Mount Sinai Celebrates Administrative Fellowship Graduates
Ask questions; don’t be afraid to make mistakes; find mentors who challenge and encourage you; embrace change, but honor your deepest values. These were some of the key takeaways offered by six new graduates of the Mount Sinai Health System’s...
Mount Sinai Health System Profiles in Pride 2020
In the annual Profiles in Pride, the Mount Sinai Health System recognizes employees for their leadership and dedication to LGBTQ+ health equity. This year, we salute the following employees. Bringing HIV Prevention and Health Education to...
Pamela Abner Receives Seed to Bloom Award for Corporate Community Service at Mount Sinai
Pamela Y. Abner, MPA, Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, has received the 2020 Corporate Community Award from the nonprofit group Seeds of Fortune Inc. The award, which Ms. Abner accepted at a virtual gala...
Vigils for Justice, Equality, and Health Equity
Clinicians across New York City joined in a “White Coats for Black Lives” march on Saturday, June 6, from Central Park’s East Meadow down Fifth Avenue to Columbus Circle. Hundreds of health care workers and medical students—wearing the requisite face...
The Impact of COVID-19 Within Black and Hispanic Communities
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit African American, Hispanic, and poor communities across the United States particularly hard. The health disparities that existed before COVID-19 have been greatly exacerbated, with a disproportionate impact on these...
New Institute for Health Equity Research Studies Issues Spotlighted by COVID-19
The Mount Sinai Health System’s new Institute for Health Equity Research is quickly acting on its mandate to rigorously study disparities in health issues, including COVID-19, with the intention of translating those discoveries into initiatives and...
Saving Lives, One Mask at a Time
Aishwarya Raja, a rising fourth-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, looked at the East Harlem community that surrounds Mount Sinai and knew she had to help her neighbors as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in New York City. She...
Structural Racism and Coronavirus in NYC—What Will be the Toll on Maternal Health Equity?
In our study recently published in Health Affairs, we found stark differences between neighborhoods in New York City in incidence of severe complications during childbirth. Twice as many women from poor black neighborhoods experienced a...
Diversity Innovation Hub Is Launched With a Mission
The Diversity Innovation Hub (DIH), a groundbreaking initiative of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was launched with a symposium on entrepreneurship on Monday, October 14, at Davis Auditorium. The aim of DIH is “to connect the dots between innovation work...
Partnership Supports Veterans in Civilian Careers
The Mount Sinai Health System recently partnered with Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS), a leading nonprofit that is dedicated to recruiting, training, and placing underserved and veteran job seekers into long-lasting civilian...