Healthcare

Columbia Business School study finds that harmful stereotypes and microaggressions can lead to feelings of inauthenticity, anger, sadness, and compromised physical health

Student Leadership and Ethics Board member Josie Cox ‘22 reflects on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic in the U.S. and shares lessons learned during this extraordinary time.

New research from Columbia Business School’s Chong Khoon Lin Professor of Real Estate Neng Wang finds that when firms take precautions to mitigate COVID-19 risks early – such as testing employees, implementing social distancing protocols, and implementing health checks – companies may face initial losses, but in the long run, perform better than those that didn’t mitigate.

In a new study on hospital mortality rates, Columbia Business School’s Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation Ann P. Bartel and Associate Professor of Business Carri W. find that increasing heart attack patients’ length of stay by just one day could decrease 30-day mortality rates and save lives

NEW YORK – The TIAA Institute today announced that Dr. Ralph S.J. Koijen of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Dr. Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh of Columbia Business School at Columbia University have been awarded  the 25th annual TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. The Samuelson Award recognizes outstanding research that the private and public sectors can use to enhance Americans’ financial well-being.

“Contact tracing in New York is not up to par and long delays in test results have jeopardized the ability to use them to stop the spread, but there are serious cultural challenges as well, with American’s concept of individual liberties. In South Korea, there is strict adherence to quarantine. Once someone tests positive, they are moved into a quarantine facility. That’s very different than telling people to stay at home or making facilities available like we’ve done here,” said Professor Carri Chan, an expert in health care operations management who teaches at Columbia University.

Requirements will also vary by workplace setting. At hospitals and in other high-risk settings, for example, vaccination is likely to be mandatory, according to Carri Chan, a Columbia Business School professor and expert on hospital operations.

Requirements will also vary by workplace setting. At hospitals and in other high-risk settings, for example, vaccination is likely to be mandatory, according to Carri Chan, a Columbia University professor and expert on hospital operations.

Research from Laura Veldkamp, the Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance & Economics at Columbia Business School, finds that technology adoption within a social network, can be a significant indicator of disease spread as seen with COVID-19

New research from Columbia Business School finds that patients are 2.5% more likely to start and stay on a course of treatment for every 10-year decrease of a drug’s time on the market – equivalent to a 0.35 USD reduction in copayment for each day of a patient’s therapy.