In Case You Missed It
By Office of the President | May 24, 2023
AOL.com
States with Abortion Bans Could Drive Away Young Doctors Survey Finds
Featuring: Ian Peake, M.D., incoming Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident
Canarsie Courier
April Showers Bring Baby Showers: Community Baby Shower Addresses Black Maternal Health—May 22
Featuring: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
NOVA/NHPBS
Your Brain: Perception Deception—Aired May 17
Featuring: Stephen L. Macknik, Ph.D., and Susana Martinez-Conde, Ph.D., Professors of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Physiology & Pharmacology
Yahoo!finance
Featuring: University Hospital at Downstate
The New York Times
Why Undocumented Immigrants Struggle to Receive Organ Transplants—May 16
Featuring: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Healio
Women with Kidney Disease have Limited Knowledge about How It Impacts Reproductive Health—May 9
Featuring: College of Medicine student Joya Ahmad
The Daily Beast
Can This Startup’s Headgear Put an End to Concussions in Sports—April 29
Featuring: Bonnie Wong, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology/Division of Epilepsy
Healio
Dermatological Clinical Trials Lack Racial, Ethnic Diversity—April 24
Featuring: Jessica Mineroff, College of Medicine student, Julie K. Nguyen, M.D., PGY2 Dermatology resident, and Jared Jagdeo, M.D., Associate Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Center for Photomedicine
Neurology Today
Black Patients are 7 Times Less Likely to Receive Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders—April 20
Featuring: Daphne Robakis, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology
Gastroenterology Learning Network
(Podcast): Thomas Wallach, MD, and Janet Rosenbaum PhD, on Pediatric IBD Trends During the Pandemic—April 14
Featuring: Thomas Wallach, M.D., Assistant Professor and Research Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Janet Rosenbaum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
President's Bulletin on Hiatus for the Summer!
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Holidays / Observances
Memorial Day
Monday, May 29
Days
5/6: National Nurses Day
5/8: National Student Nurses Day
5/12: Birthday of Florence Nightingale and International Nurses Day
5/18: National Speech Pathologist Day
5/23: National Medical Coders Day
Weeks
5/7-13: National Hospital Week
5/14-20: Neuroscience Nurses Week
Month
National Nurses Month – (replaces Nurses week)
Week 1 – Self Care
Week 2 – Recognition
Week 3 – Professional Development
Week 4 – Community Engagement
Days
5/1: Melanoma Monday
5/2: World Asthma Day
5/3: World Maternal Mental Health Day
5/5: World Hand Hygiene Day
5/12: Fibromyalgia Day
5/15: Global Employee Health and Fitness Day
5/18: World AIDS Vaccine Day
5/20: Clinical Trials Day
5/20: World AiArthritis Day
5/24: World Tuberculosis Day
5/31: National Senior Health & Fitness Day
5/31: World No Tobacco Day
Weeks
5/1-7: National Physical Education and Sport Week
5/7-13: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
5/14-20: Maternal Sepsis Week
5/14-20: National Women’s Health Week
5/14-20: Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week
5/14-20: Neuroscience Nurses Week
5/22-28: National Respiratory Care Week
Month
American Stroke Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Melonoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
National Arthritis Awareness Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
National Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
National Trauma Awareness Month
National Women’s Health Month
Oncology Nursing Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Psoriasis Arthritis Action Month
Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month
Days
5/5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexican)
5/5: Vesak (Buddhist)
5/8-9: Lag B’Omer (Judaism)
5/17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
5/21: World Day for Cultural Diversity
5/23: Declaration of the Báb (Baha’i)
5/25-27: Shavout (Judaism)
5/26: Birthday of Buddha (Buddhist)
5/28: Pentecost Sunday (Christian)
Months
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Military Appreciation Month
Older Americans Month