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Tracy Layne, PhD, MPH, Receives the Schneider-Lesser Foundation Fellowship for Junior Faculty
The Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute (BFWHRI) congratulates Tracy Layne, PhD, MPH, who was recently awarded the Schneider-Lesser Foundation Fellowship for Junior Faculty. The fellowship is intended to advance the chances of long-term...
Mount Sinai’s Master’s Commencement—A Time for Reflection and Recognition
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai conferred 201 master’s degrees during a ceremony that was held virtually on Friday, June 26, as New York City continued to observe masking and social distance...
Why a Master’s Degree? New Graduates Share Their Perspective and Aspirations
"Mount Sinai has been the perfect academic community for me for the past two years, growing my love of research while at the same time challenging me and developing my skills. I'm excited to keep chasing my aspirations as I continue on to complete my PhD...
A Passion for Community Wellness Drives New Graduate Gavriella Hecht, MPH
At a time when the world is focused on public health, the students in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are as committed as ever to preventing disease,...
How a Small Force of Mount Sinai Nursing Students Played Key Support Roles at the Height of COVID-19
Twenty-two students at the Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel have logged more than 1,000 volunteer hours since early April, taking on key support roles in pharmacy and research to help overburdened Mount Sinai Health System...
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...