Student Resources

Career Counseling

For career counseling and connections to new opportunities for PhD graduates please contact Kevin John, Office of Career Services and Strategy.

Committee on Professionalism in Healthcare (COPHE).

The Committee on Professionalism in Healthcare (COPHE) was launched in July 2021 to promote professionalism across Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai collaborates with the Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to implement this program.

The COPHE program uses a data-driven approach to provide feedback on unprofessional behaviors by faculty, trainees and students.  This program fosters a healthy and inclusive research environment where all staff, trainees and students feel comfortable speaking up because they know that their concerns are heard and acted upon. All members of the Mount Sinai community are encouraged to report unprofessional behaviors. Reports can be made confidentially by someone experiencing mistreatment, or by a witness of mistreatment to someone else, via one of the portals below:

Department PI – Staff Responsibilities

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PI and Staff ResponsibilitiesPre/Post Grants,Financial Administration, Human Resources and International Personnel

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How to be a Mentee

PhD in Neuroscience

Successful graduate training benefits from committed mentors and motivated students

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How to Pick a Mentor

PhD in Neuroscience

A guide for young scientists on how to select a graduate advisor or postdoctoral advisor

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How to extend your email account

If you would like to extend your email access, please Click here to submit a Request.

Navigate to: Home --> All Catalogs --> Digital and Technology Partners Services --> End User Services --> DTP General Request

Please include the following information – feel free to copy/paste:

Please CONVERT my email account to an EXTRANET ACCOUNT and extend for the standard 120 days.

EMAIL: __________________

Department Manager confirmation/approval – Veronica Szarejko and __________________ (PI’s name) approves

Name of the user  __________________

Life Number  __________________

Designated Sponsor’s Name if different from manager - Department: Neurosciences /  __________________ (PI’s name)

Duration of Access – 120 days

Does the user need the same level of system access they originally had Y/N ? YES

Business reason - continued collaboration with  __________________ (PI’s name)

 

Once you submit you will receive a RIT number. Forward the RIT number to the following people and cc Veronica Szarejko, your PI, and fund manager (you can find your fund admin here)

 

This email should read – feel free to copy/paste:

Dear ASCIT / DTP Security Operations –  

Please CONVERT my email account to an EXTRANET ACCOUNT and extend for the standard 120 days?

TICKET NUMBER: ___________________

EMAIL: __________________

Department Manager confirmation/approval – Veronica Szarejko and __________________ (PI’s name)  approves

Name of the user - __________________

Life Number - __________________

Designated Sponsor’s Name if different from manager - Department: Neurosciences / __________________ (PI’s name) 

Duration of Access – 120 days

Does the user need the same level of system access they originally had Y/N ? YES

Business reason - continued collaboration with __________________ (PI’s name) 

 

Thanks,

__________________ (your name)

How to update your Mount Sinai profile page

User Manual

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Instructions for Sinai Cloud

    • Go to “Me” tab – click on “Document Records” on left under “Quick Actions“
    • Click add on the top right corner “+ Add” scroll down and choose“verification of employee with salary” under Document Type.
    • Click on Submit upper right
    • Click on Sunglasses image
    • Then you can preview or download letter.
Know Your Rights

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) is making available online New York State and federal workplace postings informing you of your legal rights in the workplace. Now, in addition to seeing these messages posted at MSHS locations, you can find them on our Careers website and on the MSHS intranet. 

The overall purpose of these posters is to raise your awareness and keep you updated about your rights as an employee.

You can find these postings where you work and here:

Software

Adobe products can be purchased from JourneyEd (www.journeyed.com). Register using your Icahn School of Medicine email address, and proof of institutional affiliation is required.
Contacts: 

  • Marcy Rodriguez <mrodriguez@journeyed.com>
  • Jill Hart <jhart@journeyed.com>

Biorender (Neuroscience Department only): Contact Veronica Szarejko at veronica.szarejko@mssm.edu

Graphpad - purchase directly from Graphpad: https://www.graphpad.com/
The Academic IT Support Center distributes discounted site-licensed software for use on Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) workstations and laptop computers for teaching and academic research purposes.

