Carol Horowitz, MD, MPH
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has created a new position, Dean for Gender Equity in Science and Medicine, to advance efforts to provide a supportive, collegial environment in which faculty, students, and trainees will succeed and feel valued without experiencing bias relating to their gender. Carol Horowitz, MD, MPH, a Professor of Population Health Science and Policy, has been named to the new position.
“Dr. Horowitz is a skilled physician-scientist who will bring passion, experience, and rigor to the role,” said Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs at the Mount Sinai Health System. “She will be a visionary leader who will significantly impact the field both within and beyond Mount Sinai.”
The Icahn School of Medicine is among the first schools in the United States to elevate this role to a dean-level position.
Dr. Horowitz will interact with constituents to gather information on their experiences and perceptions. She will use this input to tackle a broad range of issues, including correcting possible inequities in compensation, hiring, promotion, and evaluation; raising awareness of and opportunities to promote equity; and working to eliminate bias throughout the Mount Sinai community.
Additionally, Dr. Horowitz will create an inventory of current programs and conduct needs assessments to identify intervention opportunities. She will develop and deploy programs that increase inclusiveness, thereby improving quality of life, recruitment, and retention across the Health System. Dr. Horowitz will also represent the Icahn School of Medicine externally, and will strive towards a national and international leadership role on initiatives that promote equity.
Dr. Horowitz joined the School of Medicine faculty in 1996. She is a Professor of Population Health Science and Policy with a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine. She is also a member of the Mount Sinai Institute for Translational Epidemiology and The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine.
Dr. Horowitz conducts numerous National Institutes of Health-funded studies using stakeholder and community engagement to address health disparities, and she has more than 100 publications in leading medical journals. She co-founded and co-directs the Center for Health Equity and Community-Engaged Research within the School of Medicine and serves on the Health Care Disparities Task Force and the Social Determinants Steering Committee. Dr. Horowitz is a dedicated educator and mentor to junior faculty, students, and trainees. In addition to her research and education duties, she is a practicing general internist.
Dr. Horowitz is broadly recognized for her work. She lectures extensively and sits on multiple advisory boards at other academic institutions and professional societies. Her recent honors include the Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health and the Healthy Communities Promising Practice Award for her efforts in developing effective peer-led programs to prevent diabetes.
Dr. Horowitz earned her MD at Cornell University Medical College, now Weill Cornell Medicine. She completed an Internal Medicine internship and residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Horowitz received an MPH while a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle.