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Watch a moving performance of Antonio Vivaldi's "Winter," a tribute to health care workers by Joshua Bell and Carnegie Hall. Among those who came together virtually to make this beautiful music is VP&S gastroenterologist Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, on cello. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/G_TdbYgJToc

VP&S researchers have created a new technology using synthetic llama antibodies to protect endangered proteins inside cells. The technology could treat dozens of diseases. In the case of one of the cystic fibrosis proteins we tested, we get a remarkable rescue, restoring protein levels in the cell membrane to about 50% of normal, says Henry Colecraft, PhD, the John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, who led the research. If that happened in a patient, it would be transformative. Read more: https://columbiamed.link/39MkOXn

#DYK: The foods you eat can affect how well you sleep? Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, associate professor of nutritional medicine at #ColumbiaVPS, studies the relationship between diet and sleep and has found the quality of carbs consumed throughout the day matters. Complex carbohydrates provide a more stable blood sugar level, says Dr. St-Onge. So if blood sugar levels are more stable at night, that could be the reason complex carbohydrates are associated with better sleep. Read more via The New York Times: https://columbiamed.link/3rabbbm

Researchers at Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics, UCLA, and Northeastern have begun helping the FDA in its effort to monitor the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, and other biologic products. Read more about their efforts: https://columbiamed.link/3ga4osT

#Attn Columbia University Irving Medical Center community, our Holiday Drive has begun! This year we're collecting funds for local #WashingtonHeights and #Inw...ood community-based organizations & there's a friendly competition between schools! Donate for a chance to win a title for your team, weekly #giveaways, and a GRAND PRIZE! Give a gift and learn more at columbiamed.link/toydrive. - Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia Public Health Columbia University School of Nursing Columbia University College of Dental Medicine Columbia University Irving Medical Center Government and Community Affairs #donation #fundraising #toydrive #community #columbiauniversity #columbiamed #NewYorkCity #NewYork #NYC #Manhattan #giving See more

This is a moment we will never forget. As we begin to vaccinate our #HealthcareHeroes against #Covid19, we reflect on a safe, hopeful future thanks to those who... are dedicated to keeping us safe against the pandemic. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/#ColumbiaMed #IGotTheShot - #NewYorkCity #NewYork #NYC #Covid19Pandemic #pandemic #vaccinate #vaccine #medicine #frontline #hope See more

Will U.S. college students’ lives be forever transformed by #COVID19? Researchers at #ColumbiaVPS and New York State Psychiatric Institute are examining how millions of college students are addressing COVID-19 challenges, including academic/life plans, decision-making, substance use, and mental well-being. Read more: https://columbiamed.link/3mufn2j CC: Columbia Psychiatry

Columbia researchers have characterized a new class of ‘biomimetic’ drugs that plug a calcium channel implicated in the development of cancer and several other diseases. Study leader Alexander Sobolevsky, PhD, associate prof. of biochemistry & molecular biophysics at #ColumbiaVPS, explains. https://columbiamed.link/33Ebl0t

We hope you're having fun incorporating #masks into your #Halloween #costume this year! Our #1 costume option? A #HealthcareHero of course! Stay #safe and healt...hy while #trickortreating and help stop the spread of #covid19. - Columbia University School of Nursing Columbia Public Health Columbia University College of Dental Medicine Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University in the City of New York NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital #Halloween2020 #HappyHalloween #healthcare #HalloweenCostume

Check out the latest results for the 2020 CUIMC Holiday Toy Drive & Competition. This is the last week to donate and give back to our local communities in Washington Heights and Inwood. Go Team #ColumbiaVPS Healers!

