Strategic partnership with Columbia University, New York

• Joint research opportunity
• Staff and student exchange 
• Contact: Professor David Fearn 
• Web: www.columbia.edu

The University of Glasgow has signed a strategic agreement with New York’s Columbia University which will see the development of a range of research collaborations.

Columbia University, a member of the prestigious US Ivy League, signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Glasgow which will allow academics from both institutions to work closely together to develop high-impact research themes.

This strategic partnership has already generated the following outcomes:

• We have developed collaborations in a shared area of expertise - biomedical science – specifically cardiovascular medicine, neurobiology, clinical trials, public health, comparative medicine, and cancer research.
• So far, this has resulted in exchange visits for staff, a successful lectures series and a £100k fund for developing a Glasgow/Columbia joint programme in cancer research.
• Other fruitful activities have included:
  •  joint presentations on research funding opportunities,
  • joint publications in cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology,
  • joint research into the genetics of cardiovascular disease and
  • research links in spinal cord neuroscience.