Science of Health at Columbia University
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Science of Health at Columbia University
@cusciofhealth.bsky.social
We aim to revolutionize biomedicine by understanding and measuring health at all scales, from biological to psychological to functional.
Website: tinyurl.com/y6khjbkf
See our recent paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu8437
Live discussion in an X space on Intrinsic health featuring Alan Cohen and Martin Picard. Join us! x.com/i/spaces/1yp...
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I had a ton of fun recently doing a live comedy show on immortality with Dan Toomey at Good Work. See a clip here, then follow the link to the full 45-min video on Good Work's patreon.
October 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Meet our member Christine Kuryla, a Ph.D. student using wearable data to tap into complex systems and take personal health tracking to the next level.
May 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Meet our member Dr. Berhane, a leading expert in longitudinal and trajectory modeling, uncovering how complex, evolving data patterns shape long-term health outcomes.
May 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Meet our member Dr. Liu, a biostatistician at Peking University pioneering federated models to reveal how whole-proteome dynamics shift under stress in both health and disease.
May 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Meet our member Dr. Sen Pei @senpei.bsky.social, an applied mathematician and complexity science expert exploring how networks of biological signals shape infectious disease dynamics—and how their interplay can support or disrupt health.
May 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Meet our member Dr. Jeff Goldsmith, developing data science methods for wearable device data to study how physical activity affects health across the life course.
May 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Aging accelerates later in life. Great new work from Arun Balanchandran, @danbelsky.bsky.social‬, and colleagues extending the measure of Pace of Aging. Just out in
Nature Aging. nature.com/articles/s43...
May 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Meet our member Dr. Malinsky, a biostatistician blending the mathematics of causality with philosophy to unravel the complex networks behind health and disease, and what truly causes what.
May 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Meet our member Dr. Makarem, an epidemiologist specializing in cardiovascular health, exploring how lifestyle medicine, especially sleep, can prevent heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes.
May 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Meet our member Dr. Ying Wei, a biostatistician leveraging AI-driven inference and quantile regression to analyze complex health data, uncovering subtle patterns that drive new insights into health outcomes.
May 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
MDVs, yet another example of a new layer of biological information and mitochondrial complexity. Mitochondria are not just powerhouses, they have many roles, and many relate to information and communication.

www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/14...
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hear me discuss our new paper written with the inimitable Laurent Hébert-Dufresne and colleagues! @lhd.bsky.social #Complexity #Physiology #Governance www.nature.com/articles/s44...
May 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Meet Dr. Julie Herbstman, director of Columbia’s Center for Children’s Environmental Health, leading bold, transformative strides in public health research and policy.
May 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Excited to launch our new series: Join Dr. Cohen as he breaks down the fundamentals of health science in our first episode—making complex biology simple, one concept at a time.
May 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Meet our member Dr. Dan Belsky, a global leader in aging science whose pioneering work in genetics, psychology, and epidemiology is redefining how we measure and understand biological aging.
April 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Meet Dr. John Beard, a leading voice in aging and health, whose work on intrinsic capacity is shaping health systems and policies around the world.
April 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Meet our Dean of Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and Director of the Columbia Aging Center, Linda Fried. She’s changing the way we view aging and advocating for a future that recognizes the strength of older adults.
April 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Meet our co-director of the Science of Health program Martin Picard. He is pioneering Mitochondrial Psychobiology to explore how energy links mind, body, and healing.
April 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
7/8 We highlight the importance of understanding these energy trade-offs to develop effective geroscience interventions. It's about optimizing health and longevity.
April 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
4/8 Various mechanisms of damage accumulation lead to stress responses and compensation, but these in the aggregate lead to a major increase in energetic costs as we age.
April 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
3/8 The cascade goes from senescent cells to SASP and inflammaging to the brain, which then makes adjustments throughout the body.
April 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
1/8 Aging isn’t just about getting older—it’s about how our brains help manage energy over time. Our recent paper reveals the science behind it, explained simply here:
April 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Meet our co-director of the Science of Health program Alan Cohen. He explores how energy flows through cells—and through us.
April 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
But health isn’t just biology—it’s lived. That’s Realized Health: how well your body supports your actual life, your goals, your identity. What counts as “healthy” is personal, and it should be.
#RealizedHealth #HealthEquity
April 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM