ACNP: Mount Sinai’s Panels, Study Groups, and Posters
This year’s American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) conference takes place December 9-13 in Hollywood, Florida. Faculty from the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will be contributing via panels, study...
Brains in a Dish: A Promising New Tool for Studying Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions
Lotje De Witte, MD, PhD, is one of the few experts on “mini brains,” or cerebral organoids—stem cells grown into small balls of human brain tissue. This video shows a mini brain in her lab, showing the dividing cells in red. Video courtesy of Dilara Ilhan. Until very...
Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Winter 2018-2019
The Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has put together a fantastic lineup for the 2018-2019 Grand Rounds season—check out some of the highlights below. On November 27, Raquel Gur, MD, PhD, discussed genetic and...
Does Aerobic Exercise Help Improve Cognition in People With Schizophrenia?
David Kimhy, PhD, joined the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai In September of 2017 as an Associate Professor, Leader in New Interventions in Schizophrenia, and Director of the Experimental Psychopathology Laboratory....
Faculty Retreat at The Met
On Thursday, July 28, the second annual Faculty Retreat took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Over the course of the day, 17 new faculty members introduced themselves to the department and presented their current research, followed by a...
Eliminating Physical Restraints in the Psychiatric Emergency Department
“Vision Zero” is New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign to reduce pedestrian deaths to zero by improving traffic safety. Kenneth Hung, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of the Psychiatric Emergency Department at Mount Sinai Hospital, decided to...