Health & Medicine

Richard Axel ’67CC followed his nose to the mysteries of smell and cracked the two great problems of olfaction

The origins of public health at Columbia and in the city

Mary Bassett helps New Yorkers make healthy choices

Listening to patients’ stories develops empathy

Just two weeks of an experimental drug stopped the disease in its tracks

A study shows that patients with heart failure can live longer and better lives with an implanted mechanical device 

The scientist set the stage for a revolution in modern genetics and inspired leadership of Columbia’s department of zoology

Just about everything modern medicine knows about the heart and lungs was made possible by the work of Frédérick Cournand and Dickinson Richards