Shaping the future of education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Aleta Murphy, MSBS: How a Brother With Autism Started a Mount Sinai Graduate Student on a Scientific Journey
Watching her younger brother, Patrick, grow up with autism, Aleta Murphy saw how much support he needed. “I became interested in how broad this diagnosis is and how autism can be associated with different genetic influences,” she recalls. “I decided to explore those...
Why a Master’s Degree? Mount Sinai’s Outstanding Graduate Students Share Their Experiences and Aspirations
Here, we share the educational journeys of seven current and former students at Mount Sinai’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Learn what they are studying and how they will use their degree as they explore new paths and careers. Medical Student Takes Detour to...
When Omicron Struck, Mount Sinai’s Students Signed Up to Help
Several days after Christmas, second-year medical student Arman Azad met with top administrators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to plan how he and fellow students could help the Mount Sinai Health System handle the crush of COVID-19 patients falling...
Medical Student Michelle Tran, Whose Non-Profit Combats Anti-Asian Hate, Is Featured on NBC Special
When Michelle Tran is not pursing her MD/PhD degree with a specialization in cancer immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, she is busy helping Asian Americans protect themselves against hate crimes through Soar Over Hate, the non-profit she created...
A Generous Multimillion-Dollar Gift Advances Medical Education at Mount Sinai
Peter W. May and his wife, Leni, have made a generous multimillion-dollar gift in support of medical education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Steadfast champions of Mount Sinai and the future of medical education, the Mays have had a long, illustrious...
Mount Sinai’s Master’s Commencement—Celebrating Resilience and Achievement
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai conferred 147 master’s degrees in eight programs during a recent ceremony, an interactive virtual event that recapped a year of great challenges and extraordinary achievement. In...