Marla C. Dubinsky, MD, Receives 2022 Sherman Prize Recognizing Excellence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Marla C. Dubinsky, MD, an internationally recognized leader in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), was one of three national recipients of the 2022 Sherman Prize. The award, which recognizes individuals for pioneering achievements that have transformed patient...
In Milestone Finding, ‘Polypill’ Reduces Cardiovascular Mortality by 33 Percent in Patients Treated After a Heart Attack
In a milestone in cardiovascular medicine, a three-drug medication known as a “polypill” was found effective in preventing adverse events such as heart attacks or stroke in people who have previously had a heart attack, reducing cardiovascular mortality by 33 percent...
Jennifer Chan, PhD, Receives Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for Innovative Research
Jennifer Chan, PhD, whose work is vastly expanding knowledge about pregnancy, brain health, and stress, is the recipient of the 2022 Robin Chemers Neustein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, established in 2010 to encourage and support female research scientists at the...
Epigenetic Disease in the HIV+ Brain: An Innovative Longitudinal Study Method
Most clinical studies benefit from taking repeated measurements over weeks, months, years. Researchers studying epigenetic disease processes in the brain don’t have that luxury. “You harvest the brain, and you only get one time point,” says Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD,...
Non-Hispanic Blacks Found Twice as Likely to Have Atherosclerosis as Hispanics in Study of Young Adults in Harlem
A unique Mount Sinai study focused on a multiethnic, underserved community in Harlem found that young non-Hispanic Black adult participants were twice as likely to have atherosclerosis as young Hispanic adults. The research, published in the Journal of the American...
Computational Neuroscientist Opens Doors for New Ideas and Talent to Thrive
When Kanaka Rajan, PhD, an expert in neural networks, joined the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in late 2018, it was the school’s way of investing in computational neuroscience. But since establishing her lab, she has achieved new heights not just in her area...
Helen Mayberg, MD: Seizing Unexpected Opportunities at Every Turn
Depression has long been considered a serious mental disorder caused by extreme stress or a chemical imbalance that is treated by psychotherapy or medication. That is, until Helen Mayberg, MD, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience, and...
Yasmin Hurd, PhD: Asking the Questions No One Was Asking
A couple of decades ago, most people familiar with cannabis called it marijuana—and had probably never heard of cannabidiol (also known as CBD), one of its components. Today, many people have heard about CBD and its potential therapeutic uses thanks to the work of...
Mount Sinai Launches Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine: What Is it and Why Does it Matter?
The opening of the Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM) brings together biomedical experts from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and engineering experts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute under the same roof. The center, located on the...
