Program Archives

The Office of Gender Equity in Science and Medicine was established in 2019 and has since remained committed to ensuring a supportive, collegial environment free from harassment for faculty, students, and trainees, regardless of gender, gender expression, or gender identity. The Gender Equity team works hard to develop programming to promote equity for Mount Sinai Health System professionals in science and medicine regardless of gender.

Previous Distinguished Scholar Awardees

Our previous distinguished scholar awardees include:

2021

Kara Simone Bagot, MD, Psychiatry: “ALLY: A digital platform for adjunctive adolescent cannabis use disorder treatment.” Learn more

Silvia De Rubeis, PhD, Psychiatry: “Decoding sex-specific drivers of intellectual disability.” Learn more

Rebecca LR Powell, PhD, Medicine (Infectious Diseases): “Evaluation of the capacity of human milk IgA exhibiting high-titer SARS-CoV-2-specific binding and neutralization to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or reduce viral loads in Syrian hamsters”. Learn more

Xiang Xu, PhD, Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology: “Simultaneous evaluation of glucose uptake and glymphatic function in Alzheimer’s disease using dynamic glucose-enhanced MRI.” Learn more

2020

Denise Cai, PhD, Neuroscience: “Brain optimization of capacity and efficiency for memory storage.” Learn more

Sarah Stanley, MD, PhD, Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease): “The role of CNS glucose-inhibited neurons in glucose regulation.” Learn more

Talia Swartz, MD, PhD, Medicine (Infectious Diseases): “Understanding purinergic receptors to reduce HIV infection and inflammation in human lymphoid 2022.” Learn more

Amplifying Equity Speaker Series

In 2021, we launched the Amplifying Equity Speaker Series featuring esteemed colleagues in the work towards advancing gender equity in our institution and beyond.

Our seminars have focused on topics ranging from equity and diversity in biomedical research to mentorship and sponsorship. We are excited to continue this powerful speaker series and highlight individuals internal and external to Mount Sinai with lessons to share from the field.

Please check out our past Amplifying Equity Speaker Series events and share your suggestions for leaders in the field or topics we should highlight in the future.

Newsletter Archives

Our Gender Equity Quarterly Newsletter highlights new policies, programs, events, resources, related to gender equity at Sinai and beyond.

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