About Us
The Human Rights & Social Justice Program (HRSJ) offers a group of first-year medical students a chance to develop their understandings of health equity, human rights, and social justice through research, advocacy, and coursework. Over the years, the HRSJ program has served as an important internal community of Mount Sinai students dedicated to local issues of justice and equity. HRSJ aims to empower medical students at Mount Sinai with the knowledge, skillset, and conviction to become patient advocates in the broadest sense. HRSJ hosts events throughout the school year on various topics and runs the Health, Human Rights and Advocacy NEXUS course, which is a core component of the HRSJ fellowship. The second core component of the HRSJ fellowship is a service-learning experience (SLE) in which students implement a project locally in an area of interest related to human rights and social justice.
Who We Are
- Shivani Kulkarni, shivani.kulkarni@icahn.mssm.edu
- Shruti Mavuri, shruti.mavuri@icahn.mssm.edu
- Alyssa Steinbaum, alyssa.steinbaum@icahn.mssm.edu
- Lily Leibner, lily.leibner@icahn.mssm.edu
- Aditi Doiphode, aditi.doiphode@icahn.mssm.edu
- Nina Faynshtayn, nina.faynshtayn@icahn.mssm.edu
- Olufisayo Atanda-Ogunleye, olufisayo.atanda-ogunleye@icahn.mssm.edu
- Faculty/Staff Advisor: Ann-Gel Palermo, ann-gel.palermo@mssm.edu
Contact us: hrsj@icahn.mssm.edu
Note: All students are welcome to join any Mount Sinai student organization.