Sarah A Stanley, MBBCh, PhD
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Neuroscience
Research Topics:
Brain, Diabetes, Molecular Biology, Obesity
Sarah Stanley, MBBCh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease.
Dr. Stanley studied, trained and practiced as a physician at Cambridge University and London teaching hospitals, including The Royal London and The Hammersmith Hospital. Her work combined clinics for diabetes and rare endocrinology issues such as neuroendocrine tumors and pituitary disease with busy Internal Medicine intakes. Although she loved providing patient care, Dr. Stanley started to realize that most therapies were inadequate. In search of a bigger impact, she joined Professor Steve Bloom's Lab as a Wellcome fellow and completely her PhD (97-2000) "The role of orexigenic and anorexigenic peptides in the control of hypothalamo-pituitary axes". As a Medical Research Council fellow, she joined Professor Jeffrey Friedman's lab at Rockefeller University in 2005, working on murine models for CNS glucose sensing and later on the development of radio and magnetogenetics.
In 2014, Dr. Stanley joined Mount Sinai to start a new lab with joint appointments in Endocrinology and Neuroscience. She believes the most important breakthroughs in medical research come at the intersection of existing fields and Mount Sinai was perfectly set up to enable these collaborations. The Stanley Laboratory's philosophy is simple: medical research requires both individual acumen and team work, and so she is on the lookout for research assistants and post doctoral scientists who combine personal drive with a real desire to learn in a collaborative setting.
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Neuroscience [NEU]Education
BA, University of Cambridge
BChir, University of Cambridge
MB, University of Cambridge
PhD, Imperial College, London University
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2016
Alexander and Alexandrine Sinsheimer Scholar Award -
2016
Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport Research Award -
2015
Cell Symposia: Engineering the Brain. Cellular Dynamics International Travel Award -
Darwin Prize in Experimental Natural Sciences -
Arthur Burrows Prize (Dermatology) -
James Anderson Prize (Medicine and Surgery)
Research
The Stanley Laboratory works at the intersection of three areas:
Radiogenetics and Magnetogenetics
We are pioneering the use of radio waves and magnetic fields to stimulate individual cells and neurons - a technique that, like optogenetics, has broad research and therapeutic applications but which is non-invasive.
Nanobioengineering
We are developing the use of nanoparticles in bioengineered murine models for preclinical applications using ferritin and other naturally occurring nanoparticles.
Neuroendocrinology of diabetes
We are advancing the understanding of the interaction between central and peripheral systems in, and beyond, appetite control to find new approaches to Diabetes prevention and treatment.
We are fortunate to work in close collaboration with colleagues across Mount Sinai and in partnerships with Professor Jeffrey Friedman, Rockefeller University, and Professor Jonathan Dordick, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Currently, our work is funded by The National Institutes of Health and American Diabetes Association.
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Stanley during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Company Founder:
- Redpin Therapeutics Inc
Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose.
- Miltenyi Biotech
Other Activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership.
- The Rockefeller University
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.