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Sexuality Scholar Carole S. Vance, PhD, MPH, Honored By Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies
Begg, Schwartz, and Sparer Named Fellows in New Glenda Garvey Teaching Academy
Faculty Member's Book Provides Perspective on Preparedness in the Post-9/11 World
Public Health Expert Dale C. Hesdorffer, PhD, Elected To National Epilepsy Foundation Advisory Board
Frederica Perera, DrPH 
In the March issue of Discover Magazine, writer Jeff Wheelwright takes an in-depth look at Frederica Perera, DrPH, professor of Environmental Health Sciences and director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, and her ongoing Mothers & Children study investigating the impact of pollution on the health of women and their babies who live in Northern Manhattan. An excerpt of the article can be found at http://www.discover.com/issues/mar-06/features/toxic-inheritance/.
W. Ian Lipkin, MD
An article in Nature Medicine discusses the new Greene Viral Database, a massive collection of data created by W. Ian Lipkin, MD, Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Professor of Epidemiology, professor of Neurology and Pathology, and director of the Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory, to help scientists identify and fight emerging viruses. Click here for the full text: http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v12/n2/full/nm0206-155b.html.
The January issue of Nature investigates China's new willingness to cooperate with international health agencies and scientists following the outbreak of SARS in 2003 and, more recently, the emergence of avian flu. The article discusses Dr. Lipkin's collaboration with Chinese officials and scientists as they work to identify and contain the spread of infectious diseases. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7075/full/439382a.html
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