1. NIH FIRST at Mount Sinai
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Meet Our Team

RESEARCH

The NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) program at Icahn Mount Sinai is led by a multidisciplinary team of renowned investigators. The twelve new faculty that we hire will be sorted, based on their scientific foci and expertise, into four clusters (neuroscience, health equity, cancer, and microbiology) within The Friedman Brain Institute, the Institute for Health Equity Research, The Tisch Cancer Institute, and the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute. Leaders from across the institution are deeply committed to the success of these faculty and the program overall.

In addition to our core faculty, our staff, executive steering committee, external advisory board and outreach partners collaborate with us as partners in outreach and recruitment of FIRST faculty candidate including

External Advisory Board

Staff

  • Erin Brittain, Faculty Development and Evaluation Core Program Coordinator
  • Ju-hsin (Judy) Chen, Research Programmer Analyst
  • Cindy Clesca, Cluster Oversight Coordinator
  • Richa Deshpande, Biostatistician
  • Yvette Hutson, Administrative Core Coordinator
  • Holden Kata, Senior Program Manager

Outreach Partners

The NIH FIRST Cohort Cluster Hiring Initiative at Icahn Mount Sinai is supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54CA267776. This award is supported by the NIH Common Fund, through the Office of Strategic Coordination/Office of the NIH Director.

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Administrative Core

Composed of the principal investigator and multiple principal investigators, our Administrative Core oversees all aspects of the NIH FIRST program at Icahn Mount Sinai.

Cluster Oversight Committee

The Cluster Oversight Committee facilitates research success and professional development of the new hires in their respective Institutes.

Evaluation Core

The Evaluation Core is responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of NIH FIRST at Mount Sinai through rigorous, multilevel, iterative evaluation.

Executive Steering Committee

Faculty Development Core

The Faculty Development Core is responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive, equitable mentorship and professional development program to support the research success of our new research faculty.