Shout-Outs
By Office of The President | Oct 24, 2022
Genomics Co-Director Tim Bigdeli Helps Out Jon Stewart
Institute for Genomics in Health Co-Director Tim B. Bigdeli, Ph.D., helped comedian Jon Stewart break down the gender binary and gender spectrum in Season 2, Episode 1 of The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+. Watch Stewart spin up the issue here, and Dr. Bigdeli delivers the definitive answer.
College of Nursing Dean Appointed to CCNE Board
Lori Escallier, Ph.D., RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN, College of Nursing dean and professor, was elected as Board Vice Chair of The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Dr. Escallier’s election was announced at the September CCNE Board Meeting. All officers are elected to one-year terms and may be re-elected to office for a second term.
OBGYN Chair Speaks at Governor Hochul’s Expanded Funding Access Announcement
Obstetrics and Gynecology Chair and Professor Camille A. Clare, M.D., MPH, FACOG, was one of the key speakers at Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement of a second round of funding to expand further access to safe abortion services in New York State.
Addressing Opioids and Harm at Regional Meeting of Council of State Governments-East
CON Professor and Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education (BRIDGE) director Shirley Girouard, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, organized a plenary session on Opioids and Harm: States Act at the Council of State Governments-East 61st Annual Meeting and Regional Policy Forum. The panel discussed opioid deaths, approaches to harm reduction, and overdose prevention centers. CON Family Nurse Practitioner 2022 graduate Carol Wei, RN, MS, FNP, led the discussion.
Downstate Resident Appointed Associate Editor of American Journal of Psychiatry Residents
Psychiatry Resident Rafik Sidaros, MBBCH, has been appointed as one of five associate editors of the American Journal of Psychiatry Residents. The resident-run, peer-reviewed publication celebrated its tenth-year last month.
College of Nursing Students Win First Place Pathway Poster Award at the 2022 ANCC National Magnet & Pathway to Excellence Conference
Congratulations to Katerina Rich, Wendy Zhao, and Jennifer Otero, who won the first-place Pathway Poster Award at the 2022 ANCC National Magnet & Pathway
to Excellence Conference!
Kate, Jennifer, and Wendy were Year I nurses in their Nurse Residency program when they conducted this EBP project in 2020 at their hot-zone facility, Coney Island Hospital, where they in-serviced over a hundred staff together amid a COVID. As a result, the staff ended the year strong with a facility reduction of hospital-acquired pressure injuries from six percent to three percent through the prophylactic application of foam dressings.