Meet Our Team

IHER Leadership

Carol Horowitz, MD, MPH
Institute Director

Lynne Richardson, MD
Institute Co-Director

IHER Core Leads

Emma Benn, DrPH
Director, Center for Scientific Diversity

Nina Bickell, MD
Professor & Director, Health Care Delivery Science Core

Sidney Hankerson MD, MBA
Director of Mental Health Equity Research

Gordon (KaMing) Ngai, MD
Director of Immigrant, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies

Nita Vangeepuram, MD
Associate Director, Community Engagement Core

IHER Staff

Hugo Ayala
Program Manager

Sabrina Clermont
Recruitment Diversity Specialist

Cindy Clesca
Senior Project Manager

Tyler Colon
Clinical Research Coordinator

Aaishah Francis
Senior Clinical Research Coordinato

Timnit Ghebretinsae
IHER Research Coordinator

Lauren Gordon
Senior Project Manager

Crispin Goytia
Community Engagement Specialist

Danielle John
Clinical Research Coordinator

Amita Joshua
Clinical Research Manager

Holden Kata
Senior Program Manager

Devin Madden
IHER Program Manager

Emma Maiman-Stadtmauer
Clinical Research Coordinator

Rennie Negron
Administrative Director

Sima Rabinowitz
Senior Scientific Writer

Michelle Ramos
Clinical Trial Manager

Katheryn Roberson
Postdoctoral Fellow

Tatiana Sabin
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Sofia Schlozman
Clinical Research Coordinator

Catherine Squirewell
Program Manager

Amber Stacks
Program Manager

Camila Tan
Clinical Research Coordinator

Jacara Terry
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Gerardo Vallejo
Administrative Coordinator

Eunice Wright
Administrative Manager

Radhi Yagnik
Clinical Research Manager

IHER Faculty

Donald Apakama, MD
Instructor, Emergency Medicine

Saadiyah Bilal, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Kirk Campbell, MD
Professor, Medicine, Nephrology
Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 
Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
Director, Recruitment, Center for Scientific Diversity

Uraina Clark, PhD
Director of Research Development, Center for Scientific Diversity

Mariana Figueiro, PHD
Professor, Population Health Science and Policy
Director, Light and Health Research Center

Stephanie H. Hernandez, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Louisa Holaday, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine and General Internal Medicine

Utsha Khatri, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Population Health Science and Policy, Global Health

Tracy Layne, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Population Health Science & Policy, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Director of Mentorship Development, Center for Scientific Diversity

Victoria Mayer, MD
Assistant Professor, Population Health Science and Policy, Medicine and General Internal Medicine

Sarah J. Miller, PsyD
Assistant Professor, Population Health Science & Policy, Family Medicine & Community Health, Oncological Sciences
Director of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, Center for Scientific Diversity

Tiffany Mitchell, MD
Instructor, Emergency Medicine

Nihal E. Mohamed, PhD
Associate Professor & Director of Education and Training, Center for Scientific Diversity

Dinushika Mohottige, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor

Girish Nadkarni, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine and Nephrology
Clinical Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health
Co-Director of The Mount Sinai COVID Informatics CenterSystem Chief of the Division of Data Driven and Digital Medicine (D3M), The Mount Sinai Clinical Intelligence Center (MSCIC) 
Director of the Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine

Kathryn Roberson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mental Health Equity Research Group

Joshua Safer, MD
Professor, Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
Executive Director Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery

Jamilia Sly, PhD
Assistant Professor, Population Health Science & Policy, Family Medicine & Community Health, Oncological Sciences   
Director of Anti-Racist Community Research and Outreach, Center for Scientific Diversity

Kimberly Souffront PhD, RN, FNP- BC
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Associate Director Center of Nursing Research & Innovation

Shameeke Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

IHER Collaborators

Pamela Abner, MPA, CPXP
Vice President & Chief Diversity Operations Officer Mount Sinai Hospital Groups
Office for Diversity and Inclusion

Allan Just, PhD
Assistant Professor
Environmental Medicine & Public Health

Eimear E Kenny, PhD
Professor & Director
Institute For Genomic Health

Rachel Vreeman, MD, MS
Professor & Chair
Director, The Arnhold Institute For Global Health