In Vivo - EVP Journal

In Vivo

Geriatrics Expert Named
Dean of Mailman School of
    Public Health
Message from EVP Dr. Lee Goldman
State-of-the-Art Dental
Faculty Practice Site Opens
    on Haven Avenue
Physiology research: Muscle fatigue similar to heart
    failure fatigue
State funds CUMC stem cell research
Bone cancer: Care saves lives, limbs
Curing sick voices
Doctoral program revamped
Mailman School researches air pollution's role in asthma
Physician traits influence cancer care
Dentists identify diabetes
School of Nursing hits research funding record
Library Renovation
Research Briefs
Honors, awards & grants MRI lab helps high school students capture
    top Intel spots
Columbia Camps
Daily e-report on media available
CUMC at Large:
Latino social service building
    being built near CUMC

EVP journal

Dear Colleagues & Students,

One of the barometers of a society’s social and ethical standards is the health of its children. With the arrival of Lawrence Stanberry to chair the Department of Pediatrics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons this month, all indicators point to a great benefit for the children of New York, the surrounding area, and even the world.
   Dr. Stanberry comes to us from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where he was chairman of pediatrics. He is known for his role in developing topical microbicides to control sexually transmitted infections and for his studies of both prophylactic and therapeutic herpes vaccines. His research also has focused on genital herpes infection in teenagers.
    As both the new chair of pediatrics at P&S and pediatrician-in-chief of Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Dr. Stanberry will lead a 500-member team of health-care professionals. P&S pediatricians have been pioneers in the care of children, from their work in treating respiratory problems in premature babies to research in areas such as pediatric cancers and diabetes.
    Children are an important priority in the other schools of CUMC as well. Dr. Frederica Perera of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the Mailman School has just received a $10 million grant to study environmental contributors to childhood asthma [featured in this issue]. At the School of Nursing, Dr. Mary Bryne has long worked to improve the lives of vulnerable children, such as those raised with imprisoned mothers and those receiving primary care in low-income neighborhoods. The College of Dental Medicine provides comprehensive pediatric dental care from infancy through adolescence. At the CDM pediatric dental facility on West 168th Street, nearly 11,000 young underserved patients from the surrounding community received treatment last year. The school’s dentists/researchers are studying the oral health-diabetes connection in children and the use of stem cells in craniofacial deformities.
    All this and more define clinical care, education, and research programs aimed at the problems of children and offered throughout our campus, in our city’s neighborhoods, and, by extension, through public health programs around the world. As we thank John Driscoll for his years of superb leadership as chair for 15 years and Richard Polin for his outstanding service as interim chair, we welcome Larry Stanberry. His talent and expertise will add value to all we do in pediatrics, and we look forward to an exciting future in this critical component of health care.

Lee Goldman, M.D.