Mailman School Participates in Buffett-Gates Town Hall Discussion
On Monday, June 26, Dr. Allan Rosenfield, along with 22 students from the Mailman School, joined a select group at the New York Public Library to participate in a town hall discussion with Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Buffett's decision to transfer the bulk of his $40 billion fortune to the Gates Foundation.
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Ezra Susser and Sharon Schwartz Publish Book in Psychiatric Epidemiology
In June, Oxford University Press published the textbook "Psychiatric Epidemiology: Searching for the Causes of Mental Disorders," co-written by Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology, with Sharon Schwartz, PhD, associate professor of Epidemiology, Alfredo Morabia, PhD, of the University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland, and Evelyn Bromet of SUNY Stonybrook.
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Columbia Celebrates Allan Rosenfield's 20 Years as Dean
In June, Columbia University celebrated Allan Rosenfield's 20 years as Dean of the Mailman School and his pioneering work to advance health and human rights worldwide through innovative programs in reproductive health, maternal mortality, and the treatment of HIV-infected adults and children.
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Columbia Receives $16.9 Million Award from NIEHS to Study Origin and Health Effects of Arsenic in Ground Water
Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network announced that they have been awarded a five-year, $16.9 million grant renewal from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP). The grant will fund ongoing investigations into the health effects and geochemistry of arsenic and manganese exposure, particularly in groundwater of New England and South Asia.
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Colon Cancer Patients Who Stop Chemotherapy Double Death Rate
New research indicates that as many as 30 percent of patients with stage III colon cancer who were prescribed six months of chemotherapy with a combination of 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin stopped their treatment prematurely. Stopping chemotherapy for colon cancer was shown to be equivalent to receiving no treatment at all. The findings add to the arsenal of reasons why colon cancer patients, and all cancer patients, need to complete their chemotherapy regimens whenever possible.
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Study Examines Link Between Racial Discrimination and Mental and Physical Health
A study of the association between physical and mental health and racial discrimination conducted at the Mailman School, in collaboration with the Universities of Alabama, Michigan, and North Carolina, found that racial discrimination is associated with worse self-reported physical and mental health in African Americans, regardless of gender, skin color, and socioeconomic indicators.
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Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants Can Increase Children's Risk of Developmental Delay
Prenatal exposure to air pollutants in New York City can adversely affect child development, according to the results of a study released by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH). Previous studies have shown that the same air pollutants can reduce fetal growth (both weight and head circumference at birth), but this study, which examined a group of the same children at three years of age, is the first to reveal that those pollutants can also affect cognitive development during childhood.
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