Events

E.g., 06/13/2021

  • Advances in Precision Medicine Seminar - Amit V. Khera, MD, Harvard

    Thursday, May 13, 2021
    4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
    Online Event
    • Basic Health Sciences
    • Clinical Health Sciences
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Healthcare
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    • Research
    "Human Genetics of Cardiometabolic Disease - A tool to uncover new biology, and enable enhanced clinical care" Amit V. Khera, MD Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Assistant Physician, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Director, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard   Dr. Khera, MD MSc, is a cardiologist, human geneticist, and population biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), group leader within the MGH Center for Genomic Medicine, Associate Director of the Program in Medical and Population Genetics and Merkin Institute Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He received his MD with Alpha Omega Alpha distinction from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and went on to complete clinical training in Internal Medicine and cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and MGH. He completed a Masters of Science at the Harvard School of Public Health and a postdoctoral research fellowship with Dr. Sekar Kathiresan in human genetics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard prior to accepting a faculty position. His research program (kheralab.org) uses genetic variation as a tool to uncover new biology and enable enhanced clinical care informed by inherited susceptibility. Dr. Khera has authored more than 80 scientific publications, including lead-authored publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Cell, Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Genetics, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Circulation. His work has been recognized as among the top ten research advances by the American Heart Association (in both 2016 and 2018), and he is the 2019 recipient of the Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award from the American College of Cardiology. In tandem with his research efforts, he founded and is co-leading a Preventive Genomics Clinic at MGH to provide a clinical infrastructure for genome-first medicine. Registration Required Monthly seminar series hosted by the Precision Medicine Resource of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and featuring leaders in the Precision Medicine field from across the nation.

  • Frontiers in Engineering & Medicine: Cancer + Biosensors

    Friday, May 14, 2021
    11:00 AM to 2:30 PM
    Online Event
    • Basic Health Sciences
    • Clinical Health Sciences
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Engineering
    • Healthcare
    • Other
    Frontiers in Engineering & Medicine: Cancer + Biosensors Friday, May 14, 2021 | 11:00AM - 2:30PM EDT (Zoom registration required.) DOWNLOAD THE EVENT PROGRAM FACULTY FACILITATORS Adam Bass (CUIMC) I Nicholas Arpaia (CUIMC) I Tal Danino (SEAS)   Columbia University’s Frontiers in Engineering and Medicine initiative strives to push the limits of what is possible and bring better care to patients now and into the future as a leading institution in technology development and patient care. A series of theme-centered ideation workshops aim to establish opportunities for cross-disciplinary engagement by surfacing ideas for what is not only currently achievable but also the adjacent possible and beyond. Each workshop will be moderated by faculty leads who will introduce the challenge and opportunities, sparking ideas from participating attendees and leading to collaborative research efforts. Our first clinical focus is cancer and is concentrated on the development and utility of biosensors for cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment. Ideas discussed that bring together medical and engineering researchers will be eligible for a new Cancer and Engineering pilot award this Spring.   HOSTED BY the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University.

  • Columbia Science and Health Equity Lecture Series

    Tuesday, May 18, 2021
    4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
    Online
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    "The Art, Science, and Rewards of Community Engagement" Register Here   Moderators: Rafael A. Lantigua, MD Professor of Medicine at CUMC Associate Dean for Community Service Director, Office of Community Service Programs Co-Director, Community Engagement Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons Muredach P. Reilly, MBBCH, MSCE Florence and Herbert Irving Endowed Professor of Medicine; Director, Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research Columbia University Irving Medical Center Panelists: Alejandra N. Aguirre, DrPH, MPH Assistant Director, Community Engagement Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Columbia University Irving Medical Center Elizabeth Gross Cohn, RN, PhD Adjunct Associate Research Scientist Co-Director, Community Engagement Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Columbia University Irving Medical Center Lena L. Green, DSW, LCSW, CLC Executive Director The Hope Center Sidney H. Hankerson, MD, MBA Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC Associate Director, Community Engagement Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Columbia University Irving Medical Center Fern Hertzberg, MSW Executive Director ARC Seniors Jewel Jones, MS, EdD Associate Director of Compliance and Diversity Deputy Title IX Coordinator Hostos Community College, CUNY Glenn McMillan Community Health Worker Columbia Wellness Center Rachel C. Shelton, ScD, MPH Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences Associate Director, Community Engagement Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Mailman School of Public Health Olajide A. Williams, MD Professor of Neurology Associate Director, Community Engagement Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • Columbia - Mount Sinai Brain Symposium

