Hammer Room 401
PRESENTERS:
Pierangela Palmerin/iPiero Dalerba lab
Heather Buchanan/Labs of Andrew Sproul & Andy Teich
An opportunity for Columbia’s community at large to learn about ongoing stem cell works happening in the labs affiliated with CSCI, and for CSCI trainee to receive feedback from the community. Each event will include two presentations by trainees of 20-minutes each, with time afterward for Q&A.
Pizza and refreshments will be provided.
For more info: ll3129@cumc.columbia.edu
https://www.stemcell.columbia.edu/
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Monday, June 12, 2023 to Friday, June 16, 2023
Categories
- Basic Health Sciences
- Clinical Health Sciences
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Columbia Nursing
- Education
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Healthcare
- Mailman School of Public Health
- School of Social Work
- Teaching and Learning
Program Overview
VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON CONFERENCE
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the most important advances that have recently been made in Internal Medicine, and to help candidates prepare for the Internal Medicine Boards or the Recertification Examination. Each of the major subspecialties will be covered including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, pulmonary disease, and rheumatology. Much of the material will be presented in lecture format by the best teachers and clinicians from the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. In addition, each specialty will have a case-based question and answer session using an interactive computer-based system. This system will allow you (anonymously) to test your knowledge in the different areas of medicine.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the course, participants will be better able to:
1. Understand the most current, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for key core competency-based topics in medicine.
2. Learn the latest knowledge & skills and apply them to daily practice.
3. Make recommendations for optimal management of many common diseases.
4. Diagnose and manage problems frequently encountered in the hospital and office.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Columbia University. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation Statement
Amedco LLC designates this live virtual activity for a maximum of x.x AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Categories
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Columbia Nursing
A one-day comprehensive series on the state of the science of environmental carcinogenesis and the role physicians, nurses, community leaders, and public health practitioners play in engaging on environmental chemicals and cancer risk reduction.
Sessions will cover:
• What we know about environmental exposures and cancers
• Community level exposures and how policy and systems-level changes can reduce the burden of cancer
• The role of health providers as trusted communicators addressing environmental exposures
Target Audience: clinicians, nurses, community leaders, public health practitioners
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