Project
Academic Collaboration
School of Nursing
Annual student/faculty exchanges, community assessment, development of advanced practice center, nursing advanced practice curriculum development. . . . More »
|  | Project Leader
Garfield, Richard
| | Location
Dominican Republic
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Project
Academic Relationship Between School of Dental and Oral Surgery and Osaka Dental University
School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Joint research projects of faculty for period of up to one year.
Participation of graduates in postdoctoral specialty programs and short term continuing education courses.
Exchange of reference . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Moss-Salentijn, Letty
| | Location
Japan
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Project
AIDS and Mental Health in a Rural South African Community
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This study integrated screening for common mental disorders into a demographic health survey in a rural community in South Africa heavily affected by the AIDS epidemic. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Collins, Pamela
| | Location
South Africa
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Project
AIDS International Training and Research
College of Physicians and Surgeons
There are 3 components to this Fogarty
research training supplement, all of which are
currently being implemented in the Dominican
Republic, using a well established network of
7 women_s health care . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Brudney, Karen
| | Location
Dominican Republic
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Project
Air Pollution Effects on Woman and the Developing Fetus
Mailman School of Public Health
The effects of ambient air pollution on the developing fetus. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Perera, Frederica
| | Location
Poland
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Project
A Phase I / II Randomised Controlled Study of OGT 918 in Niemann-Pick type C
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC), is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which abnormal intracellular lipid trafficking leads to accumulation of multiple lipids, including . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Patterson, Marc
| | Location
United Kingdom
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Project
A Program for Families with HIV / AIDS
College of Physicians and Surgeons
In collaboration with Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macoris; Fundacion Mir, La Romana Catholic Church (Religiosas Addratices, Spain; the Dominican Order, Adrian, Michigan; the Order of . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Nicholas, Stephen
| | Location
Dominican Republic
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Project
Assessment of Embargo Impact; Establishment of Determinants of Low Birth-Weight Reduction Resilience; and Adaption to Embargo-Related Resource Shortages
School of Nursing
Epidemiologic assessment of embargo effects and public-health strategies to minimize effects. Development of internet-based specialty continuing education in nursing. Program evaluation on activities . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Garfield, Richard
| | Location
Haiti
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Project
Assessment of Mortality Rate Changes Determination of Multivariate Predictors of IMR
School of Nursing
Secondary analysis of forty studies assessing the impact of economic embargo on health since 1990. Use of other social data to predict and test IMR levels. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Garfield, Richard
| | Location
Iraq
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Project
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid disease in Belarus following the Chernobyl accident.
Cohort-based study of thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, chronic thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, and . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Greenebaum, Ellen
| | Location
Belarus
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Project
A Study of the Formulation Preferences of Existing Over-the-Counter Vaginal Preparations
Mailman School of Public Health
The study explored characteristics of vaginal spermicide products containing nonoxynol 9 that influence user preferences. One hundred and forty-five women from Cote d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Thailand, and . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Van Devanter, Nancy
| | Locations
Thailand, Zimbabwe
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Project
Biomarkers of Aflatoxin Exposure
Mailman School of Public Health
This project focuses on the identification of environmental and genetic risk factors for development of hepatocellular cancer in Taiwan. We previously demonstrated that, in conjunction with . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Santella, Regina
| | Location
Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Project
Body Composition / Comorbidity of Obesity in Chinese Children
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Project in collaboration with Dr. Dympna Gallagher, Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's Hospital. Correlating differences in body composition with comorbidity of childhood obesity in Chinese . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Deckelbaum, Richard
| | Location
China
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Project
Body Composition / Metabolism / Obesity: China
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study of ethnicity, obesity, and their physiologic/metabolic features. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Heymsfield, Steven
| | Location
China
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Project
Body Composition / Metabolism / Obesity: South Korea
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study of ethnicity, obesity, and their phyiologic/metabolic factors. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Heymsfield, Steven
| | Location
Korea (south)
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Project
Brazil HIV Prevention for the Severely Mentally Ill
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The goal of this study is to adapt, refine, and pilot a provider-delivered HIV-prevention intervention for men and women with SMI in Brazil in order to (1) impart skills to mental-health-care . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Wainberg, Milton
| | Location
Brazil
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Project
Cellular Immunity to HIV in Infants
Mailman School of Public Health
This is a study to investigate correlates of protective immunity to HIV among infants of HIV-infected mothers in South Africa. The study measures cell-mediated immune responses to HIV antigens in . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Kuhn, Louise
| | Location
South Africa
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Project
Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Women's Health
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a codified,
literature-based medical system with a professional
class of physicians and an extensive materia medica
of herbal treatments. TCM has been used . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Kronenberg, Fredi