Evelyn Berger-Jenkins, MD, assistant prof. of pediatrics at #ColumbiaVPS, has co-authored new recommendations to help pediatricians address emotional and behavioral health issues in children during the #COVID19 pandemic. "We recommend that pediatricians start to screen for emotional and behavioral problems if they don’t already do so," says Dr. Berger-Jenkins. "This should be combined with screening for social determinants of health, such as food security and family functioning, given the inextricable links between social and emotional health." Read more: https://columbiamed.link/39B2rV9

Today is the day! This Columbia Giving Day, you can make a critical impact on the students, faculty, and researchers who are turning their knowledge into action and changing the world. Give now: givingday.columbia.edu

Coronaviruses are adept at mimicking human immune proteins called complement, which may allow the viruses to gain a foothold in our bodies and cause disease, according to a new study from #ColumbiaVPS researchers. Read more: https://columbiamed.link/3kI67HC

New York City Council will soon vote on a community-led proposal to co-name the stretch of 168th Street between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue "Healthcare Heroes Way." In observance of ongoing efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic, the resolution honors faculty and staff at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and all health care workers who call Washington Heights and Inwood home. Thank you to our #HealthCareHeroes!

There is only one week left until #ElectionDay2020what's your voting plan? Early voting has begun in NYC and you can do so until Nov. 1, or be sure to vote on Election Day, next Tuesday, Nov. 3. Check your state deadlines at vote.org. #ColumbiaVotes #BeAColumbiaVoter #NewYorkCity

October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, and Eileen Connolly, MD, PhD, a #ColumbiaVPS radiation oncologist at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains how radiation treatment for breast cancer has improved in recent years due to advances in technology and an increased understanding of the disease. Read more: https://columbiamed.link/3kedmXn CC: Columbia Cancer

Congratulations to the six members of the #ColumbiaVPS communityVeronica Kane, Edith Antonio, Mohamed Diop, MD’20, Hasani Swindell, MD’16, Alyson Fox, and Spencer Amorywho were recently honored by the Kenneth A. Forde Diversity Alliance! Read more about their contributions to supporting diversity and minority health in medical education and patient care: https://columbiamed.link/2TqFPgR

A new study of Alzheimer’s genes suggests the disease in Blacks and whites is largely the same, but genetic changes that increase the risk of developing the disease differ between the two groups. Christiane Reitz, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology at #ColumbiaVPS and of epidemiology at Mailman School of Public Health, discusses the research. https://columbiamed.link/35svwOT CC: Columbia Public Health

People with congenital heart disease had a lower-than-expected risk for severe symptoms from #COVID19, according to a new study by #ColumbiaVPS researchers. Study co-leaders Matthew Lewis, MD, assistant professor of medicine at VP&S, and Brett Anderson, MD, MBA, the Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at VP&S, explain their findings. https://columbiamed.link/3kkJj03

New data from Columbia and other #ECMO centers throughout the world show that more than 60% of severe #COVID19 patients who receive ECMO, a heart-lung life support machine, survive. The results of this large-scale international registry study, while hardly definitive evidence, provide a real-world understanding of the potential for ECMO to save lives in a highly select population of COVID-19 patients, says senior author Daniel Brodie, MD, professor of medicine at #ColumbiaVPS and director of the Adult ECMO Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Read more: https://columbiamed.link/3m5PqpO

#ICYMI: David Buchholz, MD, senior founding medical director for primary care at Columbia, recently spoke about influenza myths and facts and how to protect yourself against the flu and stay safe. Watch a video and read more: https://columbiamed.link/3meVAUH

Breast cancer survival has improved by about 40% since the 1980s. #ColumbiaVPS oncologist Katherine Crew, MD, discusses how new genetic tests, treatments, and screening methods should further improve survival. Read more: https://columbiamed.link/30PkCkQ CC: Columbia Cancer #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

ColumbiaDoctors urologist Dr. Sven Wenske surprised his long-time patient, Eleanor Tobis Silverman, who has now lived through two pandemics, with a bouquet of f...lowers to celebrate her 102nd birthday. Read more about her incredible story: https://columbiamed.link/3nTFd1j Columbia University in the City of New York Columbia Urology

WATCH NOW: CUIMC Election Forum - follow this link: https://columbiamed.link/3k1HwwR

Students, faculty, and staff at #ColumbiaVPS are invited to join a virtual CUIMC Election Forum TODAY at 5 p.m. EST. Panelists will discuss health policy and the issues at stake in the #2020Election. Register online: https://columbiamed.link/3jRZhOZ CC: Columbia University Neighbors, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Government and Community Affairs