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The research programs of the Department of Pathology & Cell Biology at Columbia University span basic, translational and clinical areas. The Department is home to over 60 research-oriented faculty members, 100 postdoctoral fellows and 50 Ph.D. candidates. In 2004, we ranked 4th among Pathology Departments in the United States in our NIH research support and our graduate program is ranked among the top three in the US in productivity.
Among the many accomplishments made by faculty members in the Department of Pathology & Cell Biology are the identification of new oncogenes, tumor suppressors, viruses, the elucidation of the development of the enteric nervous system, development of transgenic models for Alzheimer’s Disease and research in the mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease. Our faculty has also made major contributions in basic mechanisms of cell division, cell migration, axonal transport and renal development and disease.
While there is a broad range of research interests among the faculty, there are concentrations of activity in neurodegenerative diseases and in cancer biology. The Department of Pathology & Cell Biology benefits from the ready availability of well characterized diseased tissues that are examined and stored by our clinical services.
As the only department at Columbia that is both a basic science department and a clinical department, we offer exceptional opportunities for translational research.