EndNote: https://libguides.mssm.edu/ref_managers?pk_vid=cf940c47ae38131f179138765543ee9b

Mount Sinai Software information: https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/computer-services/software?pk_vid=e354840cdfef0b7b179138780843ee9b

Minerva

For any Minerva issues, please contact:

Scientific Computing and Data
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tel: 212-659-8536
Fax: 646-537-8660
Email - hpchelp@hpc.mssm.edu, or open a Minerva ticket at 
 https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/minervalab/scientific-computing-and-data/support/

Mount Sinai Lactation Services

PhD in Neuroscience

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and the Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) are committed to supporting our faculty, staff, and students as they balance family, education, and career priorities and obligations.

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MSHS Portal
Neuroscience Resources

Our facilities are staffed by experts who provide research services, as well as instruction and training. By taking advantage of our growing body of resources, our scientists are able to develop more effective diagnostic tests and treatments for brain and spinal cord disorders.

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Overview of Program Curriculum and Milestones

PhD in Neuroscience

A welcome letter to help you familiarize yourself with the program and what to expect as you start your graduate training

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What to Register For (PhD students)

Click for the PhD Registration Guide.

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What to Register for (MSTP students)

Click for the MSTP Registration Guide.

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Neuroscience Advanced Electives

Current Advanced Neuroscience Courses

(there are many other relevant courses offered by other training areas that may also be of interest--see the full course catalogue)

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Promoting your Dissertation Defense

Submit your information here. (https://form.jotform.com/mssmneur0/dissertation-defense-submission).

The FBI will promote, via email and on the FBI’s social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).

Preferred Name

Preferred Name

Overview:

Physicians, faculty, researchers, students, and postdoctoral fellows have the ability to enter a preferred name which will display on their public profiles on the mountsinai.org and icahn.mssm.edu websites.

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Section 11 NRSA Program Description

PhD in Neuroscience
Mount Sinai's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences was established in 1968 and bestows a Ph.D in Neuroscience

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Rotation Guidelines

PhD in Neuroscience

A “match” between student and lab is defined as an offer from the PI for the student to join the lab

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Sinai Cloud Intranet site

We encourage you to visit regularly and bookmark the Sinai Cloud intranet site. Please be sure to check for information and updates as well as quick reference guides (QRGs) that will be available soon along with links to training and other resources before and after the March 26 go-live date.

Students & Their Advisor

PhD in Neuroscience

The positive mentoring relationship between the pre-doctoral student and their advisor

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Time Away Form

Please click on the link below.

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Travel and Meals Expense Policy

The current Mount Sinai Travel and Meal Policy can be found attached/here: travelpolicy.pdf (mssm.edu)

BEFORE THE TRAVELER GOES ON THE TRIP...

  1. Traveler (or a Requester on behalf of the Traveler) submits a TRAVEL REQUEST.
  2. Travel requests must be submitted before travel takes place if it is 75 miles away from the campus.
  3. Request is approved by any or all of the following: · Fund Owner (depending upon fund policies) · Department (depending upon departmental policies) · Dean's Office (for foreign travel) · Finance (depending upon policies)
  4. Once the Travel Request is approved, Finance Department issues checks for any prepayments and advances - students, residents and fellows are allowed an advance while processing a travel request, option is available there.  If the Traveler is submitting the Travel Request only to be covered by Mount Sinai's travel insurance, the request goes through the approvals and no subsequent voucher is necessary.

AFTER THE TRAVEL IS COMPLETED.....

  1. The Requester submits a TRAVEL VOUCHER to Finance.
  2. RECEIPTS: All receipts should be saved in a single pdf file and attached to the voucher for reimbursement, not travel request. Meal receipts up to the listed per diem below, do not require a receipt:

Neuroscience Department Policy Per Diem:

Faculty - $70

Research Faculty and Instructors – $50

Trainees/non-faculty - $50

Once travel voucher is approved, an Employee Reimbursement will be generated instead of a check request. 

Additional Information and FAQs can be found HERE