Columbia University School of Professional Studies

How Cognitive Bias Shapes Risk—and What Leaders Can Do About It

At a recent Columbia SPS Author Spotlight, ERM Associate Director and Lecturer Rich Lauria and Capita Solutions CEO John Burkhardt explored how managing risk starts with understanding the mind.
Opinion
The LancetOpinion

Aligning SPIRIT and SAGER guidelines for equity in clinical trials

Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) 2025 guidelines published in The Lancet and commend the efforts to enhance transparency and rigour in clinical trial protocols.1,2 Accurate and ...
EurekAlert!

How can AI sentiment analysis apply to complex medical diagnoses?

Taking a page from market research tactics, UC San Francisco experts are studying whether artificial intelligence (AI) can improve diagnosis of a complex liver condition by using the clinical notes of ...

Adam Grant on lessons from the pandemic, datum versus data, and how abstract numbers can lead to very real human outcomes

In this excerpt from the new book 'Speak Data,' the Wharton professor and best-selling author shares his thoughts on how we ...
Study Finds

When It Comes To Empathy, ChatGPT Is Acting More ‘Human’ Than Some Doctors

ChatGPT scores higher than doctors in empathy ratings across 13 studies, challenging assumptions about human connection in ...