Shout-Outs
By Office of the President | Mar 6, 2023
Thank you for making the Patient Safety and Quality Fair a Success!
Kudos to Eileen Jesse in Patient Relations for working so diligently behind the scenes and helping out
so much in preparation of the Patient Safety and Quality Fair. She was a great contributor, and the Fair would not have been as amazing as it was
without her assistance. Thank you Eileen and everyone that contributed.
ART Therapy and Depression
A study by Deborah Gustafson, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, was presented at the Conference on Opportunistic Infections, held in Seattle, Washington, February 19-22. The multi-institution study from members of the Women’s Interagency HIV Study examined the effect of typical antiretroviral therapy (ART) combinations on depressive symptoms in women with HIV. The research suggests that the associations between ART and depression are complex and that ART combinations, rather than individual agents, are associated with depressive symptoms. For more information on the study, click here.
Maximize Research with Cloud Workspaces
Salvador Dura-Bernal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Physiology & Pharmacology, will be a featured speaker at “Maximize Your Research with Cloud Workspaces,” a free virtual seminar sponsored by Metacell that will occur on March 28. Dr. Dura-Bernal will be joining researchers from Brown University, University College London, and the University of Alabama to discuss how Cloud Workspaces can deliver data analysis solutions and foster collaborative learning.
Actionable Suggestions for Critical Care Staffing in Pandemics and Disasters
Ramon E. Gist, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Acting Director for Pediatric Critical Medicine, is part of a 20-member group that released Critical Care Staffing in Pandemics and Disaster: A Consensus Report from a Subcommittee of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care—Systems Strategies to Sustain the Healthcare Workforce. The report offers 14 actionable suggestions addressing healthcare worker burnout during acute or prolonged disasters across three categories: mental health and well-being for staff in medical settings, system-level support and leadership, and research priorities and gaps. The task force comprised critical care experts who had experience managing patients, staff, and hospital systems throughout the pandemic. A PDF of the Consensus Statement can be downloaded from the journal Chest.
Chatbot Can Undermine Research Credibility
MS2 medical student Faisal R. Elali was first author of AI-generated Research Paper Fabrication and Plagiarism in the Scientific Community, an opinion piece published in the March 10 issue of the journal Science Direct. Mr. Elali is secretary of Downstate’s Physicians for Human Rights chapter and IT chair of the Brooklyn Free Clinic. His Opinion piece can be viewed here.