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The Columbia Invents podcast by Columbia Technology Ventures is a series of interviews with faculty researchers at Columbia University. Hosted by Orin Herskowitz, Executive Director of Columbia Technology Ventures, the series explores breakthrough innovations being developed in Columbia’s scientific laboratories, the process of spinning these technologies out of the lab and into the market via industry or startups, and the challenges early stage technologies must overcome in order to realize their full potential.
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Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Dr. Wendy Chung is the Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a leader in genomic and precision medicine. She discusses what it means to be a “zebra hunter” in medicine and how it’s led her to discover dozens of rare genetic diseases, the impact that earlier diagnosis and gene therapy have had on devastating childhood diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy, and the role genes play in obesity, autism, autonomic disorders, and more.
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