Projects
Courses
Read more about courses that were developed by RCSS scholars and advisory board members.
Advanced Directives Review
The advanced care directives review project was inspired by the complicated issues that often arise in the process of putting together patients’ advanced care plans in the nursing home setting. The project has two parts: the first is an inventory of patients’ advanced care plans, and the frequency with which these plans are updated, especially when serious changes to a patient’s health or diagnosis occur. The second is an assessment of whether these ACPs align with the principles of Goal-Concordant Care. The project is being undertaken at Mary Manning Walsh nursing home.
Recent Publication
Who’s Responsible for Mental Health on College Campuses? Student and Administrative Perspectives at Columbia University
News
How CRISPR technology can solve our COVID-19 testing problems
This op-ed advocates for a CRISPR based COVID test that could be used at home. The authors believe that such a technology would allow for much more widespread testing, thus allowing for the country, and the world, to re-open from this pandemic more safely. This article not only explores the benefits of such a technology, but also the possible ethical ramifications and how they can be addressed.
New York Doctor Shares Inside Look At Caring For End-Of-Life COVID-19 Patients
Dr. Craig Blinderman talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about caring for dying coronavirus patients here.
She Spent Her Last Month of College Lifting Bodies in a Morgue
A New York Times article on RCSS Scholar Mariel Sander about the work she performed in a hospital morgue during the Coronavirus outbreak in New York City.