Columbia will receive $75 million from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, which it will use to establish the SNF Center for Precision Psychiatry and Mental Health.
“Like COVID-19 ‘long-haulers,’ many people with tick-borne diseases were completely well until their infection precipitated a cascade of chronic, multi-system effects,” says Dr. Brian Fallon.
The Department of Psychiatry is providing psychological support and guidance for stress management to CUIMC faculty and staff during the COVID-19 crisis.
Dr. Edward V. Nunes will serve as one of the directors of Columbia's Center for Healing of Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders-Enhancing Intervention, Development and Implementation (CHOSEN).