(NEW YORK –October 2, 2018) The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is preparing to host its seventh annual SINAInnovations festival, focused this year on Innovations in Science and Medicine. Corresponding with the School's 50th Anniversary, the conference will cast an eye on the future of biomedicine through the School's leadership in interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and discovery.

SINAInnovations takes place Tuesday-Wednesday, October 23-24, preceded by the Mount Sinai Health Hackathon from Friday-Sunday, October 19-21. SINAInnovations will include keynote addresses from renowned thought leaders along with focused panel discussions among physicians representing the Mount Sinai Health System. The program will focus on four domains that reflect the institution's past, current, and future strengths: Cell and Gene Engineering; The Arc of Innovation From Concept to Cure; Data-Driven Innovation That Is Transforming Medicine; and Caring for the Community Through the Lifespan.

"This year, SINAInnovations will explore innovations in science and the next frontier of patient care while reflecting on the rich history of scientific discovery at the Icahn School of Medicine, founded half a century ago," says Scott L. Friedman, MD, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of the conference. A tribute to the School's many scientific discoveries, from Tay-Sachs disease (1887) to "regional ileitis," later known as Crohn's disease (1932) to the development of a new influenza vaccine (2010) is available online.
A deep dive into rare diseases will be the focus of this year's Mount Sinai Health Hackathon, an exciting 48-hour multidisciplinary competition focused on creating novel technology solutions for problems in health care, held in conjunction with the festival. More than 7,000 rare diseases have been identified, affecting 300 million people. The Hackathon will emphasize rare diseases in the belief that there is a compelling need to advance the outlook of patients with these diseases and to find novel technology solutions to address their needs. Details about the Health Hackathon are available online.

"We're thrilled with the high caliber of physicians and scientists from within the Mount Sinai Health System and elsewhere who will convene to exchange ideas, celebrate the Icahn School of Medicine's extraordinary contributions and innovations, and, ultimately, explore the future of science," says Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System.

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