Faculty

Julia Arnsten, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor, Departments of Medicine,
Epidemiology and Population Health,
and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chief, Division of Internal Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine*

Joan Berman, Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology and Microbiology and Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine*

Sima Boterashvili

Grants Administrator
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies
New York Academy of Medicine*

Andrea Branch, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Gary Butts, M.D.

Associate Dean of Diversity Program, Policy, and Community Affairs
Director, Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

Desiree Byrd, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

Benjamin Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Systems Therapeutics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mary Ann Cohen, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Ray Cornbill, M.B.A.

Associate Director of Research and Development
Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

Angela Diaz, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and Community and Preventative Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Mira Goral, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Speech - Language - Hearing Sciences
Lehman College, City University of New York

Dickson Jean, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.

Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor
Head of Laboratory
The Laboratory on the Biology of Addictive Diseases
Rockefeller University*

Sunhee C. Lee, M.D.

Professor of Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine*

Orna Levran, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate
The Laboratory on the Biology of Addictive Diseases
Rockefeller University*

Jennifer Manly, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Sandra Masur, Ph.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Monica Rivera-Mindt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Fordham University*

Adele A. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Susan Morgello, M.D.

Professor of Pathology and Neuroscience
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

Anne Moscona, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology
Weill Cornell Medical College

David M Nielsen, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
The Laboratory on the Biology of Addictive Diseases
Rockefeller University
Currently at Baylor University

Danielle Ompad, Ph.D.

Associate Director
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies
New York Academy of Medicine*

Ann-Gel Palermo, M.P.H.

Associate Director of Operations
Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

Dushyant Purohit, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pathology and Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Jessica Robinson-Papp, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

Rosamond Rhodes, Ph.D.

Professor of Medical Education
Director, Bioethics Education
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Professor of Philosophy
The Graduate Center CUNY
Professor of Bioethics
Associate Director
The Union-Mount Sinai Bioethics Program*

Mary Rojas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Research
Adolescent Health Center
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Elizabeth Ryan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pathology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Bambi B. Schieffelin, Ph.D.

Professor of Anthropology
New York University*

Leroy Sharer, M.D.

Professor of Pathology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ*

Viviana A. Simon, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

David M. Simpson, M.D.

Professor of Neurology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

David Stoff, Ph.D.

Program Chief, Neuropsychiatry of AIDS, AIDS research training,
HIV/AIDS health disparities
NIMH*

David J. Volsky, Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology
Columbia University
Director of Laboratory, Molecular Virology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Vadim Yuferov, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate
The Laboratory on the Biology of Addictive Diseases
Rockefeller University

Christina Wyatt, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine*

* Faculty active in our summer 2009 program.