The Pulse: Columbia Nursing News

Stories from the Fall/Winter 2025 Columbia Nursing Magazine

Columbia Nursing Study Shows AI Can Help Remove Bias from Patient Records

Originally published: September 10, 2025

A Columbia University School of Nursing study led by Zhihong Zhang, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher, explores whether ChatGPT could help identify and rewrite such biased language in medical records.

Nurse with tablet, visualizing AI

Barcelona Awarded $2.9M for ID-STIGMA Study

Originally published: December 12, 2025

Assistant Professor Veronica Barcelona, PhD, has received a $2.9 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to investigate the association between perinatal outcomes and stigmatizing language in clinical documentation.

Pregnant patient with doctor

New Intervention May Improve Quality of Life for Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease

Originally published: August 26, 2025

A novel intervention aimed at helping adolescents with sickle cell disease maintain hydroxyurea treatment plans shows promising results.

Regular cells mixed with sickle cells

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CUIMC Honors Outstanding Nurses at Excellence Awards

Originally posted: June 17, 2025

This year marks the second annual Division of Nursing Practice Nursing Excellence Awards, held May 8, 2025.

Awardees at Division of Nursing Practice 2025 event

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Students Present Award-Winning Research at ENRS

Originally posted: April 14, 2025

Congratulations to our Columbia Nursing students for their award-winning presentations at the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s scientific sessions

students posing in front of conference tabletop

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Columbia Nursing Inducts 117 into Sigma Honor Society

Originally posted: May 27, 2025

117 Columbia Nursing students and leaders were inducted into the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society on May 19, 2025

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Middle Schoolers Dive into a Day in the Life of a CRNA

Originally posted: May 27, 2025

Students from the South Bronx Academy for Applied Media got a hands-on introduction to the certified registered nurse anesthetist profession.

Group of CRNA residents with students from local school standing in front of blue wall

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