Two Scientists, Two Continents, One Mission: Understanding How Environmental Toxins Affect Human Health
Robert Johnson, MPhil, an environmental scientist from Ghana, and Julio Landero, PhD, a chemist at Mount Sinai, each nod enthusiastically as the other describes how collaboration is essential to their shared passion: understanding how the tiniest chemical particles...
Improving Health Outcomes Through the New York City Partnership’s 2025 Pilot Project Awards
The Arnhold Institute for Global Health’s New York City (NYC) Partnership is excited to announce the recipients of its 2025 Pilot Project Awards. These awards, selected through a rigorous review based on the National Institutes of Health guidelines, provide up to...
Bridging Cultures in Medicine: A Mount Sinai Student’s Time at Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal
As a fourth-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, I spent one month in February in Nepal for my clinical elective. This experience was humbling, challenging, and deeply meaningful, undoubtedly shaping my career in medicine. The Role of...
How Partnership Is Improving Pulmonary Care for Nepali Children
When Sameera Thapa, MD, met Alfin “Didi” Vicencio, MD, they were both trying to improve care for children with lung diseases, but in very different ways. Dr. Thapa, a pediatrician at Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal, wanted to provide better care for children with lung...
AMPATH Kenya Research Highlighted by the World Health Organization
In July, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a new publication highlighting key research that will help health care providers tell children and adolescents that they have HIV. In this Q&A, Rachel Vreeman, MD, MS, Director of the Arnhold Institute...
Strengthening Mental Health Education in Nepal
Mental health problems affect one in 10 adults in Nepal over their lifetime. The burden of mental health disorders has risen as the country recovers from a decade-long internal conflict, the 2015 earthquake, and the global COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this urgent...