News & Impact Stories at Columbia SPS
News at Columbia SPS
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.
Patent Protections Impede Public Health
Why the costs of genetic testing are so high and what can be done to reduce the cost.
Debating the Ethics of Paying Donors for Organs
Dr. Robert Klitzman voices concerns about a system that pays donors for organs.
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.
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.
Online Bioethics Certification Program Debuts in September
Columbia University launches an online Bioethics Certification program.
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.
The Pros and Cons of "Designer Babies"
Dr. Robert Klitzman took part in a HuffPost Live panel on “Designer Babies.”
Making Portraits Out of DNA
On WNYC’s Radio 360, Robert Klitzman discusses the one woman's quest to create life-like portraits based on DNA from strangers.
How Do We Define Death?
Robert Klitzman, Director of the M.S. in Bioethics program, discusses what constitutes death.
Insights vs. Myths About the Brain
Dr. Klitzman urges us to reconsider left brain/right brain assumptions.
Am I My Genes? Medical Privacy For Royalty and the Rest of Us
In Psychology Today, Robert Klitzman discusses ethical dilemmas brought up by the tragic death of Jacintha Saldanha.