Einstein Experts for Media

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience

Co-Director, Psychiatry Research Institute of Montefiore and Einstein (PRIME)

Director, Pediatric Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Program, Einstein and Montefiore Health System

Vilma Gabbay, Ph.D., is one of the nation’s leading experts on pediatric mood and anxiety disorders. She has received numerous federal grants to study a range of subjects, including neuroinflammation, teenage anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure), and brain systems related to reward-seeking behaviors in adolescent suicide and depression. read more...

Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Epidemiology & Population Health

Dr. Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman Faculty Scholar in Biomedical Ethics

Dr. Macklin is considered one of the founders of the field of bioethics. In a career dating to the early seventies, Dr. Macklin has lectured and published widely on a variety of medical ethics topics, including research using human subjects, global health, stem cell research, reproductive health, public health ethics, end-of-life issues and HIV/AIDS. She is a past president of the International Association of Bioethics and currently serves on its board of directors. read more...

Associate Dean, Clinical Research Education, Einstein

Associate Director, Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Einstein and Montefiore

Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health, Einstein

Professor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Einstein

Dr. Marantz is an innovator in developing educational programs in clinical medicine, research methods, and public health for medical students, residents, physicians, and other health professionals.  He is co-director of Einstein’s Clinical and Translational Science Award program, a national, NIH-funded consortium working to improve patient care by reducing the time it takes for laboratory discoveries to make their way into medical practice. read more...

Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Population Health, Einstein

Professor, Clinical Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Einstein

Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics

Director, Einstein Cardozo Master of Science in Bioethics Program

Dr. Powell is a bioethicist who specializes in public health disasters, bioethics consultation in the clinical setting and bioethics education. She directs the Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics, which coordinates bioethics consultation, education, and policy development at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, as well as a master’s degree program in bioethics being offered jointly by Einstein and Benjamin Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. read more...

Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology)

Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health

Associate Director, Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center

Director of the Einstein Diabetes Prevention & Control Core

Dr. Walker is a nurse scientist, diabetes nurse specialist and certified diabetes educator who specializes in studying how to help people with diabetes better manage their disease by adhering to their medication regimen, eating a healthy diet, exercising, and getting regular screening for complications. She is recognized for leading large NIH-funded behavioral intervention studies in minority diabetes populations—and has a program of research studies showing that regular phone calls to people with diabetes can be successful in helping them self-manage their disease and improve their diabetes control.  read more...