The new $10 million Columbia-Pfizer Clinical Trials Diversity Initiative will aim to reduce health disparities by increasing the participation of underrepresented minorities in clinical trials.
A new partnership with Spelman College, a historically black college for women, connected budding scientists at Spelman with Columbia faculty for a summer of learning and scientific exploration.
Welcome, Dr. Sam Yoon, who joins the Department of Surgery and will head the new Division of Surgical Oncology and serve as vice chair of surgical oncology, research, and education.
The HICCC has awarded the 2021 Early Career Development pilot grants to Drs. Uchenna Unachukwu, Karie Runcie, and Alessandro Vasciaveo for their innovative cancer research.
New grant addresses skin cancer and HPV cancer prevention in Staten Island, where melanoma cases are higher than the rest of New York City and HPV vaccination rates have decreased.
Congratulations to Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD, recent recipient of the Charles H. Revson Senior Fellowship in Biomedical Science to support his work in esophageal adenocarcinoma.
A new article, coauthored by HICCC member Nathalie Moise, MD makes the case for doing more to promote anti-racist mental health care and to take steps for racial equity in clinics and communities.
