Institute for Health Equity Research Holds Inaugural Symposium to Exchange Ideas and Propel Research
As part of its mission to elevate the science of heath equity, the Institute for Health Equity Research (IHER) held its inaugural symposium, one of the first major milestones in a new partnership between IHER and Royalty Pharma, established in 2022, to build an...
A “Profound Honor”: Mount Sinai Partnership Expands Health Care to Thousands in Guyana
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is seizing “an amazing opportunity” in global public health in a three-year initiative that is expanding health care to Guyana’s more than 800,000 citizens. Launched in 2022, the initiative is a partnership among Mount...
Transforming the Face of Pharmacy by Training Knowledgeable, Efficient Techs
Pharmacy technicians serve as crucial team members who work alongside pharmacists to maximize the pharmacist’s scope and efficiency. As technology and training have evolved, technicians have taken a more significant leadership role in hospital pharmacy...
Diversity Innovation Hub Holds 2023 Pitch Day Competition Recognizing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Mount Sinai’s Diversity Innovation Hub (DIH), a venture of the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, is a unique, community-driven incubator with the goal of increasing the diversity of founders in health care innovation and entrepreneurship through investing and...
Mount Sinai Researcher Launches Three Studies of Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian Americans
Clara Li, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor, Psychiatry, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has received new grants that will total more than $12 million from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes...
Public Health and Racial Justice Program Encourages Girls of Color to See Themselves As Agents of Change
The Mount Sinai Department of Health Education, with support from The Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute, hosted its first in-person cohort of the Public Health and Racial Justice Program. Over the course of six weeks in July and August, 15 youth...
GOALS Employee Resource Group Event Offers Support and Dialogue for Black Men’s Mental Health
The Growth in Operations, Administration, and Leadership Society (GOALS) Employee Resource Group (ERG) hosted its quarterly outing at Mount Sinai’s Corporate Services Center in June to recognize National Mental Health Awareness Month. This event, coordinated by Shawn...
Mammograms Have Been in the News. Here’s What You Need to Know
Mammograms have been in the news lately, and it can sometimes be a bit confusing. But the guidance from Mount Sinai doctors remains unchanged and simple: You should start getting mammograms at age 40 and continue yearly. In this Q&A, Elisa Port, MD, FACS, Chief of...
Shaping the Future of LGBTQ+ Medicine
Throughout the day, the flow of patients at Mount Sinai Health System’s Institute for Advanced Medicine clinics is nonstop, says Jean Carlo Rodriguez-Agramonte, MD. “But I couldn’t be happier, seeing these patients and knowing I’m helping them,” he adds. Caring for...
Committed to Education and Equity: A Q&A With Reena Karani, MD, MHPE, the New Chair of the National Board of Medical Examiners
Reena Karani, MD, MHPE, Director of the Institute for Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was recently elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), becoming the first woman of color to...