| | Location
China
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Project
Child and Adult Mental Health in Rwanda
College of Physicians and Surgeons
National mental health survey in Rwanda including an evaluation of psychosocial programs for trauma. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Neugebauer, Richard
| | Location
Rwanda
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Project
Circular Migration Among Dominican Adolescents and Their Families
Mailman School of Public Health
This collaborative research project investigates the antecedents, processes, and health consequences among adolescents and their families who move between the Dominican Republic and the United . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Cushman, Linda
| | Location
North America
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Project
Columbia-Natal International Clinical Trials Unit
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Columbia-Natal International Clinical
Trials Unit (ICTU) is in partnership with the
Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG)
network, and began as way of providing a link
between clinical . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Hammer, Scott
| | Location
South Africa
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Project
Continuous EEG Monitoring in the Critically Ill
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Training opportunities for neurologists, neurophysiologists, electroencephalographers, and neurointensivists interested in brain monitoring and nonconvulsive seizures. Large clinical database of . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Hirsch, Lawrence
| | Location
United States of America
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Project
Cross-Cultural Differences in the Report of Pain and Emotion: China
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS) is a 101-item questionnaire suitable for administration to patients with acute and chronic pain. To date, it has been administered to patients . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Clark, Wilder
| | Location
China
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Project
Cross-Cultural Differences in the Report of Pain and Emotion: Italy
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Multidimensional Affect of Pain Survey (MAPS) is a 101-item questionnaire suitable for administration to patients with acute and chronic pain. To date, it has been administered to patients . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Clark, Wilder
| | Location
Italy
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Project
Cross-Cultural Differences in the Report of Pain and Emotion: Russian Federation
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS) is a 101-item questionnaire suitable for administration to patients with acute and chronic pain. To date, it has been administered to patients . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Clark, Wilder
| | Location
Russian Federation (Europe)
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Project
Development of Tryphophan Hydroxylase Inhibitors
College of Physicians and Surgeons
In the process of synthesizing chirale C compounds, several intermediates have been accumulated. They are being tested for their potention effects on serotoneric and adrenergic enzymes. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Tamir, Hadassah
| | Location
Germany
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Project
Diabetes Complicating Pregnancy in Urban and Rural Areas of Maharashtra, India
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Proposed clinical rotation for medical students at KEM Hospital, Pune, in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Diabetes center in urban and rural areas. Bombay Obstetrical Society and different . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Baxi, Laxmi
| | Location
India
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Project
Disease Risk Nutrition Study
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Secular trends in adult-disease risk factors and nutrition in children, a five-country comparison. In collaboration with Ehime University (Japan), Beijing Children's Hospital (China), and Mahidol . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Deckelbaum, Richard
| | Locations
Japan, China, Thailand
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Project
DNA Marker Study of Linkage to Schizophrenia: Program 1
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This study is concerned with the collection of families that have two or more members affected with schizophrenia. In each family, both affected and unaffected individuals receive diagnostic . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L
| | Location
Croatia
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Project
DNA Marker Study of Linkage to Schizophrenia: Program 2
College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Croation-U.S. Study of genetic linkage in schizophrenia is a genetic-linkage and association study of families with schizophrenia, which makes use of the psychosis register established in Croatia . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L
| | Location
Croatia
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Project
Doris & Stanley Tananbaum Stroke Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Doris & Stanley Tananbaum Stroke CenterMore »
| | Project Leader
Mohr, JP
| | Location
United States of America
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Project
End-of-Life Care in ALS: Germany
Mailman School of Public Health
Extension of existing study in the United States to site in Germany.More »
| | Project Leader
Albert, Steven
| | Location
Germany
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Project
End-of-Life Care in ALS: Israel
Mailman School of Public Health
Extension of existing study in the United States to sites in Israel.More »
| | Project Leader
Albert, Steven
| | Location
Israel
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Project
Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
College of Physicians and Surgeons
A leading clinical program for minimally invasive repair of arterial aneurysms. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Todd, George
| | Location
United States of America
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Project
Environmental Arsenic, Pregnancy, and Children
Mailman School of Public Health
We are testing the hypotheses that arsenic exposure from drinking water may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. This hypothesis is based on the fact that arsenic is a known teratogen in . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Graziano, Joseph
| | Location
Bangladesh
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Project
Environmental Lead, Reproduction, and Infant Development
Mailman School of Public Health
Continues to study the relation of chronic lead (Pb) exposure to several health outcomes during childhood. This large prospective cohort study founded upon a previous study of pregnancy outcome, . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Graziano, Joseph
| | Location
Serbia and Montenegro
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Project
Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease, Movement-Disorder Seminars
College of Physicians and Surgeons
(1) Extended a prevalence study of Parkinson's disease (PD) in an elderly urban population, which was conducted from November 1994 to June 1995 by host institution, in order to answer these . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Moskowitz, Carol
| | Location
Albania
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Project
Epidemiology Research Consultations
Mailman School of Public Health
Dr. Susser is designated chief consultant to the South Africa Medical Research Council / Community Epidemiology Research. Consultation on a variety of research projects especially HIV epidemic. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Susser, Mervyn
| | Location
South Africa
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Project
Epidemiology Training for AIDS in South Africa; Botswana; Namibia
Mailman School of Public Health
Research and training in epidemiology of HIV. Training is in United States and in region. Research training and research supervision is in South Africa. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Stein, Zena
| | Locations
South Africa, South Africa, South Africa
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Project
Establishment of the Model Infrastructure of HIV/AIDS Treatment System in Nairobi, Kenya
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The project is planned for five years in the limited small area to establish and operate the model HIV/AIDS treatment system through the free medical services to the residents of the slum area in . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Inada, Yoritaro
| | Location
Kenya
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Project
Evaluation of the Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid in Persons with Single-Sided Deafness
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This project is a facet of our larger area of research regarding the benefits of implantable hearing devices in patients with varying degrees and types of hearing loss. In an unusual application of . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Spitzer, Jaclyn
| | Location
Sweden
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Project
Evaluation of Treatment Effects of Various Orthodontic Appliances
School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Evaluation of treatment effects of various orthodontic appliances. Differential diagnosis of anterior open bite. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Cangialosi, Thomas
| | Location
Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Project
Exchange Professorship
School of Nursing
This was the first extended faculty exchange for Columbia University School of Nursing and Gothenburg University College of Health Sciences. The major goals of the six-week visit were to actualize . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Byrne, Mary
| | Location
Sweden
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Project
Exposure to Air Pollution from Biomass Fuel Combustion Among Women in a Rural Bangladesh Population
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
This is a pilot study to examine the carcinogenic potential of biomass fuel combustion products among rural Bangladesh women using biomarkers and field-based epidemiology methods . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Ahsan, Habibul
| | Locations
Bangladesh, United States of America
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Project
Feasibility and Safety of Acupuncture for Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Treatment of primary dysmenorrhea with acupuncture. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Tsai, Shiu-Lin
| | Location
United States of America
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Project
Features of Social Phobia in the United States and Korea
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study compares clinical features of outpatients with social phobia in New York and Korea. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Schneier, Franklin
| | Location
Korea (south)
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Project
Gene Mapping in the Finnish Population
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Consulting on statistical analysis of many simple and complex genetic disorders in isolated subpopulations of Finland. I also maintain and develop software for automated genetic analysis in their VMS . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Terwilliger, Joseph
| | Location
Finland
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Project
Gene Therapy in Cancer
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Using the multiple-drug resistance gene to provide hematopoietic stem cells with resistance to chemiotherpeutic agents. Using retroviral gene-transfer technique developed at Columbia. Patients with . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Bank, Arthur
| | Location
United Kingdom
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Project
Genetics of Simple Metabolic Diseases
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Statistical consulting in analysis of rare disorders of metabolism in the Czech Republic. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Terwilliger, Joseph
| | Location
Czech Republic
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Project
Genetic Susceptibility to Arsenic-Induced Cancer
Mailman School of Public Health
A series of epidemiologic case-control and case-cohort studies nested within the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study [HEALS] in Bangladesh examine the roles of inherent susceptibility to . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Ahsan, Habibul
| | Locations
Bangladesh, United States of America
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Project
Genome Database
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Senior chromosome editor for human chromosome 13.More »
| | Project Leader
Warburton, Dorothy
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Project
Global Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
The purpose of this study is to define the individual and community characteristics in South Africa, relevant to the design and conduct of a TB vaccine trial when a candidate vaccine becomes . . . More »
| | Project Leader
El-Sadr, Wafaa
| | Location
South Africa
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Project
Glycine Antagonist in Neuroprotection: Australia
College of Physicians and Surgeons
International advisory board to plan and monitor two phase-three clinical trials for acute stroke: UK, Australia, Germany, France, Finland. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Sacco, Ralph
| | Location
Australia
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Project
Glycine Antagonist in Neuroprotection: Finland
College of Physicians and Surgeons
International advisory board to plan and monitor two phase-three clinical trials for acute stroke: UK, Australia, Germany, France, Finland. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Sacco, Ralph
| | Location
Finland
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Project
Glycine Antagonist in Neuroprotection: France
College of Physicians and Surgeons
International advisory board to plan and monitor two phase-three clinical trials in acute stroke in UK, Australia, Germany, France, Finland. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Sacco, Ralph
| | Location
France
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Project
Glycine Antagonist in Neuroprotection: Germany
College of Physicians and Surgeons
International advisory board to plan and monitor two phase-three clinical trials for acute stroke: UK, Australia, Germany, France, Finland. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Sacco, Ralph
| | Location
Germany
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Project
Glycine Antagonist in Neuroprotection: United Kingdom
College of Physicians and Surgeons
International advisory Board to plan and monitor 2 phase 3 clinical trials of acute stroke; UK, Australia, Germany, France, Finland. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Sacco, Ralph
| | Location
United Kingdom
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Project
Head Irradiation in Early Childhood and Risk of Schizophrenia
Mailman School of Public Health
This project tests the hypothesis that exposure of the skull to ionizing radiation in early childhood increases risk of schizophrenia later in life. Effect of radiation on IQ in adolescence, and the . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Gross, Raz
| | Location
Israel
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Project
Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study [HEALS]
Mailman School of Public Health
This large epidemiologic cohort study in Bangladesh prospectively examines the health effects of arsenic among 12,000 men and women who have been chronically exposed to a wide range of arsenic . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Ahsan, Habibul
| | Locations
Bangladesh, United States of America
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Project
Health Effects of Geochemistry of Arsenic and Lead
Mailman School of Public Health
This project will address the issue of heavy-metal contamination in ground water in Bangladesh and around U.S. Superfund sites and the effect on public health. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Graziano, Joseph
| | Location
Bangladesh
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Project
Health Needs of Hospitalized Swedish Children at Discharge
School of Nursing
Based on work by Dr. Mary Byrne during a faculty-exchange visit to Gothenburg University College of Health Sciences one year previously, this project identifies the needs of hospitalized children at . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Byrne, Mary
| | Location
Sweden
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Project
HIV Clinical Research and Treatment Programs in South Africa and the Dominican Republic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Division of Infectious Diseases is collaborating with the University of Kwazulu-Natal to assist in the establishment of an NIH-sponsored AIDS Clinical Trials Unit and with study of the natural . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Hammer, Scott
| | Locations
South Africa, Dominican Republic
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Project
Huntington's Disease and Other Studies (Maracaibo)
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Nancy Wexler's inexhaustible energy, effective leadership, and dedication have played a central role in recent progress toward a cure for Huntington's disease. Involved in public policy, individual . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Wexler, Nancy
| | Location
Venezuela
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Project
Incarnation Childrens Center / Centro de Ninos Encarnacion
Columbia University Medical Center
Maternal-newborn HIV disease has placed an undue burden upon two church-sponsored social-services programs in La Romana, D.R., a town with 213,600 inhabitants that is an important center of the sugar . . . More »
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Dominican Republic
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Project
Incidence and Risk Factors for Epilepsy in Iceland
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Incidence and case control study of epilepsy.More »
| | Project Leader
Hauser, Willard
| | Location
Iceland
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Project
Jerusalem Perinatal Cohort Schizophrenia Study
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Obstetric complications and other perinatal exposures are hypothesized to increase the risk for schizophrenia. However, studies in this area are usually limited by sample size and by their reliance . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Malaspina, Dolores
| | Location
Israel
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Project
Juvenile Justice Project
College of Physicians and Surgeons
In 2001 the Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice was created at Columbia University with Dr. Wasserman as Director. The Center’s Steering Committee includes experienced and . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Wasserman, Gail
| | Location
United States of America
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Project
Light Visor Treatment for Jet Lag: Controlled Field Study
College of Physicians and Surgeons
We have recently concluded a field study of the efficacy of bright-light administration in facilitating circadian rhythm adaptation to a new time zone after westward transmeridian travel. Circadian . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Terman, Michael
| | Location
Switzerland
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Project
Magnetic Seizure Therapy for the Treatment of Depression
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Despite advances in psychopharmacology, major depression remains a significant public-health problem and a substantial proportion of patients do not respond to conventional treatments. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Lisanby, Sarah
| | Location
Switzerland
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Project
Manganese Occupational Exposure: Biological Monitoring, Prevention, and Mechanism Investigation
Mailman School of Public Health
Manganese has replaced lead as an additive to gasoline in Europe and North America. Environmental exposure to this toxic metal has recently become a major public-health concern. Occupational exposure . . . More »
| | | | Location
China
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Project
Medical Activities in Taiwan: Program 1
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical-student exchanges. Visiting professorships. Public-health conferences. Research fellowships.s. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Turino, Gerard
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Project
Medical Activities in Taiwan: Program 2
Columbia University Medical Center
Medical-student exchanges. Visiting professorships. Public health conferences. Research fellowships . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Pierson Jr, Richard
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Project
Metabolic Bone Diseases in China
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This project is a far-ranging international collaboration between the Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and our counterparts in Beijing (PUMC), Shanghai (Second . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Bilezikian, John
| | Location
China
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Project
Metabolic Syndrome in Minority Women
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This proposal seeks to assist in correcting
inadequate attention to gender and minority
research by reaching out to women with a high
prevalence of a constellation of findings that
identify major . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Giardina, Elsa-Grace
| | Location
United States of America
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Project
Metabolism of Intravenous Lipid Emulsions
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Studies on the effects of varying the lipid composition of intravenous lipid emulsions or their metabolism in cultured cells, animal models, and humans. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Deckelbaum, Richard
| | Location
Belgium
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Project
Molecular Biology of Apoptosis in Human Cancer
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Molecular biology of apoptosis in human cancer. Investigation of defense mechanisms of human cancer against apoptosis. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Sato, Taka-Aki
| | Location
Japan
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Project
Molecular Biomarks of Carcinogen Exposure
Mailman School of Public Health
This project has evaluated the utility of biomarkers based on mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in individuals exposed to carcinogen vinyl chloride in France. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Brandt-Rauf, Paul
| | Location
France
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Project
Multi-Institutional Studies of Pediatric Health Transplantation Recipients, Outcomes, and Complications
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The study group has continued to add international centers to our study to try to improve transplantation in children around the world. We have many ongoing clinical-data acquisitions using this . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Addonizio, Linda
| | Location
Canada
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Project
Multiparametric Monitoring of Brain Function
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Development of a multiprobe to measure local cerebral blood flow and NAD/NADH balance in the brain of animal models and human subjects undergoing neurosurgery. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Ornstein, Eugene
| | Location
Israel
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Project
National Institute of Health HIV Vaccine Trials Network
College of Physicians and Surgeons
National Institute of Health HIV Vaccine Trials Network provides training for the HIV vaccine trials unit that is being set up in Santo Domingo in collaboration with UNAIDS, COPRESIDA (National . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Unknown
| | Location
Dominican Republic
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Project
New Advances in Translational Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This meeting provides an opportunity to hear from leading EU and U.S. experts on new advances in research and development in translational medicine. The experts will put an emphasis on applications . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Schwarz-McGregor, Deborah
| | Location
United States of America
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Project
NIEHS/EPA Superfund Basic Research Program: Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Lead
Mailman School of Public Health
The primary goal of this program is to obtain new knowledge and to train multidisciplinary pre- and post-doctoral students regarding the bioavailability of soil lead in humans and the . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Graziano, Joseph
| | Locations
Bangladesh, United States of America
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Project
Nuclear Envelope and Muscle Diseases: France
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The nuclear membranes and associated nuclear lamina network separate chromatin from the cytoplasmic compartment. Mutations in emerin, a transmembrane protein of the inner nuclear membrane, have been . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Worman, Howard
| | Location
France
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Project
Nursing-Led Primary-Care Assessment
School of Nursing
Evaluation of primary-care and health-services research statewide. Identification of models of practice and examination of inputs and outcomes to develop cross-national evaluation systems for . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Garfield, Richard
| | Locations
Brazil, Chile, Mexico
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Project
Nutrition in Childhood and Cancer Risk
Mailman School of Public Health
Investigates the association between nutrition in childhood and various cancer outcomes in men and women followed from age 55 in the Netherlands Cohort Study on Nutrition and Cancer (NLCS). . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Lumey, Lambert
| | Location
Netherlands
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Project
Oslo Syringe Exchange Program Research Working Group
Mailman School of Public Health
Evaluation of the Oslo City syringe-exchange program, based on multiple data sources, including four waves of cross-sectional surveys conducted between 1992 and 2000. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Miller, Maureen
| | Location
Norway
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Project
Oxford Workshop for the History of Childhood
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Oxford Workshop for the History of Childhood at Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Program for Pediatrics and the Humanities at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University are . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Truman, John
| | Location
United Kingdom
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Project
Pancreatic Islet Transplantation
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Interaction on development of ditizone for islet identification. Clinical pancreatic islet transplantation. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Hardy, Mark
| | Location
Poland
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Project
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials
College of Physicians and Surgeons
As an investigator within the PACTG (Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Network), I have sponsored a new clinical trials unit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The unit will be integrated into the . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Abrams, Elaine
| | Location
South Africa
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Project
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Critical Care in Developing Countries: Dominican Republic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Establishment of a five-year program for congenital cardiac surgery, education, and follow-up care in the Dominican Republic. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Schechter, William
| | Location
Dominican Republic
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Project
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Critical Care in Developing Countries: Guatemala
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Congenital cardiac surgery in Guatemala. Establishment of programs for treatment, education and follow-up care. Five years of experience, over two hundred patients treated. A new center for children . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Schechter, William
| | Location
Guatemala
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Project
Pilot Program to Address the HIV/AIDS Treatment Needs of HIV-Positive Individuals in the Dominican Republic
Mailman School of Public Health
Pilot Program to Address the HIV/AIDS Treatment Needs of HIV-Positive Individuals in the Dominican Republic will begin with Profamilia, and later expand to other organizations, to link care and . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Unknown
| | Location
Dominican Republic
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Project
Polish Mothers and Children Study of the Columbia Center for Environmental Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Polish Mothers and Children Study of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health is collaborating with a team of researchers at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, to follow a . . . More »
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Perera, Frederica
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Poland
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Predicting Tumor Response by 31-P Spectroscopy
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This multi-institutional project will examine localized 31-P MR spectra from the tumors of patients prior to their undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). The spectra are quantitated . . . More »
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Brown, Truman
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Netherlands, United Kingdom
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Predictors of Stroke Recurrence
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fulbright Scholar from Croatia on the stroke research at the Neurological Institute. I am involved in the observational study release-control and incidence study called the Northern Manhattan Stroke . . . More »
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Rundek, Tatjana
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Croatia
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Preparation of Reference Standards for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Preparation of new international references standards for the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin and its metabolites isolated from urine of pregnant women. To be distributed under WHO . . . More »
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Birken, Steve
| | Locations
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Prevalence of Dementia
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Prevalence of dementia in the north and south of Italy.More »
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Hauser, Willard
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Italy
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Prognosis of Epilepsy in Ecuador
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study of outcome in newly diagnosed epilepsy.More »
| | Project Leader
Hauser, Willard
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Ecuador
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Program on Forced Migration and Health
Mailman School of Public Health
The Program on Forced Migration and Health was developed in response to the need for technically-sound approaches to issues faced by health professionals who provide humanitarian assistance in . . . More »
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Boothby, Neil
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Promoting Dual Protection among Rural South African Youth
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This project is developing and evaluating a school-based intervention to promote dual protection against HIV/STDs and pregnancy among South African youth in Kwazulu/Natal. . . . More »
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Exner, Theresa
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South Africa
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Protease Inhibitor Related Atherosclerosis in HIV
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Collaborating RO1s as part of an NIH-funded study on protease-inhibitor-related atherosclerosis in HIV. Collaboration regarding clinical studies on lipoprotein metabolsim and insulin resistance. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Berglund, Lars
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Australia
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Psychiatric Impact of Exposure to 2003 Outbreak of SARS on Youth in China
Mailman School of Public Health
The study will examine exposure to the 2003
SARS outbreak among children of medical
professionals in Beijing and assess Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD
symptoms)and other psychiatric . . . More »
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Wu, Ping
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China
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Rakai Project: Uganda
Mailman School of Public Health
Population-based HIV/STD / infectious disease cohort, currently covering all consenting adults in 44 villages in rural Rakai District, southwestern Uganda. Cohort established in 1998. Annual . . . More »
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Wawer, Maria
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Uganda
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Relation of Maternal-Infant Feeding Interaction with Maternal Stressors and Distress in Bangladesh
School of Nursing
As part of the MIMIMat nutrition intervention study in Bangladesh, 120 mother-infant pairs were observed in the home at 3.5–4.0 months infant age to assess quality of feeding interaction using the . . . More »
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Byrne, Mary
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Bangladesh
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Research and Educational Collaboration in Pediatric Urology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Exchange physicians and scholars, develop collaborative research programs. . . . More »
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Hensle, Terry
| | Location
Armenia
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Respiratory Retraining
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Respiratory retraining is a program for the treatment of intractable cough, chronic cough and shortness of breath in the absence of pulmonary disease and allergy. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Murry, Thomas
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United States of America
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Risk Factors for Epilepsy in Ecuador
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Case-control study of epilepsy of newly diagnosed epilepsy.More »
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Hauser, Willard
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Ecuador
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River Blindness Eradication Project Evaluation
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Trips to Nigeria, Mexico, and Guatemala in 1997. Continue Ben Gurion University M.D. Program in International Health in collaboration with Columbia University Health Sciences. Plan to teach applied . . . More »
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Brown, Roy
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Rotation With the International Family AIDS Program in La Romana, Dominican Republic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Located on the Southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, La Romana is the site of several innovative new opportunities for medical students. After working in the Dominican Republic, their . . . More »
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Nicholas, Stephen
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Dominican Republic
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S. Daniel Abraham Center for International Health and Nutrition
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Provides educational activities and clinical research on nutrition, health promotion, and obesity prevention for the Israeli and Palestinian populations. . . . More »
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Deckelbaum, Richard
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Israel
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Scientific Cooperation between School of Dental and Oral Surgery and Ege University (Turkey)
School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Exchanges of faculty for brief periods (2-3 weeks) for lecture programs.
Visits of students for periods of study or research (up to 6 months).
Selective admission into degree programs of the partner . . . More »
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Moss-Salentijn, Letty
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Turkey
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Scientific Cooperation between the School of Dental and Oral Surgery and the School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
School of Dental and Oral Surgery
Exchanges of faculty for brief periods (2-3 weeks) for lecture programs. Visits
of students for periods of study or research (up to 6 months). Selectiv admission into degree programs of the partner . . . More »
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Moss-Salentijn, Letty
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Israel
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Sino-Amercan Medical-Exchange Program: Program 2
CUMC Central Administration
None.More »
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Nolting, Anke
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China
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Sino-American Medical Exchange Program: Program 1
CUMC Central Administration
Development of educational and research exchanges between the above universities and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. . . . More »
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Nolting, Anke
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China
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Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Disease in Belarus Following the Chernobyl Accident
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Cohort-based study of thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, chronic thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, and hyperparathyroidism following the Chernobyl nuclear power-plant accident. . . . More »
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McConnell, Robert
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Belarus
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Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Disease in Ukraine Following the Chernobyl Accident
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Cohort-based study of thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, chronic thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, and hyperparathyroidism following the Chernobyl nuclear power-plant accident. . . . More »
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McConnell, Robert
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Ukraine
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Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Disease in Ukraine Following the Chernobyl Accident
Mailman School of Public Health
Study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid disease in Ukraine following the Chernobyl accident.
Cohort-based study of thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, chronic thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, and . . . More »
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Greenebaum, Ellen
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Ukraine
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Summer Internship at St. Luke's International Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan
College of Physicians and Surgeons
A summer internship for rising second-year medical students in Tokyo, at the St. Luke's International Medical Center. The goal of the overall program is to enrich the medical student experience with . . . More »
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Pierson Jr, Richard
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Japan
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The Center for Radiosurgery
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Center for Radiosurgery provides state of the art clinical programs ultilizing the Gamma Knife and fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery to treat a wide variety of malignant, benign, and . . . More »
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Sisti, Michael
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United States of America
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The Center for the Study of Trauma and Resilience
College of Physicians and Surgeons
To develop state-of-the-art research and education in the area of psychological trauma and its aftermath. . . . More »
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Neria, Yuval
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United States of America
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The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and HIV
Mailman School of Public Health
The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and HIV, a project of the Center for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research (CIDER) is conducting a community-based study of the epidemiology of tuberculosis and . . . More »
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Stein, Zena, El-Sadr, Wafaa
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South Africa
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The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavorial Studies
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies is a resource for the development of international research initiatives by HIV Center investigators working in . . . More »
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Parker, Richard, Stein, Zena
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Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, United States of America
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The Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Our Institute brings together Columbia
scientists from different disciplines whose
research interests are in the processes of
. . . More »
| | Project Leader
Hofer, Myron A.
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United States of America
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The Sleep Disorders Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Sleep Disorders Center is a clinical and research facility that uses the most advanced knowledge and understanding of the controls of sleep and wakefulness for the diagnosis and treatment of all . . . More »
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Kavey, Neil
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United States of America
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The Ukrainian / American Chernobyl Ocular Study (UACOS)
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The ocular-radiation protection standards formulated by National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) and the International Council on Radiation Protection (ICRP) are all predicated on the . . . More »
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Worgul, Basil
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Ukraine
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The Use of ECT in Schizophrenia
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Programmatic research into the utility of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and pharmacological agents in the acute treatment of patients with medication-resistant schizophrenia, and the study of . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Sackeim, Harold
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Thailand
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The World Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
Since the beginning of 2004, a small group of
researchers in Child Epidemiology under the
direction of Christina Hoven, have been
reviewing vast amounts of social, political
and economic information . . . More »
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Hoven, Christina
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United States of America
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Tissue Collection for Neuropathologic Studies of Major Psychiatric Illness
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Since 1996, in collaboration with the School of Medicine and the three major psychiatric hospitals (Skopje, Negorci, and Demir Hisar) in the Republic of Macedonia, we have been collecting autopsy . . . More »
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Rosoklija, Gorazd
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Training for International Scholars in Social Sciences Behavioral Research: Brazil
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Training for international scholars in social sciences behavioral research in Puerto Rico, Brazil, and South Africa . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Carballo-Dieqez, Alex
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Brazil
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Training for International Scholars in Social Sciences Behavioral Research: Puerto Rico
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Training for international scholars in social-sciences behavioral research in Puerto Rico, Brazil, and South Africa. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Carballo-Dieqez, Alex
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Puerto Rico
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Training for International Scholars in Social-Sciences Behavioral Research: South Africa
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Training for international scholars in social-sciences behavioral research. Puerto Rico, Brazil, South Africa. . . . More »
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Carballo-Dieqez, Alex
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South Africa
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Training in Use of the PANSS
Columbia University Medical Center
The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) is a 30-item 7-point symptom severity rating scale used to evaluate persons with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in clinical and research . . . More »
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Opler, Lewis
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United States of America
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Transmyocardial Revascularization
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Investigations into mechanical and clinical applications of TMR.More »
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Smith, Craig
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Japan
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Transplantation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Peter Gouras, MD, Columbia University, Department of Ophthalmology, and Peep Algerve, MD of the Karolinska Institute, St. Erik's Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, have been collaborating over the past . . . More »
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Gouras, Peter
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Sweden
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Treatment of B-Cell Lymphoma in Children: France
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Randomized multigroup, multicenter trial of chemotherapy in children with newly diagnosed B-Cell Lymphoma. . . . More »
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Cairo, Mitchell
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France
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Treatment of B-Cell Lymphoma in Children: United Kingdom
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Randomized multigroup, multicenter trial of chemotherapy in children with newly diagnosed B-Cell Lymphoma. Mitchel S. Cairo, MD, Study Chair. . . . More »
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Cairo, Mitchell
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United Kingdom
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Tumor Immunotherapy Program
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Tumor Immunotherapy Program brings together basic and clinical scientists to study the effects of vaccines and other types of immunotherapy in patients with a variety of different cancers. . . . More »
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Kaufman, Howard
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United States of America
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Vesicoureteral Reflux-Genetic Linkage
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Looking at genetic factors involved in familial vesicoureteral reflux. . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Hensle, Terry
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United States of America
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Volumetric Analysis of the Pediatric Brain In Premature Infants: Program 1
College of Physicians and Surgeons
We are evaluating the long-term effect of prematurity and low birth weight on the white- and gray-matter structures of the pediatric brain using MRI and volumetric analysis. This will be correlated . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Millar, William
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Germany
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Volumetric Analysis of the Pediatric Brain In Premature Infants: Program 2
College of Physicians and Surgeons
We are evaluating the long-term effect of prematurity and low birth weight on the white- and gray-matter structures of the pediatric brain using MRI and volumetric analysis. This will be correlated . . . More »
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Millar, William
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Germany
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WHO/WPA Awareness Campaign
Mailman School of Public Health
On behalf of the World Psychiatric Association
(WPA) in collaboration with the World Health
Organization (WHO) the International
Association for Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Allied Professions . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Hoven, Christina
| | Locations
Egypt, Brazil, China, Uganda, Russian Federation (Asia), Israel, Armenia
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Zambia Exclusive Breastfeeding Study (ZEBS)
Mailman School of Public Health
ZEBS is designed to evaluate whether short duration exclusive breastfeeding among HIV-positive women will be safe and effective to reduce the risk of postnatal HIV transmission. The study will test . . . More »
| | Project Leader
Kuhn, Louise
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Zambia
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