Monthly Archives: January 2015

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Call for applications – Mount Sinai Summer Institute for NeuroAIDS Disparities

The Mount Sinai Institute for NeuroAIDS Disparities (MSINAD) is accepting applications for 2015.  The summer didactic program is open to any individual who wishes to enhance their understanding of NeuroAIDS disparities; however, only 4 MSINAD Scholar Grants will be awarded annually for sponsorship to attend the MSINAD program, and to receive pilot grant monies of up to $20,000.

Applicants for MSINAD Scholar Grants should be at the junior faculty, or pre- or post-doctoral level.  The deadline to apply is February 16, 2015.  Click here for more information.  If you are interested in working with Dr. Uraina Clark during your MSINAD fellowship, please contact her directly.

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Our friends and collaborators

We put together a list of a few of the people we collaborate with in conducting our research.  There’s a lot of great science out there… We recommend checking these folks out!

NeuroAIDS Research at Mount Sinai is steadily growing.  Below are some of our local friends and collaborators in the field.
Manhattan HIV Brain Bank
The Mount Sinai Summer Institute for NeuroAIDS Disparities
NeuroAIDS Program

Our neuroimaging research is conducted on a 3T scanner at the BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (BMEII) — Mount Sinai’s state-of-the-art imaging facility.  Search the website for additional information on available research facilities, including our 7T scanner and integrated PET/MR scanner.

The Friedman Brain Institute (FBI) at Mount Sinai is one of the world’s premier institutions dedicated to advancing our understanding of brain and spinal cord disorders.  Be sure to check out their events calendar here.

We’re teaming up with folks from around the nation, through collaborations with the Center for Translational & Prevention Science (CTAPS), to better understand how childhood adversity “gets under the skin” and leads to negative health outcomes in adulthood.  You can read a NY Times article written by the CTAPS Director, Dr. Gene Brody, and fellow CTAPS scientists, Drs. Miller and Chen, on this topic here.

We’re also fostering ties with colleagues at Mount Sinai’s Addiction Institute to better understand how substance use impacts brain functions in the context of HIV and in those without HIV.

Much of our research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in particular.  The NIMH website has a lot of interesting information about new research findings.  Of particular interest to us is the information they provide on HIV research and depression, to name a few.

Also, where would we be without the folks from AFNI to get us through the day?!  And also chocolate, purely for its potential neuroprotective qualities, of course.

Our lab is affiliated with several dynamic and impactful diversity-related Centers at Mount Sinai, including the Center for Scientific Diversity, where Dr. Clark is the Director of Research Development.