Shaping the future of education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Match Day 2026: The Next Step Toward Driving Change
Each student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has their own personal story about what led them to want to become doctors and researchers, but they share a common vision: to improve health care as we currently know it. For this year’s graduating students,...
Advancing Toward Medicine: How Mount Sinai’s MSBS Program Is Shaping a Path to a Physician-Scientist Career
Alexander Forrest is a first-year student in Track 1 of the Master of Science in Biomedical Science program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with a concentration in Immunology. In this Q&A, he discusses...
Getting a Head Start With AI at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Most first-year medical students spend their time mastering anatomy, memorizing biochemical pathways, and adjusting to the pace of clinical training. For Alvira Tyagi, that first year coincided with an opportunity to understand the rapid transformation in how patients seek health information with AI tools. “I did not expect to be involved in AI-driven health care research so early as a student,” says Ms. Tyagi. Read about how she began working at the intersection of AI and health care, and the importance for students to be familiar with this rapidly evolving field.
How An Interest in Cardiothoracic Surgery Is Shaping Caroline Tavolacci’s Path as a Surgeon-Scientist at Mount Sinai
Sooyun Caroline Tavolacci, MD, MSCR, is a third-year PhD student in the Clinical Research Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a surgeon-scientist in training. Her dissertation research focuses on heart transplantation outcomes, specifically...
Mount Sinai AIHH Grand Rounds: A Thoughtful Way to Adopt AI in Health Care
Health care systems across the country have been increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) systems to assist and augment what clinicians and researchers can achieve. Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD, Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, was invited as keynote speaker of Mount Sinai’s Windreich Department of AI and Human Health (AIHH) monthly seminar series AIHH Grand Rounds, and he spoke about the transformative potential of AI and how to guide its growth ethically.
An Early Interest in Immunology Set the Stage for Building a Scientific Career at Mount Sinai
Ananya Parthasarathy, MSBS, a first-year student in the PhD in Biomedical Sciences program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, recalls developing an interest in immunology while growing up in India, including becoming involved in a project to investigate...
Mount Sinai Nurses: Inspiring the Next Generation Through Unique Learning Opportunities
With a laser focus on cultivating the next generation of nurses, the Mount Sinai Health System leads the way with two unique and popular programs for students. Both provide an invaluable, hands-on, hospital-based experience to those on a path to becoming a nurse. The...
Fostering Connections and Collaborations With AI Grand Rounds
To foster better awareness and collaboration of AI efforts, the Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health (AIHH) at Mount Sinai established its monthly Grand Rounds—sessions for faculty, trainees, and staff to share ideas, learn about...
A Journey of Firsts at the White Coat Ceremony
For the class of 2029 of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the White Coat Ceremony marks the start of their medical careers. It is also an opportunity for Mount Sinai staff and faculty to pass wisdom on what it means to be on that path.
Beyond the Scalpel, Learning About Humanities in Medicine
Medical humanities is the field that examines the intersection of art and humanities with medicine, and on September 18, 2025, the Academy for Medicine and the Humanities at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai hosted the inaugural Two-Minute Talks in Medical Humanities. Members of the Mount Sinai Health System presented various topics that they were passionate about, showcasing their interests outside just the medical field.
Of Integrity, Persistence, Leadership, and Responsibility: Mount Sinai Graduate Students Start Their Science Training
Alec C. Kimmelman, MD, PhD, stepped to the podium as the keynote speaker at Mount Sinai’s Lab Coat Ceremony, the celebratory start of academic research and training for the newest PhD and MD-PhD students. He recalled how he had felt a few decades earlier when he was a...
How a Passion for Pharmacology and Addressing Substance Use Disorders Brought an Aspiring Researcher to Mount Sinai
Ally Parpounas, MS, is a second-year student in the MD program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She previously completed the Master of Science in Biomedical Science (MSBS) at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. It was her decision to attend the...
After Sharpening His Engineering Skills in Industry, Karan Lingineni Gets a Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR), Building on a Passion for Research-Driven Approaches to Clinical Care
After earning dual degrees in Computer Science and Neurobiology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2022, Karan Lingineni moved to Seattle and worked at Amazon’s Alexa AI division, then later at Kyndryl (formerly IBM Cloud Consulting), where he served as...
Driven by a Passion for Immunology, Gvantsa Pantsulaia Deeply Advances Her Understanding of the Field With a Master of Science in Biomedical Science (MSBS) Degree
Nothing fascinates Gvantsa Pantsulaia, MSBS, more than learning how immune cells communicate, recognize threats, and coordinate responses, which she describes as “watching a movie unfold.” In the following Q&A, she discusses the experiences that shaped her and...
Krystine Ferreira Recounts Unforgettable Experiences and Gaining a Vast New Skill Set on the Road to Earning a Master of Science in Epidemiology at Mount Sinai
Krystine Ferreira, who earned a Master of Science in Epidemiology in 2025 from Mount Sinai’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, wanted to further explore the intersectionality of sociology and biomolecular science. In the following Q&A, she discusses how she...