Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Pioneering Researcher, Is Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Rachel Yehuda, PhD, a world-renowned researcher whose pioneering discoveries have revolutionized the study and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Yehuda is Professor and Vice Chair for Veterans...
2019 Mount Sinai Health Hackathon Winners
One hundred eighty medical and graduate students, and others, formed 19 teams to participate in the fourth annual Mount Sinai Health Hackathon in October. The 48-hour competition, held over the weekend leading up to the SinaInnovations Conference, challenged the...
Annual Gala Champions Prostate Cancer Research
The Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai raised more than $1 million at its Fourth Annual Prostate Cancer Research Gala on Wednesday, November 6, to support patient care, research, prevention, and education....
Fifth Annual Mount Sinai Innovation Awards
Individuals and teams from the Mount Sinai Health System were honored for significant advances in biomedical research, technology, and medicine at the fifth annual Mount Sinai Innovation Awards ceremony, which was held Monday, October 14, in conjunction with the...
Ten Renowned Mount Sinai Faculty Members Honored at Convocation
The 2019 Convocation Ceremony honored 10 renowned faculty members at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who have advanced the fields of neurosurgery, molecular pharmacology, oncology, bioinformatics, vaccinology, population health, cardiovascular...
Pioneering Discoveries in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Precise cell types that correlate with a patient’s resistance to the standard therapy for Crohn’s disease—anti-inflammatory drugs called TNF inhibitors—have been identified for the first time by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
Landmark Study on Aspirin for High-Risk Heart Patients Is Led by Mount Sinai
High-risk patients who have undergone a coronary stent procedure may not require long-term aspirin, according to a groundbreaking global study led by Roxana Mehran, MD, Director of the Center for Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials,...
Postdoctoral Award Supports Female Research Scientists
Two early-career scientists—Pinar Ayata, PhD, and Shuang (Sammi) Wang, PhD—are the recipients of the 2019 Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, it was announced recently. Each will receive an award of $25,000 to further their...
Study Directly Ties Caloric Intake to Inflammation
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, using sophisticated, single-cell technology,have isolated the molecular underpinning that explains why short-term fasting and a low-calorie diet are beneficial to people with...