    Tuesday, May 25, 2021 to Wednesday, May 26, 2021
    9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
    Online Event
    • Other
    Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and Mount Sinai’s Friedman Brain Institute present Innovators in Neuroscience: From Molecules to Mind, a symposium highlighting recent advances from basic to clinical neuroscience. We invite everyone to hear from today’s experts and tomorrow’s leaders across a variety of neuroscience disciplines. The program features talks from both established and early career researchers, poster presentations, as well as ample networking opportunities and social events where you can connect with fellow researchers and scholars.    Registration:  Attendees must register to attend the Symposium. Find more information and the link to register here.   Abstract Submission: All postdocs and graduate students are invited to submit an abstract for consideration to present a poster. Find more information and the link to register and submit an abstract here.   Please contact columbiamountsinaibrain@gmail.com if you have any questions.

  • Race + Data Science: Matt Mitchell, Tech Fellow, Ford Foundation

    Thursday, May 27, 2021
    11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
    Online Event
    • School of Social Work
    • Social Justice
    • Social Sciences
    • Engineering
    The DSI Race + Data Science Lecture Series aims to advance research in the areas of race and data, engineering, and computational science. Thursday, May 27, 2021 (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT) – Virtual This event is in memoriam of George Floyd October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) REGISTER HERE Guest Speaker: Matt Mitchell, Tech Fellow, Ford Foundation Chaired By: Desmond Upton Patton, Associate Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, The Data Science Institute, Columbia University. Patton is also Associate Professor of Social Work; Associate Dean of Curriculum Innovation and Academic Affairs; and Courtesy Appointment in Department of Sociology, Columbia University School of Social Work. Speaker Bio: Matt Mitchell is a hacker, founder CryptoHarlem, and tech fellow to the BUILD program at the Ford Foundation. In his work there, Matt develops cybersecurity strategy for the foundation's grantee partners. Matt is a well known security researcher, operational security trainer, and data journalist. His organization CryptoHarlem, hosts impromptu workshops teaching basic cryptography tools to the predominately African American community in upper Manhattan. Matt worked as an independent digital security/counter surveillance trainer for media and humanitarian focused private security firms. His personal work focuses on marginalized, aggressively monitored, over-policed populations in the United States. Matt sits on the Network Investment Council of Reset Tech, and the board of Action Squared Inc. He is formerly a tech advisor to the Human Rights Foundation, and the Internet Freedom Festival. Matt was also a member of the advisory board to the Open Technology Fund, the Internet Freedom Festival, the Digital Security Exchange, Citizen Clinic at Berkeley University Center for Long Term Cybersecurity, The 4th Amendment Center at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and TurnOut.

  • Columbia University BME 20th Anniversary Symposium

    Sunday, October 10, 2021 to Monday, October 11, 2021
    8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
    Schapiro CEPSR, 530 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • College of Dental Medicine
    • Clinical Health Sciences
    • Engineering
    • Healthcare
    Join us October 10-11, 2021 for a celebration of our Department’s 20th anniversary as well as a forum to define a vision for the field of biomedical engineering for the next 20 years. At the BME 20th Anniversary Symposium, hear from more than 50 speakers (more than 25 of whom are BME Dept Chairs) from 35+ institutions and organizations across the nation as they lead the charge in enhancing the future of biomedical engineering. HOST Columbia University Department of Biomedical Engineering The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science PRESENTER INSTITUTIONS Boston Children's Hospital Brown University City College of New York Columbia University in the City of New York Columbia University Irving Medical Center Cornell University Dartmouth University Duke University George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University Harvard Medical School Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Kinnos Massachusetts General Hospital National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at NIH New York University (NYU) Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Rice University Rutgers University Stevens Institute of Technology University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Bridgeport University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) University of California, Riverside University of Houston University of Kansas University of Miami University of Michigan University of North Texas University of Pennsylvania University of Texas at Dallas Virginia Tech Washington University in St. Louis Yale University EVENT DETAILS DAY 1: Sunday, October 10, 2021 Symposium - Day 1 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Davis Auditorium Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research 530 W. 120th Street, 4th Floor (Campus Level), New York, NY BME 20th Anniversary Dinner 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Low Memorial Library Rotunda New York, NY 10027 DAY 2: Monday, October 11, 2021 Symposium - Day 2 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Davis Auditorium Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research 530 W. 120th Street, 4th Floor (Campus Level), New York, NY Post-Symposium Reception 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Carleton Commons, Seeley R. Mudd Building 500 W. 120th Street, 4th Floor (Campus Level), New York, NY Immediately following the symposium, you are invited to join us at Carleton Commons to network with speakers, faculty, alumni, and students.