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2024 in the Media

The most prominent stories featuring Columbia Nursing faculty, staff, and students, as seen on CBS News, TIME, Everyday Health, The Washington Post, and more. 


Health Leaders Pharma: Is Nurse Burnout Causing More Trips to the Emergency Room? 

 Published January 8, 2024 

Nurse experiencing burnout

Allison Norful, PhD ’17, spoke with ReachMD about burnout in the ER. 

 

USA Today: Where are the nation’s primary care providers? It’s not an easy answer 

Published January 30, 2024 

USA TODAY highlighted research by Monica O'Reilly-Jacob, PhD, assistant professor, on the shortage of primary care providers in the U.S.  

 

McKnight’s Senior Living: Collaboration seeks to provide pipeline of nursing graduates, professionals 

Published February 6, 2024   

McKnight’s Senior Living highlighted the Division of Nursing Practice launched by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), ColumbiaDoctors, and Columbia Nursing. 

 

The Clinical Advisor: NP Student Kelly Rojas, MS, RN, Aspires to Provide Accessible Health Care: Q&A 

Published March 29, 2024 

Student Kelly Rojas

The Clinical Advisor interviews NP student Kelly Rojas on what led her to pursue nursing.  

 

TIME: How Climate Change Is Punishing Asthma Sufferers 

 Published June 25, 2024 

Professor Maureen George, PhD, discusses the link between a warmer world and worsening breathing with TIME. 

 

HealthIT Analytics: The nursing informatics field is fast-evolving, says one NP leader 

Published July 29, 2024 

Stephen Ferrara, DNP, sitting at desk

Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and associate dean for artificial intelligence, says technology is fundamentally transforming the nursing profession. To show how, he discusses an intriguing new AI project he's working on at the school with HealthIT Analytics. 

 

Everyday Health: LGBTQ+ People Have Higher Risk of Depression and Dementia as They Age 

Published September 25, 2024 

Stethoscope listening to a brain

Assistant Professor Billy Caceres, PhD, commented on the factors contributing to poor health outcomes for LGBTQ+ individuals in this Everyday Health story. 

 

Crain's New York Business: Journalist becomes an ER nurse to take a different pulse of the city 

Published October 15, 2024  

Alum Jared Murphy

Crain’s New York Business interviewed Jarrett Murphy, MS ’22, about his transition from editor of City Limits to nursing. 

 

CBS News: Her breast density camouflaged her cancer. She says new FDA regulations are "a gift."  

Published October 18, 2024  

Dean Lorraine Fraizer on CBS news

Dean Lorraine Frazier sat down with CBS News to discuss new FDA regulations around breast density and how her own journey with breast cancer impacted her as a patient, a nurse, and Dean. 

 

News All Evening NY 1: Brain Health For Kids at Columbia Nursing 

Published December 2, 2024 

News All Evening NY1: Brain Health For Kids at Columbia Nursing

NY1 met with second-graders from PS 128 visiting Columbia Nursing to reflect on what they learned in the fall session of the Brain Health Program, a course designed and led by the school’s nurse practitioner students.