DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Doctoral candidates are required to make an original investigation of a problem in biomedical engineering, the results of which are presented in the dissertation.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Sunil Agrawal
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DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Open only to certified candidates for the Ph.D. and Eng.Sc.D. degrees. Doctoral candidates in chemical engineering are required to make an original investigation of a problem in chemical engineering or applied chemistry, the results of which are presented in their dissertations. No more than 15 points of credit toward the degree may be granted when the dissertation is accepted by the department.
- Department: Chemical Engineering
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Scott Banta
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Jingguang Chen
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Neil D Dolinski
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DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR
All doctoral students are required to attend the department seminar as long as they are in residence. No degree credit is granted.
- Department: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
- T 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
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SEM-PLANT PHYSIOLOGY & ECOLOGY
SEM-INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY
Biology is made up of inextricably linked disciplines. Yet, many researchers identify themselves as working in one subfield, or the other, and frequently discount the value of the other subject in their own work. This subdivision is reflected in fundamental differences in how the fields view shared topics, what journals they read, and conferences which they attend. In this graduate-level course, we will contrast the ways in which biologists think about shared core ideas in their field, and seek an integrated perspective that can facilitate inter-disciplinary research and communication. A few example topics include genetic, population and community ecology, and ecosystem science. In-class time will consist of lectures representing differing subdisciplines, followed by a discussion. Assessment will be based on student participation in discussions in class, including co-leading a discussion, and end presentations.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- R 4 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Natalie T Boelman
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Portfolio Presentation Workshop
The Portfolio Presentation Workshop
is a culminating course that enables students to synthesize and showcase what they have learned throughout the Executive MPA program. Students develop and present an individual project focused on improving an organization, launching a new initiative, or conducting a case study of a significant policy or management issue. Each student draws upon prior coursework, professional experience, and new research to produce a final written report and two structured presentations.
The course emphasizes reflective practice, peer feedback, and real-world application. Students are required to submit a project proposal, assess prior work products, and present findings to their instructor and classmates. Final deliverables demonstrate the student’s ability to apply strategic, analytical, and leadership tools in a way that advances organizational goals and prepares them for future professional growth.
- Department: EXECUTIVE MPA
- S 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Kweli E Washington
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GRADUATE SEMINAR
All doctoral students are required to complete successfully four semesters of the mechanical engineering seminar MECE E9500.
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
- F 11 a.m.-noon
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DIRECTED RESEARCH
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
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Bekka Brodie
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Andres Bendesky
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Duncan Menge
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Viorel Popescu
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Marina Cords
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RES-MICROBIOL & IMMUNOLOGY II
Open only to microbiology students. Students doing dissertation research register for this course, as well as students who are rotating through laboratories of staff members.
- Department: Microbiology
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Instructor:
Nicholas Arpaia
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Guided Study in Research
GUIDED STUDY IN RESEARCH
Using the format of a research seminar highlighting research “challenges” of the DNSc faculty , this course is designed to strengthen the student’s ability to integrate and synthesize knowledge in statistics and nursing research methodologies, and to apply this integrated knowledge to common problems in study design and data analysis.
- Department: Nursing
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Gregory Alexander
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Suzanne Bakken
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Jean-Marie Bruzzese
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Billy A Caceres
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Lorraine Frazier
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Maureen George
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Amanda J Hessels
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Tonda Hughes
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Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger
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Jianfang Liu
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Mary Mundinger
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Monica O'Reilly-Jacob
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Lusine Poghosyan
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Meghan Reading
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Arlene M Smaldone
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Patricia Stone
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Jacquelyn Taylor
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Maxim Topaz
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Yihong Zhao
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Maryam Zolnoori
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Ex. Economic Justice and Empowerment Ext
Econ. Justice & Empowerme
- Department: Law
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Ex. Economic Justice and Empowerment Ext
Econ. Justice & Empowerme
- Department: Law
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SEMINAR IN BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
METHODS & LOGIC IN BIO OC
This course will provide students with an advanced understanding of the latest research in biological oceanography, with a particular focus on developing the skills needed to critically review the methods and logic of this literature. Students will learn through practice how to synthesis papers, provide appropriate background, and facilitate discussion in a group context, building communication skills. For those taking the 3 credit version of the course, this will culminate in a final paper that builds on these literature discussions with a forward thinking paper that takes a publication and outlines a future research effort that builds on this prior work and rationalizes it in the context of the literature. This paper will be discussed individually with the Professor as part of the assessment process. The intent is to provide graduate students with a strong background in the methods and logic behind key papers in the biological oceanography literature but other members of the Lamont community are welcome to participate in a regular or drop-in basis.
Prerequisites: This course assumes a background in biological or chemical oceanography like EESC W4923 Biological Oceanography, W4926 Chemical Oceanography, or EESC G6823 Microbial Oceanography (or equivalent).
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- W 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
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Instructor:
Sonya Dyhrman
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DIRECTED READINGS
Supervised directed readings and literature review in areas relevant to a students research program.
- Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
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Jill S Shapiro
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Viorel Popescu
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Marcia N Macedo
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Kira Delmore
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TOPICS IN METAPHYSICS
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- Department: Philosophy
- T 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
Justin Clarke-Doane
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BIOGEOSCIENCE SEMINAR
GEOENGINEERING
The course will focus on reading and discussing recent papers from the primary literature. Students will gain exposure to the primary literature, gain skills in evaluating published research, and acquire presentation experience. In spring 2026, we will explore modern topics in geoengineering, including carbon capture and storage (CCS) and solar radiation management (SRM). For CCS, strategies to capture CO2 and store it in geologic reservoirs, in the terrestrial biosphere, and in the oceans will be covered. For SRM, recent global modeling studies will be discussed. Some course meetings will include guest lectures from members of the LDEO community and from outside experts.
- Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
- M 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Instructor:
Galen A McKinley
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ADVANCED PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCESS B
ADV PSYCHOANALYTIC PROCES
- Department: Psychoanalytic Center
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ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
- Department: Psychoanalytic Center
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Instructor:
Jay Crosby
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPACE & TIME
- Department: Philosophy
- W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
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Instructor:
David Albert
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RESEARCH IN CMBS II
Open only to students in the Integrated Program.
- Department: Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies
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Instructor:
Ronald Liem
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Applications of Implementation Science i
IMPLEMENTATION SCI-LOW-IN
Despite increasing resources invested into health programs in low- and middle-income settings, and despite significant knowledge and evidence around effective interventions, successful implementation and scaling of these programs often remains elusive. Too often, known solutions to common health problems are not applied, or are introduced incompletely, leading to a persistent gap between what is known and what is done in practice, referred to as the “know-do gap” by the World Health Organization. Implementation research, implementation science, or delivery science – all relatively equivalent terms – has potential to address this gap. As an emerging field derived from multiple disciplinary traditions, the terminology and approaches for implementation science are still evolving. The goal of the course is to provide students with shared language and basic practical approach that will allow them to apply implementation science to a real-world context based on their personal experience or interest. Through a combination of guided learning modules, synchronous sessions, asynchronous review modules, case-based group exercises, and individual work, participants will focus on how to develop and assess implementation strategies to promote the delivery of evidence-based health interventions. We will first review the basics of conducting implementation in developing world settings and how to design and integrate practical implementation research that can answer the questions: "what is happening?" (compared with what is expected), "why is this happening?" and “how can the situation be improved?” The course builds upon core methodological skills in research and program design, public health theory and organizing models, as well as insights gained through students’ field practice. The course reviews quantitative and qualitative study designs as they apply to specific implementation research questions, offering guidance on how students may design similar studies when confronted with implementation questions in their own work and experience. Over the 7 modules, each participant will develop specific elements of an implementation science proposal and compile them into a concept note and in-class presentation.
