The Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has seven active divisions.
Divisions
The Division of Biostatistics includes faculty with advanced quantitative/biostatistical expertise necessary to evaluate the role of chemical, biological, and physical environmental factors on human health, with the ultimate goal of identifying environmental changes that can improve health for all. Faculty in the Division are course directors for the various courses in biostatistics that are part of the core curriculum in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and core curriculum in the Master of Public Health
Faculty
Chris Gennings, PhD
Director, Division of Biostatistics
Ghalib Bello, PhD
Elena Colicino, PhD
Nicholas DeFelice, PhD
John Doucette, PhD
John Mandeli, PhD
Vishal Midya, PhD
The Division of Environmental Epidemiology furthers the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science's work on investigating the role of chemical, biological, and physical environmental factors on human health with the ultimate goal of identifying environmental changes that can be made to improve health for all.
Division Faculty
Susan Teitelbaum, PhD
Director, Division of Environmental Epidemiology
Aderonke Akinkugbe, PhD, MPH
Mathilda Chiu, ScD
Megan Horton, PhD, MPH
Corina Lesseur, PhD, MD
Youssef Oulhote, PhD
Shanna Swan, PhD
Dania Valvi, MD, PhD, MPH
The Division of Environmental Health is the academic home for multiple investigators who study the health impact of environmental chemicals on reproductive, respiratory, and neurological health as well as children’s development. Our ultimate goal is protection of the public's health by understanding, elucidating, and preventing diseases that arise from environmental exposures. We have built a large and successful program in children’s environmental health, established a state-of-the-art environmental sciences laboratory, and in the coming years we will initiate new studies, while continuing to expand our training programs to produce the next generation of environmental health researchers. The Division of Environmental Health is directed by Manish Arora, PhD, who is also Vice Chairman of the Department.
The Division of International Health serves as a resource to facilitate the interaction between researchers at the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science and leaders in science and medicine around from the world.
The Division of Occupational Medicine is committed to preventing and treating occupational and environmental injury and illness through clinical services, education, and research. The Division’s groundbreaking history in identifying, treating, and preventing occupational-related illness has encompassed a multidisciplinary approach.
Learn more about the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
The Division of Preventive Medicine and Community Health’s mission is to prevent chronic and infectious disease and promote healthy lifestyles in the community that the Mount Sinai Health System serves. Our faculty are involved in many service oriented community projects, community coalitions, outreach, and health services research in East Harlem as well as at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
Learn more about the Division of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
The Division of Social Work and Behavioral Science, in partnership with the Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Social Work Services, is committed to being a transforming presence, an innovator, and an advocate in shaping the future of social healthcare through research, education, and practice. The Division faculty and staff collaborate with clinical and basic sciences departments throughout the Health System, and community social agencies including schools of social work in educating for tomorrow’s practice.
The major activities of the division are:
- Creating and evaluating programs designed to address the social determinants of health and enhance the health of individuals, families and communities
- Advancing and disseminating knowledge for effective practice
- Educating undergraduate and graduate medical students, social work, public health and behavioral science students, locally and globally
- Preventing and alleviating human suffering by providing services, grounded in empirical research, to individuals, families, groups and communities
Faculty