News at Columbia SPS Category - Any -AlumniFacultyImpacts and InsightsIn the CommunityIn the MediaKnowledge BaseOffice of the DeanPress ReleaseResearch & PublicationsSchoolStaffStudent Faculty Henrietta Lacks' Genes and All of Yours? Referencing recent developments in the case of Henrietta Lacks, Dr. Klitzman, writes about of genomic info. Faculty Does Progress Breed Mental Illness? Obsession with progress and the success of others could be responsible for the increase in mental illness across the U.S. Faculty Can We Control Our Own Genetic Destiny? Robert Klitzman speaks to CNN.com about the case of Henrietta Lacks. Faculty How Much Should Patients Know About Their Own Genome? JAMA and Dr. Klitzman argue that we must find out whether patients and the parents of pediatric patients want human genome. Faculty My Genome and Me Robert Klitzman joins a discussion on HuffPost Live on what the human genome can and cannot tell us. Faculty The Problems with Money and Medical Testing Kenneth Prager weighs-in on health care costs in a letter to the editor of The New York Times. Faculty Patent Protections Impede Public Health Why the costs of genetic testing are so high and what can be done to reduce the cost. Faculty Debating the Ethics of Paying Donors for Organs Dr. Robert Klitzman voices concerns about a system that pays donors for organs. Faculty Dr. Robert Klitzman Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship Dr. Robert Klitzman has been named a Guggenheim Fellow and the only one this year in the field of Medicine & Health. Faculty Recognizing the Anniversary of the Human Genome Map Dr. Klitzman joined the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC to talk about how human genome sequencing has changed medicine. School Online Bioethics Certification Program Debuts in September Columbia University launches an online Bioethics Certification program. Faculty Correcting Myths of the Left Brain and Right Brain Dr. Robert Klitzman joined the WMNF radio program “Life Elsewhere” to discuss the brain and how we use it. Load More
