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 Team

Sabrina Clermont
Recruitment Diversity Specialist

Cindy Clesca
Senior Project Manager

Tyler Colon
Clinical Research Coordinator

Aaishah Francis
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Timnit Ghebretinsae
IHER Research Coordinator

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

Danielle Rivera
IHER Senior Project Coordinator

Tatiana Sabin
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Camila Tan
Clinical Research Coordinator

Eunice Wright
Administrative Manager

Radhi Yagnik
Clinical Research Manager

IHER Faculty

Donald Apakama, MD
Research Fellow

Saadiyah Bilal, MD
Research Fellow

Kirk Campbell, MD
Associate Professor & Director of Recruitment Center for Scientific Diversity

Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH
Associate Professor

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

Mariana Figueiro, PHD
Professor, Population Health Science and Policy

Stephanie H. Hernandez, MD
Assistant Professor

Louisa Holaday, MD
Instructor

Utsha Khatri, MD
Assistant Professor

Tracy Layne, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor & Director of Mentorship Development, Center for Scientific Diversity

Michelle P. Lin, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor

Victoria Mayer, MD
Assistant Professor

Sarah J. Miller, PsyD
Assistant Professor & Director of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, Center for Scientific Diversity

Tiffany Mitchell, MD
Assistant Professor

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

Girish Nadkarni, MD
Associate Professor & Clinical Director
Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health

Joshua Safer, MD
Professor & Director Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery

Jamilia Sly, PhD
Assistant Professor & Director of Anti-Racist Community Research and Outreach, Center for Scientific Diversity

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

Shameeke Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor

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