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Research
The Department of Medicine at Columbia is driven to advance medicine through groundbreaking research. The Department is home to a robust portfolio of research initiatives, including many supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) across its 13 divisions. Our physicians and scientists work on both basic and clinical research. The department currently is recruiting patients for a number of clinical trials.