Shaping the future of education in health care and medical sciences
New Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine Paves the Way for Two Fields to Work More Closely Together
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 12 announced the opening of the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM), forming a new venture to bridge engineering and biomedical science expertise between the...
Voices From the Class of 2022 at Icahn Mount Sinai’s Commencement
After two years of remote instruction and Zoom meetings, students graduating from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai celebrated their big day in person. The ceremony was held at Carnegie Hall on May 11, and the energy was palpable—masks could not hide the...
Medical Student Takes Detour to Understand the Potential of Artificial Intelligence
Interrupting your fourth-year medical studies is a bold decision. But that’s what Gabriel Marx did, immersing himself in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) through the Master of Science in Biomedical Data Science (MSBDS) program at the Graduate School of...
Briana Bell Came to Mount Sinai for a Master of Public Health (MPH) and Discovered a World of Research Opportunities
Briana Bell planned to explore the knowledge and attitudes about mental health among farm workers and lower-caste members in India as her Applied Practice Experience project when she enrolled in the epidemiology track of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at...
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...