Shout-Outs
By Office of the President | Jan 23, 2023
Care Packages to Local Shelter
Human Resources had the idea of volunteering items to make care packages for people in a local shelter during the holidays. Magda Alliancin, Ed.D., Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Nicole Sharpe, ADA ethics analyst, coordinated the process. The packages were delivered along with a driver from the Downstate Shuttle service on Thursday, December 22nd.
A group effort.
Putting it all together.
Putting it all together.
Putting it all together.
Dropping off the bags.
OT Students Selected for Research Mentorship Program
Victoria Kite
Jane Sato
Occupational therapy students, Victoria Kite and Jane Sato, have the proud distinction of being selected from a national pool of candidates to participate in a research mentorship program at this year's upcoming occupational therapy conference in Kansas City, MO.
The Institute for Future Scientists, a joint effort by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF), is a program that aims to train and mentor future scientific researchers in occupational therapy.
Downstate OT students have had the honor of participating in the selective program for four of the last five years. Victoria and Jane will meet with leading occupational therapy scientists to learn about career opportunities as a researcher and establish a professional network that will support their research endeavors after graduation.
College of Nursing’s Dr. Beth Steinfeld Named as Vice President of the National Certification Corporation Board
Congratulations to Beth R. Steinfeld, DNP, WHNP-BC, FNYAM, chair of Advanced Level Nursing Programs, program director of the WHNP Program,
and assistant professor in the College of Nursing. She is a current member of the
National Certification Corporation (NCC) Board and was appointed as vice president of the Board. Constituents elect
directors through a slate approval process, and the Board appoints officers.
New Melanoma Guidelines for Gene Expression Profile Testing
Daniel Siegel, M.D., Dermatology clinical professor and a former president of the American Academy of Dermatology, collaborated with a multi-institutional expert consensus panel on guidelines for the optimal use of lesion genomics when assessing cutaneous melanoma guidelines. The current guidelines, issued in 2018 by the American Joint Committee on Cancer and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, do not take Gene Expression Profile (GEP) tests into account, even though these have become a widely adopted tool to help clinicians identify patients at higher risk for metastasis and recurrence.
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