News Related to: Research
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Medical Marvels: Radiation Treatment for Pregnant Cancer Patient
In this segment we meet Pamela Sternberg. In 2013, she was given a devastating diagnosis when she was 22 weeks pregnant with her fourth son. She had a cancerous brain tumor.
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Researchers Study Alzheimer’s Disease in People with Down Syndrome
New studies at Columbia are designed to explain why some people with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer’s disease earlier than others and why some people with Down syndrome may never develop the...
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Major Complication of Parkinson’s Therapy Explained
"Researchers have discovered why long-term use of L-DOPA (levodopa), the most effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease, commonly leads to a movement problem called dyskinesia, a side effect...
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Welcome New Faculty!
New Clinicians and Basic Scientists Join Columbia Neurology
The Department of Neurology is pleased to welcome several new faculty members to both our clinical and basic science programs.
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Serge E. Przedborski to Head Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative
Serge E. Przedborski, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized clinician-scientist in the neurobiology of disease, has been appointed the inaugural director of the Columbia Translational...
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Congratulations to our National Institutes of Health (NIH) R25 Resident Research Training Program Awardees
David Chung, MD, PhD
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2014 American Academy of Neurology
Resident Shennan Weiss (PGY4) received the 2014 American Academy of Neurology Alliance Award: Founders Award, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in epilepsy research.
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Researchers Receive $12.6M NIH Grant to Study Alzheimer's Genetics
Columbia researchers are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a $12.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
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2014 American Academy of Neurology Awards: Resident Honored
Columbia resident recognized for epilepsy research.
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2014 American Academy of Neurology Awards: Dr. Catherine Schevon
Dr. Catherine Schevon receives the Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award.
