The President's Bulletin
The President’s Bulletin is a bi-weekly publication created to keep students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, friends, and others informed about the latest news at Downstate Health Sciences University. We hope you enjoy reading the articles and find them informative and useful.
NASPA Names New Region II Director
by Office of the President - May 1 , 2023
Congratulations to Jeffrey S. Putman, Ed.D., Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, who is now the new Director for Region II of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). As NASPA Region II Director, Dr. Putman...
Downstate Students Among 2023 Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence (CASE)
by Office of the President - May 1 , 2023
Congratulations to COM students Joanna Eichler and Alana Engelbrecht, who are among more than 190 SUNY students at 63 campuses who recently won the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence— the highest honor bestowed upon a student by the University—that...
Tags: Awards
School of Public Health Student Appointed to Queens Community Board
by Office of the President - May 1 , 2023
Congratulations to School of Public Health (SOPH) student Kailash Ludhiana, BSN, RN, on her appointment to Queens Community Board 10, which encompasses the neighborhoods of Howard Beach and Ozone Park. Her term began on April 1 and will run through...
Medical Students Present at National Kidney Foundation Meeting
by Office of the President - May 1 , 2023
Tags: Events, Kidney, Nephrology, Renal, Transplant
Occupational Therapy Student Activities Support Cultural Diversity and Community Engagement
by Office of the President - May 1 , 2023
Students in Downstate’s Occupational Therapy program organized several recent activities that reflect the program’s commitment to community engagement and cultural diversity.
"Downstate Honors" Event to Recognize Years of Service, Resiliency Awards, and Chancellor’s Award Recipients
by Office of the President - April 17 , 2023
Following more than two years lost to the COVID pandemic, Downstate is proud to resume its Employee Recognition Program (ERP) to recognize staff marking milestone anniversaries during the last three years (2020, 2021 and 2022). Along with the ERP,...
Tags: Events
Alums Share Their Journey of Discovery, Academia, Entrepreneurship, and Philanthropy
by Office of the President - April 17 , 2023
I am grateful for the gifts of two incredible and generous alums, Drs. Joe Ma and Sophie Su. They arrived in the United States to complete doctoral programs in our School of Graduate Studies. Dr. Ma graduated with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1989,...
Tags: Alumni
SOHP Announces New Fall Programs
by Office of the President - April 17 , 2023
The School of Health Professions (SOHP) plans to launch two exciting new programs in the fall of 2023. The Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) MS degree, a hybrid program, will prepare students for clinical work with persons with disabilities by applying...
Tags: Applied Behavioral Analysis, Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
Free Health Expo Addresses Increasing Epidemic of Diabetes in Central Brooklyn
by Office of the President - April 17 , 2023
Downstate Health Sciences University, alongside other healthcare organizations, collaborated with the Central Brooklyn Diabetes Task Force and New Creation Community Health Empowerment Corp. for a free “Health Expo and Diabetes Symposium” a few...
Tags: Events
Basic Sciences Building: 70th Anniversary of Groundbreaking
by Office of the President - April 17 , 2023
Seventy years ago, in April 1953, the state of New York broke ground on the new Basic Sciences Building at Downstate, establishing the beginning of the “Downstate” era. On April 5, 1950, following the signing of a merger between the Long Island...
New Yankees Shortstop Has SUNY Downstate Roots
by Office of the President - April 17 , 2023
Downstate celebrates with new, New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe, who, at age 21, is the youngest Yankee since Derek Jeter to start on Opening Day.
Tags: Alumni, College of Medicine
Downstate Academic Collaboration Contributes to IPE Case Study
by Office of The President - April 17 , 2023
In alignment with a goal, of the School of Health Professions recently hosted an Interprofessional Education (IPE) Case Study session, where nine faculty members and over 100 students from SOPH, Nursing, and Public Health convened to determine interprofessional...
Tags: College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Public Health
SUNY Open Access Repository Allows Greater Access to Researchers’ Publications
by Office of The President - April 17 , 2023
The Downstate Medical Research Library of Brooklyn has created an open-access collection of Downstate research in SUNY’s Open Access Repository (SOAR), allowing our researchers to freely share their publications with the broader community and raise...