Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
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...
Study Finds Distress Among Children in Immigrant Detention
Mount Sinai researchers found that children being held in an immigration detention center experienced high levels of mental health distress, with 44 percent demonstrating at least one significant emotional or behavioral symptom. The report was the first...
Awards Ceremony Honors Exceptional Mount Sinai Faculty
The annual Faculty Awards ceremony recently recognized 14 outstanding physicians, researchers, and educators of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Honorees included senior faculty who have made significant contributions to Mount Sinai...
Innovators in Psychiatry
A group of medical students and residents from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently won the $10,000 grand prize at the Psychiatry Innovation Lab competition, which was held at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual...
Elizabeth Howell, MD, MPP, at TEDMED 2018: How to Improve Care for Pregnant Women
Every year, between 700 and 900 women suffer a pregnancy-related death in the United States. Even more concerning is that a significant portion of these deaths are preventable.In addition, for every death, more than a hundred women experience a severe...
Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD, a Leader in the Study of Viruses, Is Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD, Director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, and the Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Microbiology, and Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been...