Environmental Health Scientists Manish Arora, Maayan Yitshak-Sade, and Itai Kloog speak with Mount Sinai Health System CEO Brendan Carr at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Mount Sinai has partnered with the Aspen Institute for more than 10 years as a Presenting Underwriter of the Aspen Ideas Festival and Aspen Ideas: Health events.
Kicking off Mount Sinai’s events during this year’s festival on June 21, 2024, Dr. Brendan Carr, Mount Sinai Health System CEO, moderated a panel on exposomics and the environmental exposures that shape a person’s health across their lifespan. Panelists included:
Manish Arora, BDS, MPH, PhD, Edith J. Baerwald Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Environmental Medicine, Icahn Mount Sinai, and Co-Founder and CEO, LinusBio
Itai Kloog, PhD, Professor, Environmental Medicine , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Maayan Yitshak-Sade, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Environmental Medicine, Icahn Mount Sinai
The conversation centered on how technology—including machine learning and AI models—is reshaping our understanding of what happens to the human body as a result of environmental extremes and other environmental assaults. The panelists discussed how learnings from these research endeavors are used to build health policies and empower individuals to make informed lifestyle choices.