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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. If you would like to submit a story idea or letter to the editor, please email us at president@dhsiu.edu.

Research Ethics Panel

Research Ethics to Advance Health Equity Symposium Addresses Difficult Topic

by Office of The President - November 29 , 2022

As part of Downstate’s commitment to advancing health equity, The John Conley Division of Medical Ethics & Humanities presented its Research Ethics to Advance Health Equity Symposium focused on critical facets of ethical behavior in community-facing...

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Tags: Ethics, Events, Research, Rheumatology

Town Hall Riley

Presidential Town Hall Provides Institutional Updates

by Office of the President - November 8 , 2022

Last week, I unveiled Downstate’s new Strategic Plan at our fall Town Hall Meeting. IMPACT 2030 is a dynamic and forward-thinking document charting Downstate’s future direction. It sets concrete short- and long-term goals to guide us as we continue...

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Tags: Events, Strategic Plan

Biobat Ribbon Cutting

BioBAT Cuts Ribbon on New Lab Space

by Office of the President - November 8 , 2022

The Interstate Environmental Commission (IEC) recently cut the ribbon for its new space at BioBAT in the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

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Tags: Events

Sportsball

Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health SportsBall Gala Celebrates its 28th Year

by Office of The President - October 24 , 2022

Congratulations to the School of Public Health (SPH), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health, which received a $430K grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Black maternal health...

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Tags: Arthur Ashe, Events

Community Health Fair

Community Healthy Lifestyle Fair Draws Hundreds

by Office of the President - October 11 , 2022

Huge kudos to the outstanding UHD/RPCF Health Fair Committee, who orchestrated our first Community Healthy Lifestyle Fair last month. More than 400 community residents joined UHD and members of Downstate’s Residency Program Coordinators Forum (PRCF)...

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NYAM Students Present at Annual Medical and Dental Student Forum

by Office of the President - October 11 , 2022

Following a highly competitive process earlier this year, Susan Gong (COM ’25), Tasmia Promi (COM ’25), Carolyn “McKenzie” Andrews (COM ’25), Grace Shadid (COM ’25), and Lulu Wei (COM ’24) received New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM)...

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Tags: Education, Events

Walk to end Alzheimers

UHD Teams Raise Over $30K for Alzheimer’s Walk

by Office of The President - September 26 , 2022

More than 100 members of the Downstate teams, including family, friends, and other supporters, joined together with other participants to take on this worthy cause of supporting Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related research.

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Tags: Community, Events, Fundraiser

President Riley and Chandler Waterman

Newly-elected City and State Legislators Visit Downstate

by Office of The President - September 26 , 2022

Downstate welcomed visits—coordinated by Alishia Goodridge, Assistant Vice President Government & Community Relations—to the campus from the most recently elected city and state members in the last few months. These are first-time visits by these...

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Tags: Events, Presidents Office

Barbados Prime Minister

SUNY Downstate Welcomes Barbados Prime Minister

by Office of The President - September 26 , 2022

SUNY Downstate welcomed the Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, to the campus for a town hall conversation with Bajan constituents in the tri-state area. PM Mottley was in New York to attend the annual United Nations General...

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Tags: Community, Events