Addiction Institute to Explore Effective Therapies
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently opened a new Addiction Institute that will address one of the nation’s greatest health concerns by exploring effective treatments for patients with substance abuse problems. “Bringing science to bear on the...
Why Marijuana Has the Potential to Treat Opioid Addiction
Yasmin Hurd, PhD, a professor of psychiatry, neuroscience, and pharmacology and systems therapeutics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses her new report on marijuana, and its potential to curb opioid addiction. Watch the video See more Mount Sinai...
Two Prominent Researchers in Brain Disease Assume Key Leadership Roles at Mount Sinai
Two world-renowned researchers in brain disease have assumed key leadership roles at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: René S. Kahn, MD, PhD, as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Paul Kenny, PhD, as Chair of the Department of Neuroscience. Both men...