Katrina Armstrong

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"I believe in the power of science to make the world a better place.
I believe that empathy and compassion are fundamental, not just because we're in
the healing professions, but in everything that we do, including how we
work with each other.
I believe in the pursuit of equity and justice, and in listening to the communities we
serve who walk that path with us. And I believe that academic health centers have
both a responsibility and an opportunity to deliver on those values."

—"Katrina Armstrong, MD" [22]

On March 1, 2022, Armstrong became the chief executive officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. [23] She also is Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences for Columbia University and the Harold and Margaret Hatch Professor in the Faculty of Medicine. [23] Armstrong is the 25th dean of VP&S, founded in 1767 as the nation's second medical school but the first in the nation to award an MD degree. Armstrong is the first woman to lead Columbia's medical school and medical center. [23]

Research

Armstrong's research focuses on medical decision making, quality of care, and cancer prevention and outcomes. Armstrong has helped transform understanding of cancer, genomics, and health care disparities. She has identified ways to improve cancer care using observational data, modeling, and personalized medicine. Her work has focused on cancer risk and prevention in Black and Latinx patients, [24] examined racial inequities in genetic testing and neonatal care, and analyzed the roles that segregation, discrimination, and distrust play in the health of marginalized populations. [25] Her most recent research studied disparities in rural areas and include partnerships with Lakota tribal communities and organizations in western South Dakota. [26]

Awards and honors

Personal life

While attending Johns Hopkins University in the Osler residency program, she met her future husband Tom Randall, a gynecologic oncologist, and married him upon graduation. [4] Armstrong and Randall have three children together. [4]

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Katrina Armstrong
Born
Alabama, USA
Known forCancer, genomics, and health care disparities
SpouseTom Randall
AwardsOutstanding Investigator Award from the American Federation of Medical Research (2009)
Alice Hersh Award from AcademyHealth (2005)
Academic background
EducationBA, Yale University
MD, Johns Hopkins University
MSCE, University of Pennsylvania
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