Father-daughter team Drs. Natasha and Rudolph Leibel work in parallel at the forefront of science and medicine to improve the treatment of patients with diabetes and obesity.
Columbia researchers are working to determine the prevalence of autoimmune diabetes with a monogenic cause and the factors that can identify those most likely to have it.
Dr. Josh Milner studies rare causes of common diseases such as atopic dermatitis. He uses a step by step diagnostic approach to determine if there is an underlying genetic cause.
Dr. Adolfo Ferrando and his lab members focus primarily on deciphering the mechanisms that lead to chemotherapy resistance and relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
When Dr. Wendy Chung identified the Olson children's rare disease, “It was like someone turned on the flashlight, and at least now we have a vision of how to move forward," says their mother Colleen.
Priyanka Ahimaz and other genetic counselors educate patients about genetic disorders and help them navigate the complexities of having a genetic diagnosis.
Monica Bhatia, MD, director of Columbia’s Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program, is participating in a trial evaluating gene editing as a curative treatment for patients with sickle cell disease.
Columbia’s pediatric critical care team is offering genetic sequencing to children admitted to the ICU. The goal: to arrive at more accurate diagnoses of complicated disorders.