The Mount Sinai Global Health Center Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Medical Center Natasha Anu Anandaraja, MD Director

The Mount Sinai Medical Center Central Mission : “…high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly inquiry into the nature, causation, prevention and therapy of human disease…”

At the Corner of Two Distinct Neighborhoods…

History of Global Health at Mt Sinai 2003 2005 2009 Med Student Spring Break Missions Medical Student Electives Residency Electives OBGyn/Surgical Mission MSSM Global Health Center MPH Institute for Global Health and Emerging Pathogens

Mount Sinai Global Health Center Mission: To improve the health of the underserved by training future leaders in global health

The Role of the Global Health Center Working Across the Institution Education Mentorship Site Development / Developing Research Collaborations Scholarship Career Development Medical School Hospital Residency Programs MPH Program

Working Across the Institution

Education

Mentorship

Site Development / Developing Research Collaborations

Scholarship

Career Development

Medical Student Program MS4 MS3 MS2 MS1 Summer Research Experiences Summer Prep Workshops Two-Week Intensive Global Health Selective Global Health “Course Without Walls” 3 month Global Health “Inspire” Four-Week Clinical & Research Electives

Residency Program Interdisciplinary Final 2 years of Training Didactic Component Intro to Global Health Research Design Seminars Clinical Tropical Medicine Field Work Research Project Clinical Experience Only Program of its Kind Complete Training in Medicine and Pediatrics Master of Public Health Global Health Track Field Work Research Project Clinical Experience Global Health Track Med-Peds Residency

Interdisciplinary

Final 2 years of Training

Didactic Component

Intro to Global Health

Research Design Seminars

Clinical Tropical Medicine

Field Work

Research Project

Clinical Experience

Only Program of its Kind

Complete Training in Medicine and Pediatrics

Master of Public Health

Global Health Track

Field Work

Research Project

Clinical Experience

MPH Program 42 credits Includes a thesis requirement + Core MPH Classes Topics include the following Health and Human Rights Refugee Health Global Environmental Health Maternal & Child Health Tropical Medicine and Zoonoses Underserved populations in the U.S. Most Students perform thesis research with GH partner site Global Health Track

42 credits

Includes a thesis requirement + Core MPH Classes

Topics include the following

Health and Human Rights

Refugee Health

Global Environmental Health

Maternal & Child Health

Tropical Medicine and Zoonoses

Underserved populations in the U.S.

Most Students perform thesis research with GH partner site

Partner Organizations Ahakishaka community Tanzania Dept Mental Health, Belize Comprehensive Rural Health Program, India JFK Hospital, Liberia MENTOR malaria initiative Carr Foundation, Mozambique Panthera, Brazil Spirit Lake Nation, North Dakota Departamento de Parasitologia, Cidade Universitaria of Brazil

Ahakishaka community Tanzania

Dept Mental Health, Belize

Comprehensive Rural Health Program, India

JFK Hospital, Liberia

MENTOR malaria initiative

Carr Foundation, Mozambique

Panthera, Brazil

Spirit Lake Nation, North Dakota

Departamento de Parasitologia, Cidade Universitaria of Brazil

Over-arching activities Health & Human Rights Program: Survivors of Torture Clinic Annual Conference New York Global Health Educators Consortium Career Speaker Series

Health & Human Rights Program: Survivors of Torture Clinic

Annual Conference

New York Global Health Educators Consortium

Career Speaker Series

Career preparation Career preparation: exposure to role models and career options establishing contacts with potential employers via field placement with NGOs and networking opportunities building up resumes with MPH, field experience and research/publications Results to date: -Students committing to year of GH-focused scholarly leave -Residents entering GH-related fellowships, engaging in ongoing service Future endeavors: GH Fellowship GH faculty positions GH research pilot grants

Career preparation:

exposure to role models and career options

establishing contacts with potential employers via field placement with NGOs and networking opportunities

building up resumes with MPH, field experience and research/publications

Results to date:

-Students committing to year of GH-focused scholarly leave

-Residents entering GH-related fellowships, engaging in ongoing service

Future endeavors:

GH Fellowship

GH faculty positions

GH research pilot grants

Putting the Academics into Global Health Publishing Presenting at National Conferences ACEP APHA GHEC AAMC APDIM ASTMH

Publishing

Presenting at National Conferences

ACEP

APHA

GHEC

AAMC

APDIM

ASTMH

Measuring our Impact Program Trainees Graduates and Alum Impact on communities

Program

Trainees

Graduates and Alum

Impact on communities

Lessons Learned Inclusivity – engaging all stakeholders across institution – integration of programs – having multidisciplinary faculty, dual appointments Evaluation from outset, including data on admissions drivers Support of “higher powers” essential Importance of good development support Streamline offerings Pick global partners carefully

Inclusivity – engaging all stakeholders across institution – integration of programs – having multidisciplinary faculty, dual appointments

Evaluation from outset, including data on admissions drivers

Support of “higher powers” essential

Importance of good development support

Streamline offerings

Pick global partners carefully

Ongoing Challenges Funding institutional and private isolation of being “non-university” Career counseling Evaluation

Funding

institutional and private

isolation of being “non-university”

Career counseling

Evaluation

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