Stories about research and scientific development at Mount Sinai
Health Hackathon Seeks Cancer Care Solutions
SinaInnovations hosted the second annual Health Hackathon, a two-day competition on Friday, October 13, and Saturday, October 14, that drew 90 participants, including students from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and other institutions, plus engineering...
Two Scientists Receive Robin Chemers Neustein Award
Early-career scientists Catherine Jensen Peña, PhD, and Zoi Karoulia, PhD, innovative investigators in the fields of neuroscience and cancer, respectively, were named recipients of the 2017 Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. The fellowship, intended...
Two Mount Sinai Institutes to Join $215 Million Public-Private Partnership to Increase Patients’ Immunotherapy Success
The Tisch Cancer Institute and the Precision Immunology Institute at Mount Sinai Health System are part of a $215 million public-private Cancer Moonshot research collaboration launched by the National Institutes of Health and 11 leading pharmaceutical companies. “We...
A Robust Call to Action in Stemming Global Pollution
For decades, families in Dong Mai, Vietnam, recycled used car batteries in their backyards and kitchens without any environmental controls. In Sovetskoe, Kyrgyzstan, homes, playgrounds, and schools were constructed with red sand that contained high levels of lead...
Urology Department Hosts International Symposium
More than 500 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals recently attended the 2nd International Prostate Cancer Symposium and Inaugural World Congress of Urologic Oncology at The Mount Sinai Hospital. The three-day event in September was hosted by the Milton...
Isabelle M. Germano, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Oncological Sciences, Delivers Lecture at New York Society for Neurosurgery
Isabelle M. Germano, MD, MBA, FACS, Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Oncological Sciences at Mount Sinai Health System, was recently chosen by the New York Society for Neurosurgery to give the 2017 Charles A. Elsberg Lecture. She is the first woman to receive...
Three Mount Sinai Researchers Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Three faculty members from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the NAM is considered one of the highest honors in health and medicine, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated...
Frozen Section: What are the benefits of intraoperative analysis?
The latest American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) recommend that low-risk patients be treated by removing only half of the thyroid gland, a procedure known as hemithyroidectomy. However, even if some patients are considered...
Celebrating Science and Medicine at Convocation
Convocation 2017 was an especially inspiring event for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. It was a celebratory evening where 10 renowned faculty members were honored, the State of the School address was delivered, and a transformational strategic plan,...