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Physician Affiliate Group of New York’s 9th Annual Research Day Showcases Transformative Research to Combat Health Disparities in NYC

The event, co-hosted by the HICCC, featured poster presentations of 100 research abstracts

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Announcement
Annual HICCC Research Symposium Explores Cancer Metabolism Research at Columbia

Researchers, physician-scientists, trainees, and community members across Columbia gathered to explore the rapidly evolving field of cancer metabolism.

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Research
Monifa Maat: Bridging Health, Art, and Research for Community Healing

After participating in HICCC's Community Science Institute, Monifa Maat joined Columbia full-time, continuing her work blending arts and research to combat health disparities in her community.

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Community, Outreach and Engagement
Demystifying Prostate Cancer for Men’s Health Month

Joel DeCastro, MD, MPH, debunks some of the most common myths surrounding prostate cancer, like outdated beliefs about screening tests, treatment options, and its effect on sexual health.

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Prostate Cancer

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Breaking Down Breast Cancer Disparities

October 30, 2024

Adana Llanos, PhD, MPH, discusses the latest in breast cancer inequities following the American Cancer Society (ACS) biennial update of breast cancer statistics among women in the United States.

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Breast Cancer
Hacking Bacteria to Attack Cancer

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CUIMC Newsroom

October 24, 2024

Columbia researchers led by Nicholas Arpaia, PhD, and Tal Danino, PhD, have engineered probiotic bacteria that educate the immune system to destroy cancer cells.
Breast Surgery: Deciding Between a Lumpectomy and a Mastectomy

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NYP Health Matters

October 24, 2024

Arith Reyes, MD, shares the latest research on breast cancer patients who opted for breast-conservation surgery, such as lumpectomy, and those who underwent mastectomies.

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Breast Cancer
What is Genetic Testing for Cancer?

October 21, 2024

Elana Levinson, MS and Kimberly Hilfrank, MS, MPH, CGC discuss why genetic testing and counseling is so important for cancer prevention.

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Cancer
New Study Unveils DIISCO: A Revolutionary Method for Analyzing Dynamic Intercellular Interactions in Cancer

October 14, 2024

A new paper from Elham Azizi's lab and collaborators has been accepted in Genome Research, marking a significant advancement in the study of dynamic single-cell interactions.

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Research
Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD: Paying It Forward

October 11, 2024

Ricardo Cruz-Acuña, PhD' s hunger for research and learning began early. Now, with his own lab at the HICCC, he advocates for the new generation of underrepresented minority scientists.

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Research

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