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Income Linked to Organ Transplant Access
Individuals living in higher income neighborhoods are more likely to have increased access to organ transplants.
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To Cut Teen Pregnancy, Stop Ignoring Men
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funds its first male-focused teen pregnancy study, led by Mailman School researchers.
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P&S Students Help Asylum-Seekers
The student-run Asylum Clinic at P&S provides pro bono medical evaluations to people seeking asylum in the United States.
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CUMC in the News
Reuters Health - 11/10/15
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S. Lawrence Zipursky, PhD, left, recipient of the 2015 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, speaks with Richard Axel, MD, University Professor and Nobel Laureate, at the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Dinner. Dr. Zipursky was awarded the prize for research on how the brain is wired. (Photo: Charles Manley).
Submit a photo of the week by email and find more community photos on our Instagram feed @ColumbiaMed.
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Featured Events
Reflexions Clinicians-Writers Event
Discussions and Book-Signings with Kimberly La Force, Owen Lewis, MD, and Michael Salcman, MD
11/18/15, 5-7 p.m., Neurological Institute Auditorium, 710 W. 168th St.
InnovateMED 2015
11/20/15, 1:30-4 p.m., Alumni Auditorium, 650 W. 168th St., First Floor
RSVP here.
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in the Clinical Sciences with Megan Sykes, MD
"New Windows into Human Allograft Tolerance and Rejection"
12/1/15, 4:30 p.m., Alumni Auditorium, 650 W. 168th St., First Floor
Annual Alexander Ming Fisher Lecture with Craig Spencer, MD
“Death and Dying in West Africa: Understanding Cultural Traditions and Conflicting Biomedical Imperatives During the Ebola Epidemic”
12/8/15, 4:30 p.m., Alumni Auditorium, 650 W. 168th St., First Floor
John M. Lewis Memorial Lecture with Stephen Goff, PhD
“Be Quiet – Silencing Retroviruses in Embryonic Stem Cells”
12/17/15, 4-5 p.m., Alumni Auditorium, 650 W. 168th St., First Floor
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Announcements
Food Drive: Help feed local residents in need through the Helping Hands Food Drive. Drop off non-perishable food items through Nov. 25 in the Hammer Health Sciences Center (LL1), Allen Rosenfield Building (lobby), Russ Berrie Pavilion (lobby), School of Nursing (lobby), and NYSPI (lobby). Donations will be distributed by the Fresh Youth Initiatives' Helping Hands Food Bank.
The Fort Washington Greenmarket will close for the season after Nov. 24 and return in the spring.
Flu vaccination is offered free to faculty and staff through Workforce Health & Safety. Those who work in NYP hospital space are required to be vaccinated or take an educational course about influenza and sign a declination form by Nov. 20.
Benefits enrollment: CUMC benefits-eligible employees must enroll in 2016 benefits by Nov. 20. Those who do not make elections for 2016 will be automatically re-enrolled in current 2015 elections for medical, vision, dental, Transit/Parking Reimbursement Program (T/PRP).
Voicemail migration: All CUMC voicemail accounts will be migrated to a new system on Dec. 2, 2015, at 6 a.m. If you have an existing voicemail account, a new one has been set up for you, but you must record your greeting.
To do so, call 317-8800, which is your new voicemail access number, and enter 1111 when prompted for a password. The system will guide you through changing your password and recording a greeting. From the time of migration forward, you will access voicemail by calling 317-8800 or using the message indicator button on your phone.
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