- Department: Population and Family Health
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Stephen P Kachur
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COUPLES TREATMENT
- Department: Psychoanalytic Center
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Barry L Stern
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ADV TPCS IN PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
ADV TPCS PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
Prerequisite: A course in the philosophy of language covering the theory of sense and reference, and contemporary developments thereof.
This course introduces and elaborates a new notion, that of an identifier. An identifier is a way of thinking of a mental state that conveys what it is like to be in the state. A positive theory of identifiers can be applied to address central philosophical issues in (1) the proper characterization of thought about conscious mental states; (2) the structure of attribution of conscious states to ourselves and to others; (3) conscious states crucial to our ability to attribute such states interpersonally; (4) our understanding of the content of music; (5) the range of psychopathologies that are best explained by lack of, or impaired grasp of, identifiers; (6) the role of identifiers in aesthetic appreciation more generally. This Seminar aims to give an overview of these applications.
- Department: Philosophy
- R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Christopher Peacocke
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TOPICS IN EARLY MOD PHILOSOPHY
- Department: Philosophy
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Christia Mercer
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Systems Thinking for Maternal Health
SYSTMS THINK FOR MATERNAL
It is widely acknowledged that reducing maternal mortality is one of the major challenges to health systems globally. The increased diversity in the magnitude and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity between and within populations, as well as the highly inequitable distribution of poor maternal health between and within populations globally and locally, result in “wicked” problems and present a major challenge as we seek to address these varying needs. The complex web of factors that interact to drive high levels of maternal mortality makes a systems approach particularly useful for gaining insight into and addressing these issues. Increasingly, health planners and researchers are using systems thinking to make sense of health system functioning to reveal the dynamic relationships and synergies that drive maternal health and affect the delivery of priority health services. This course aims to provide you with the competencies to work in this complex post- SDG implementation environment. It is designed to focus on reducing maternal mortality and employs a systems approach to explore maternal health issues and analyze programs focused on maternal mortality reduction. Through this course you will gain substantive knowledge of issues related to maternal health and health systems strengthening and will develop skills in analyzing complex health systems and developing an integrated health system plan to address maternal mortality
- Department: Population and Family Health
- M 4 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
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Instructor:
Helen de Pinho
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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
All matriculated graduate students are required to attend the seminar as long as they are in residence. No degree credit is granted. The seminar is the principal medium of communication among those with biomedical engineering interests within the University. Guest speakers from other institutions, Columbia faculty, and students within the Department who are advanced in their studies frequently offer sessions.
- Department: Biomedical Engineering
- R 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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INFO & COMMUNICATION THEORIES
Wireless, Edge & Quan Net
- Department: Electrical Engineering
- F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
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Instructor:
Gil Zussman
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Advanced Environmental and Climate Justi
Adv. Enviro and Climate C
- Department: Law
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DNP Intensive Practicum
DNP INTENSIVE PRACTICUM
The DNP intensive practicum focuses on the delivery of fully accountable, evidenced based care for patients across clinical sites. The DNP student will demonstrate an integration of comprehensive assessment, advanced differential diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, evaluation of care for patients and synthesis of evidence-based practice with patients with a variety of conditions. In this context, the DNP student will organize and develop a professional portfolio.
- Department: Nursing
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DNP Intensive Practicum
DNP INTENSIVE PRACTICUM
The DNP intensive practicum focuses on the delivery of fully accountable, evidenced based care for patients across clinical sites. The DNP student will demonstrate an integration of comprehensive assessment, advanced differential diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, evaluation of care for patients and synthesis of evidence-based practice with patients with a variety of conditions. In this context, the DNP student will organize and develop a professional portfolio.
- Department: Nursing
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Instructor:
Ellen M Fahey
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DNP Intensive Practicum
DNP INTENSIVE PRACTICUM
The DNP intensive practicum focuses on the delivery of fully accountable, evidenced based care for patients across clinical sites. The DNP student will demonstrate an integration of comprehensive assessment, advanced differential diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, evaluation of care for patients and synthesis of evidence-based practice with patients with a variety of conditions. In this context, the DNP student will organize and develop a professional portfolio.
- Department: Nursing
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