Innovative Research

A gift to support our scientists and their research helps foster discoveries and nurture innovations that can lead to life-saving breakthroughs and affect the lives of individuals and their families now and in the future.

At Columbia we drive discovery by actively pursuing new scientific knowledge with the goal of improving human health. Our faculty are advancing cutting-edge research in such areas as cell engineering and therapy, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data science, computational biology, and much more, to advance care for our patients and for people throughout the world.

Imagine supporting a trial to test a promising new therapy for diabetes or a new drug to better prevent organ rejection among transplant patients. Or, perhaps you would like to join an effort to discover the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease and certain cancers. Since the founding of our medical school more than 250 years ago, Columbia researchers have made many medical breakthroughs, including the first blood test for cancer, the first medical use of the laser, and the first successful transfer of genes from one cell to another.

Financial support for research from private sources is essential to advancing medical innovation. There are a number of opportunities at the medical center to suit individual interests.

If you would like to help advance research discovery at Columbia, please contact our giving professionals, or consider making a gift today by giving online.