Mount Sinai Makes Studying the Brain Exciting and Fun for Schoolchildren
Neuroscience graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and volunteers from The Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai recently hosted a series of special activities during Brain Awareness Week, part of an annual global campaign each March by the Dana Foundation to...
Supporting People With Developmental Disabilities in the Workplace
Providing people with developmental disabilities job and internship opportunities benefits all concerned—by allowing the employees to maximize their independence while also enhancing disability inclusiveness and diversity of thought in the workplace. This was the...
A Vaccine Pod Dedicated to Mental Health Patients
Earlier this year, the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) launched a program to bring vaccine doses to mental health patients, as many have trouble navigating the internet or don’t have smartphones and need help facilitating appointments. The OMH program was...
Enduring Racial Slurs and an Assault, Medical Student Oranicha Jumreornvong Speaks Out Against Asian Hate
The rise in Asian hate crimes—including an assault she experienced herself—has transformed third-year medical student Oranicha Jumreornvong into an outspoken advocate for the rights of Asians in the United States. In March, Ms. Jumreornvong helped organize an...
Mount Sinai Radiation Oncology Leaders Elected to Form Radiation Therapy Association of New York State
Maria Dimopoulos, MBA, RT(T), Radiation Therapy Program Director, and Samantha Skubish, MS, RT(R)(T), Chief Technical Director for Radiation Oncology at Mount Sinai, have been elected to the inaugural positions of President and President-Elect for the Radiation...
Prevalence and the Understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder Are on the Rise
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is increasing in prevalence, but so are options for evaluation and therapies, said Paige Siper, PhD, Chief Psychologist for the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment, and Michelle Gorenstein, PsyD, Director of Outreach for the...
A Photographer Provides a Unique Look Inside Mount Sinai Brooklyn During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Last fall, an accomplished freelance photographer working for The New York Times was given access inside Mount Sinai Brooklyn to document the care being provided to COVID-19 patients. One of the images recently appeared in a lengthy photo essay titled “A City...
Mount Sinai Employees Reflect as a Community One Year into the Pandemic
On Thursday, March 11, 2021, Mount Sinai Health System employees marked one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic with a day of reflection. Across Mount Sinai, at 10:30 am, 4:30 pm, and 11:30 pm, employees paused to reflect on...
Navigating the Uncertainties of Multiple Sclerosis
The symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) can vary from person to person, and even from day to day for an individual—and this causes stress and uncertainty for both people with MS and their families. These psycho-social effects, and how to handle them, were the subject...