Faculty Honors

2024

 

  • Nour Makarem, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, was elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) conferred by the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention (EPI). Fellowship recognizes and awards premium professional members for excellence, innovative and sustained contributions in the areas of scholarship, practice and/or education, and volunteer service within the AHA/ASA.
  • Myrna Weissman, Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, is the recipient of the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation’s Alma Dea Morani Award
  • Ana Navas-Acien was named the next Leon Hess Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, effective July 1, 2024, succeeding interim chair Regina Santella. Read more
  • paper on Pthalates and Preterm Births by Drs. Ami Zota and Julie Herbstman, Selected as National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Paper of the Month
  • Diana Hernández, PhD, associate professor of Sociomedical Sciences, and Parisa Tehranifar, DrPH, associate professor of Epidemiology, were among 10 Columbia University Irving Medical Center faculty members who were inducted into the Academy of Community and Public Service on Jan. 30 in recognition of their community and public service efforts. Learn more
  • Research by Tiffany Sanchez and colleagues Anne Nigra and Ana Navas-Acien in Environmental Health Sciences on Blood and Urinary Metal Levels among Marijuana Users was the most read paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspective