Our Work to Address COVID-19
Since the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first identified in Wuhan, China in late 2019, Columbia Public Health has been working on multiple fronts to respond to the spread of the virus.
Featured News
Context is Crucial in Discussion of COVID Disparities
As COVID-19 impacts communities of color, including elevated rates of severe illness and death, Columbia Public Health experts highlight the factors that give rise to those outcomes.
Delayed Response to Rebound Would Cost Lives
New projections from Columbia Public Health scientists find that delays in reimplementing social distancing following a relaxation of control measures could result in a stronger rebound of COVID-19.
FDA Approves Studies of Plasma Therapy for COVID-19
Blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors could be used to protect high-risk individuals and health care workers, and to treat critically ill patients.
Columbia Public Health Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the novel coronavirus was first identified, Columbia Public Health has been working on multiple fronts to respond to the spread of the virus.
Media
We Need a Voice for Public Health in the President’s Cabinet
The New York Times, May 28, 2020
Michael Sparer, Health Policy and Management
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/opinion/trump-cabinet-covid.html
Navigating COVID-19 By The Numbers
Science Friday, May 1, 2020
Jeffrey Shaman, Environmental Health Sciences
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/covid-math-models/
Homebound Kids Are at Risk for Weight Gain
The New York Times, May 5, 2020
Andrew Rundle, Epidemiology
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/well/eat/children-summer-weight-gain.html
Africa Confronting COVID
New England Journal of Medicine, April 17
Wafaa El-Sadr and Jessica Justman, ICAP at Columbia University
https://www.mailman.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/perspective-africa-path-covid-19
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Our Community
From Nipah to COVID-19 in South India
Dr. Nazneen Ali, a recent 2020 MHA graduate, shares her observations and lessons learned from Kerala’s robust public health system.
Our Alumni on the COVID-19 Front Lines
Hear how numerous Columbia Public Health grads have applied their expertise to address the crisis.
T-shirts and Scissors: Make a DIY Evidence-Based Protective Mask
Physician Virginia Dato, MPH ’92, has come up with a do-it-yourself mask that almost anyone can create with a few simple ingredients: a t-shirt, scissors, a ruler, and boiling water.
Learn from our experts
A Coronavirus Vaccine: Prospects and Potential Problems
Hosted by Dean’s Seminar Series on Chronic Disease
Featuring Paul Offitt, MD, Director of the Vaccine Education Center, Attending Physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; and, Stephen S. Morse, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology, Director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Certificate Program, Columbia Public Health
Africa Confronting Covid-19
Co-hosted by ICAP at Columbia, Columbia Global Centers-Nairobi, Columbia Global Centers-Tunis
Featuring Wafaa El-Sadr, Director, ICAP at Columbia University; Dr. Murugi Ndirangu, Director, Columbia Global Centers, Nairobi; and Youssef Cherif, Director, Columbia Global Centers Tunis
Stigma and Racism in Times of Epidemics
Hosted by Columbia School of Social Work
With Dean Melissa Begg, School of Social Work; Robert Fullilove, Professor Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia Public Health; Merlin Chowkwanyun, Assistant Professor, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia Public Health; Alissa Davis, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work; Karma Love, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
What We Need to Know About Coronavirus
W. Ian Lipkin, MD, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University Mailman School of Health, traveled to China in late January to get information about the coronavirus, 2019-nCoV.
