ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP:

MedStart and MedStart Camps are entirely run by members of the Icahn School of Medicine Community!

Faculty Advisor

Ann-Gel Palermo, DrPH, MPH, has worked in the area of community-based public health with a principal focus on issues related to social determinants of health using a community-based participatory research approach. She earned a MASTERS OF Public Health degree (majoring in Health Policy) in 1999 from the University of Michigan. Ms. Palermo is the Associate Director of Operations for the Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine where she is responsible for overseeing and managing programs and activities in the areas of community, patient care, education, and research to improve the health of all populations by diversifying the health care workforce and by impacting health policy and research.