Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Researcher Wins Young Investigator Award
Immunotherapy has been a game changer in treating some cancers, but it does not work for every patient. Building mathematical models that might predict a patient’s response is central to the work of Benjamin D. Greenbaum, PhD, Assistant Professor of...
Harvard Business Review: How Mount Sinai Health System Fosters Collaboration to Fight Cancer
In an article published in the Harvard Business Review, Joel Dudley, PhD, Mount Sinai Professor in Biomedical Data Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Executive Vice President for Precision Health for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Samir...
$7.6 Million Grant Awarded for Multifaceted Study of Peanut Allergy
When patients are diagnosed with peanut allergy, they often ask two questions: “How much peanut can I eat before I get sick, and how severe will the reaction be?” says Scott Sicherer, MD, Director, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn...
Postdoctoral Award Supports Innovative Research
Two early-career scientists in the fields of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, recently received the 2018 Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. The recipients—Lorna Farrelly, PhD, and Sabrina Tamburini, PhD—will each receive...
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: From Start-up to Innovation Hub
How a new stand-alone medical school grew into one of the nation’s leading centers for scientific and medical advancement. Operating out of a converted garage, it was an ambitious, bold, and risky entrepreneurial venture fueled by dreams of not merely...
Researchers Advance the Understanding of How Viruses May Play a Role in Alzheimer’s Disease
Two strains of human herpesvirus—human herpesvirus 6A (HHV-6A) and human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7)—are found in the brains of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease at levels up to twice as high as in those without Alzheimer’s, according to findings published June 21, 2018,...
Experimental “Brain Glue” Helps Save the Life of a Teen Patient
When, in early 2017, the teacher of 14-year-old Shawn Svoboda called to say he was falling asleep in class, his mother wasn’t overly concerned, considering it typical teenage behavior. However, when the teacher called a second time that same day to emphasize she...
Could Dogs Serve as Hosts for the Next Flu Pandemic?
Dogs are becoming increasingly friendly hosts for a surprising array of influenza viruses, a situation that could pose a potential threat to humans. That is the finding of a new study from the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute at the Icahn...
Paying Tribute to a Giant in Medicine
Family, friends, and colleagues of the late James F. Holland, MD, Distinguished Professor of Neoplastic Diseases at The Tisch Cancer Institute, gathered in May at the Mount Sinai Health System to celebrate his work as a renowned physician-scientist who...