2019-2021 Psychosis, Suicide, and Major Mental Illness Fellows
In July, two new postdoctoral fellows began a two-year psychology fellowship to study psychosis, suicide, and major mental illness in veterans at the Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center (JJPVAMC) in...
VA Faculty Awarded MERIT Grants
In August, Marianne Goodman, MD, Erin Hazlett, PhD, and Philip Szeszko, PhD, all faculty staff at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center (JJPVAMC) in the Bronx and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, were awarded two new grants in suicide prevention. Drs....
Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Fall 2019 – Winter 2020
The Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has put together a fantastic lineup for the 2019-2020 Grand Rounds season—check out the list below. September 10 Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD, Rockefeller University September 17 Emil F. Coccaro, MD,...
Dr. Goodman Honored For Veteran Suicide Prevention Work
On June 1, Marianne Goodman, MD, Associate Director of the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs’ New York Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center of Excellence (MIRECC) and Director of the MIRECC’s Suicide Prevention and Treatment Research Program, was honored...
2019 Computational Psychiatry Course at The Met
On July 29-30, the Department of Psychiatry hosted the 2019 Computational Psychiatry Course at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with support from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and IBM Research. The first day opened with a speech from René Kahn, MD,...
Dr. Brennan’s White House Talk on the Opioid Crisis
On June 25, Timothy Brennan, MD, Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke's, gave a speech at the White House. During the event, entitled “Building the Addiction Medicine Workforce: Giving Americans Access to the Care They...