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Columbia Intern Wins $50,000 Prize for Research on Novel Biomarkers to Predict Suicide Risk

Natasha Kulviwat, a rising high school senior, discovered a protein that may serve as predictor for suicide and could potentially lead to new strategies for intervention and prevention.

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Depression
Using Apps to Improve Depression Care: 2 Models

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Psychiatry Advisor

Ravi N. Shah, chief innovation officer for Columbia's Department of Psychiatry, discusses the Pathways mobile app.

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Depression
Columbia Psychiatry Launches Mobile Depression App

Columbia Psychiatry faculty, in partnership with avoMD, have developed an interactive smartphone application that provides point-of-care treatment algorithms for major depression.

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Depression
Award Spotlight: J. John Mann: Vitucci Memorial Award

Dr. Mann is the inaugural recipient of the Vitucci Memorial Award.

Research Spotlight: Ashley Blanchard, Lock and Protect Study

Lock and Protect: Reducing Adolescent Access to Lethal Means for Suicide is a pilot study to investigate the feasibility of a novel, tablet-based emergency department intervention.
Research Spotlight: David Pagliaccio, BRAINS Study

This research project aims to combine novel brain imaging techniques with smartphone assessment to understand factors that contribute to depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents.