Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Awarded $42 Million to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Advance Influenza Research
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai a seven-year contract valued at more than $42 million to advance basic research into influenza and COVID-19, and prepare for future pandemics....
COVID-19 Research Roundtable
Almost exactly one year ago, New York City faced the outbreak and first peak of the pandemic, and the city accounted for 25 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Mount Sinai Health System and health care workers responded to an unprecedented surge of...
Scientists Celebrate International Day of Immunology and Their Role in Advancing Breakthroughs for COVID-19
The significant role the human immune system has played in the spread and containment of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, was the subject of an International Day of Immunology summit, held virtually on Thursday, April 29, 2021, and co-organized by...
Thousands of Mothers Take Part in Mount Sinai Study of COVID-19 and Pregnancy
A multidisciplinary team at Mount Sinai is conducting the first large-scale prospective study to examine the impact of COVID-19 infection during pregnancy on maternal and child outcomes. The study is funded by a $1.8 million contract from the Centers for Disease...
Mount Sinai Creates First Experimental Personalized Vaccine for a Variety of Cancers
The first personalized cancer vaccine administered to patients prior to evidence of spread but after surgery or a stem cell transplant, was shown to be safe, well tolerated, and potentially beneficial in preventing disease recurrence in a phase 1 clinical trial at The...
Mount Sinai Recognizes Lab Team for their Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 brought numerous challenges for the hundreds of employees working in and with our medical laboratories across Mount Sinai Health System. They continued to show agility and dedication in meeting the changing needs of our community as the pandemic progressed....
Pregnancy and Antidepressants: Should You Avoid Taking Them?
Those who are pregnant or who may be thinking of getting pregnant may wonder if taking antidepressants could affect the heath of the child. New research from Mount Sinai offers some potentially important findings and shows that the underlying mental health of the...
Students Present Their Latest Studies at Medical Student Research Day
One hundred six poster presentations and four oral presentations capped off new research that was conducted by students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and featured at Mount Sinai’s Fourth Annual Karen Zier, PhD, Medical Student Research Day, held over...
Artificial Intelligence Tools May Detect Abnormalities that Could Otherwise Be Missed
A patient’s electronic health record typically contains a trove of information that can be used to help predict and manage their future health needs. But much of that information is often composed of unstructured or fragmented data that first must be translated into...