Columbia Sociomedical Sciences

Excited to share the call for Associate Editors & Reviewers for the newly launched "Journal of Health Equity" Learn more here & join us: shorturl.at/JJ687 @tandfmedicine @tandfonline @AndreasXyrichis #HealthEquity #actforhealthequity

⭐ Congratulations, Diana Hernandez! #ColumbiaMSPH's @DrDianaHernandz received a Bollinger Convenings at the Forum award for "Power Uptown: Tackling Energy Insecurity in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx." ow.ly/KymC50Sl5FZ

Congratulations, Class of 2024 👏🎓! You did it. On May 14th, students, faculty, and guests celebrated the achievements of 750+ graduates, representing 40 countries & 45 US states at Columbia Mailman Class Day. #Columbia2024 📸: Leslye Smith ow.ly/WV2v50RJFHx

Congratulations Class of 2024! What a week!

This week, we celebrated the the outstanding accomplishment of our graduates and witnessed a gathering of families, and loved ones. Congratulations Columbia Mailman's Class of 2024! #ColumbiaPublicHealth #Columbia2024

Congratulations to @ColumbiaMSPH’s #Classof2024 graduates! 👏🎓 We look forward to celebrating your future triumphs. #commencement #Columbia2024 #ColumbiaMed #graduation

🎓 Tonight, the iconic @EmpireStateBldg glows in Columbia Blue to honor the Class of 2024. Congratulations, #Columbia2024 graduates! 🎉 📷 David Dini

“You are graduating in a time of tremendous and unprecedented challenges when the world desperately needs your expertise, your training, your passion, and your leadership. And you are ready,” Dean Fried to the Class of 2024 #Columbia2024

New Book from SMS Prof. David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz out now, titled, "Building the Worlds that Kills Us: Disease, Death and Inequality in American History" -Columbia University Press, 2024. Read here: cup.columbia.edu/book/building-…

Congratulations Matthew Coulson & Grace Hu, SMS '25 MPH candidates, for being awarded the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center Longevity Fellowships. This supports students enrolled in the Health of an Aging Society Certificate to pursue practica in aging science and practice.

Addressing Social Needs in Oncology Care" by Haines, @DrRachelShelton et al. highlights the challenges and opportunities to enhance support for cancer patients beyond medical treatment. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38676669/

A study on partner incarceration, maternal substance use, and the mediating role of social support by Marziali, Prins et al. demonstrates that partner incarceration impacts maternal substance use but could be offset by financial and emergency support. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38653185/

"Hang Ups, Let Downs, Bad Breaks, Setbacks" by @pbaJackson et al. reveals the impact of racist policies enacted in the past that influence cognitive health over time and dementia risk later in life. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38665381/

Congratulations to all of our 2024 Student Award Recipients!

Scoping review by authors at @SMSatMailman highlights the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental and psychosocial health in the Philippines. Read more about the findings in #CPGlobalmentalehealth: bit.ly/3Jw7zuw #mentalhealth #COVID19 #Philippines #psychosocial

New publication from our incredible PhD student (concentration in Anthropology) Aarushi Shah. This research sheds light on Healthcare personnel's experiences with and feelings towards PPE. It's critical health institutions understand this perspective. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38629849/

👩‍🏫 SMS Faculty Presentations - Implementation Science meeting in Mombasa, Kenya. @DrRachelShelton and Juliet Iwelunmor spone about Prevention and Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource Constrained Settings.

Stigma plays a role in the suppression of sex-positive research. This publication by SMS's Jessie Ford encourages epidemiologists to broaden their sexual health research to encompass positive outcomes and pleasure. academic.oup.com/aje/advance-ar…

Congrats Melissa DuPont-Reyes, for her successful application for the Calderone Award titled, “Leveraging Latinx counterfactual contexts, mixed-methods, and relevant social science theory to disentangle the bidirectional relationship between social media and mental illness.”

Register today for this exciting seminar by SMS' @ColumbiaGATE.