# Mount Sinai Neurology Resident - Researcher Training Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · 2021 · $59,448

## Abstract

Summary
Throughout its history, the Department of Neurology at Mount Sinai has excelled in training academic
neurologists, and is historically #3 by total number and #1 by percentage of trainees among US
programs in generating academic neurologists (Arch Neurol. 2011;68(8):999-1004). Over the past
decade, the Department has directed itself towards facilitating and improving the training of outstanding
neurologist-researchers. Our R25 research residency, first established in 2012, is a burgeoning element
for the development of future neurologist-scientists. The present application to renew the NINDS-
supported research- resident training program is a cornerstone of an effort that involves all aspects of the
department and all stages of career development. Over six years we have recruited sixty new faculty
members, including many neurologist-scientists, redesigned the preclinical neuroscience course,
developed a 12 week neurology/psychiatry/neuroradiology/neurosurgery/research third year clerkship,
increased the size of our residency from 18 to 24 residents, designed a new neuroscience-at-noon
neurology residents program taught by faculty from half a dozen departments, established formal
residency research and junior faculty mentoring programs, received approval for four new fellowship
programs and recruited outstanding academic and research-oriented resident cohorts, two of whom are
currently in the program. The PI, Dr. Sealfon, has been continuously funded by NIH for 28 years, has
previously directed a T32 program and is wholeheartedly committed to the training of neurologist-
scientists. As is typical of our collegial and dynamic institution, our experienced research training faculty
is selected from several departments in addition to Neurology. The training program will provide a formal
closely-mentored clinical or basic research experience during residency and fellowship to develop the
skills, data and publications to submit a career development award and to succeed in a research-
intensive department like ours. Success of the program will be judged by the trainees rate of obtaining
K08 and K23 awards, their academic placement and their researchcontributions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10168657
- **Project number:** 5R25NS079102-10
- **Recipient organization:** ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
- **Principal Investigator:** LEIF A HAVTON
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $59,448
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-04-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10168657

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10168657, Mount Sinai Neurology Resident - Researcher Training Program (5R25NS079102-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10168657. Licensed CC0.

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