
Erin Thanik, MD, MPH
About Me
Erin Thanik, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and an instructor in the Masters of Public Health program. She is board certified in Allergy and Immunology as well as Preventive Medicine and Public Health and has combined her broad clinical training to focus her efforts on environmental exposures and health outcomes, particularly on asthma. Her clinical work is currently focused in the TEAM Kids Environmental Asthma Program and the World Trade Center Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence. Her public health work and research focuses on the health effects of housing, health disparities, social determinants of health and patient education.
Language
English
Position
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Environmental Medicine
Publications
Selected Publications
- Effect of traditional Chinese medicine on skin lesions and quality of life in patients with moderate to severe eczema. Erin Thanik, Julia A. Wisniewski, Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, Hugh Sampson, Xiu Min Li. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
- Active design in affordable housing: A public health nudge. Elizabeth Garland, Victoria Garland, Dominique Peters, John Doucette, Erin Thanik, Sritha Rajupet, Sadie H. Sanchez. Preventive Medicine Reports
- Impact of LEED-certified affordable housing on asthma in the South Bronx. Elizabeth Garland, Erin Thanik Steenburgh, Sadie H. Sanchez, Anita Geevarughese, Les Bluestone, Laura Rothenberg, Alexander Rialdi, Mary Foley. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Thanik has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.