Healthcare Center
Center Director:
This semester, the Healthcare Center will focus on two projects. The first is a report on the history of reproductive healthcare at Barnard and Columbia. Reproductive freedom is a crucial issue in today’s political climate—and Columbia, in many ways, has been ground zero for abortion and contraception access on campus. Our second project will focus on disability rights advocacy here in Morningside Heights. In collaboration with MHCC, we will push Columbia to continue the development of and build an elevator at the 125th Street subway station, ending decades worth of inaccessibility from 96th to 135th streets for mobility-restricted community members.
Previous Publications
2018-2019:
Amending the Federal Controlled Substances Act: Fostering Public Health Innovation at the Local Level by Sinead Hunt
Medi-Cal and Work Requirements by Juliet Emerson-Colvin
Parity Delayed is Parity Denied by Alex Siegal
Protecting Healthcare Access in the Age of Trump: A Proposal for a State-Based Individual Mandate in New York by Sinead Hunt
Decriminalizing Overdoses: Saving Lives by Protecting the Rights of Parolees by Francesca Barasch and Augusta Owens
Expanding Access to Life-Saving Hepatitis C Treatment: Removing Discriminatory Sobriety Restrictions by Sinead Hunt
2017-2018:
Closing the Primary Care Gap: Expanding California's Scope-of-Practice Regulations for Nurse Practitioners to Meet Patient Demand by Sinead Hunt
Lowering Barriers to Public Access of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors by Cassidy Gabriel
Tackling Columbia's Mental Health Crisis: Increasing Peer to Peer Communication and Disclosure by Sarah Lubin
Addressing the Opioid Crisis on Staten Island: Combating Stigma to Provide Better Treatment Options by Sinead Hunt