Events

  • 5th Annual Hickey Lectureship Featuring Researchers from UTokyo

    Thursday, February 19, 2026
    4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
    Columbia School of Nursing, 560 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 7th Floor Event Space
    • Columbia Nursing
    • Healthcare
    • Research
    • Social Justice
    Register Here The 5th Annual Kathleen Hickey Endowed Lectureship in Science of Cardiovascular Care will be held on Thursday, February 19th, 2026, from 4 PM to 6:30 PM EST. This in-person event will feature two researchers from UTokyo: Mayumi Morisaki-Nakamura, PhD, RN, PHN, an Assistant Professor of the Department of Family Nursing at UTokyo, and Toshiko Fushimi, RN, a Homecare Nurse of the UTokyo Homecare Nursing Agency. The titles of their talks are "Lifespan care and transition support for patients with congenital heart disease in Japan: Current status, clinical practice, and future directions" and "Home care nursing practices for persons aged 80 and older with heart failure: A qualitative study." This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.  To support this lecture, please donate here. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible. 

  • Department of Anesthesiology Research Retreat

    Saturday, March 7, 2026
    9:30 AM to 4:00 PM
    Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 312
    • Basic Health Sciences
    Join us for a day of collaboration and discovery. Continental breakfast and lunch buffet wil be served. For special dietary needs, please contact Carmella Richards. Registration open now through March 2.

  • Research Speaker Series: Dr. Marcus Mosley

    Thursday, March 26, 2026
    10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
    Online Event
    • Social Sciences
    • Research
    • Columbia Nursing
    Save the Date! Registration will open in February 2026. This Research Speaker Series event will feature Marcus Mosley, MD, MS, a pediatric physician-scientist and current fellow of the Center for Research on People of Color at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. His work investigates how structural and neighborhood-level factors, such as environmental exposures, opportunity gaps, and institutional practices, shape early-life neurodevelopment and health outcomes for high-risk infants. The title of his talk is forthcoming. 

  • Research Speaker Series: Dr. Xiao Xu

    Thursday, September 24, 2026
    10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
    Online Event
    • Columbia Nursing
    • Research
    • Social Justice
    Save the Date! Registration will open in August 2026.  This Research Speaker Series will feature Xiao Xu, PhD, who is a Herbert and Florence Irving Associate Professor of Reproductive Sciences in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a member of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). The title of her talk is forthcoming.  Dr. Xu is a health services researcher with expertise in health economics and outcomes research on women’s health and healthcare.  She seeks to promote the delivery of high-quality and high-value care by studying factors that influence access, utilization, outcomes, and costs of care. Dr. Xu’s current research studies racial disparity in early diagnosis of uterine cancer, patient and provider decision-making regarding salpingectomy use for ovarian cancer risk reduction, hospital variation in obstetric practice, and comparative and cost-effectiveness of maternity, newborn, and gynecologic interventions. These studies help inform efforts to improve the safety, equity, and value of care we provide for women. This virtual event is free and open to the public.