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Introducing The Downstate Update

by Office of Communications & Marketing - July 1 , 2025

We know things move fast in healthcare—and we want to keep you in the know. That’s why we created the Downstate Update: a quick, easy-to-read newsletter that brings you the latest news, updates, and highlights from around SUNY Downstate Health...

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Hispanic Heritage Month

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 15 , 2025

As New Yorkers, our pride in diversity runs deep. This month, we joyfully celebrate the Hispanic community whose heart and heritage enliven every borough, and our SUNY Downstate family. Nearly 30 percent of our city identifies as Hispanic; their...

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Tags: Commemorative Months

Environmental Services Week

Celebrating Environmental Services Week

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 15 , 2025

This week, we honor our Environmental Services professionals—whose care and craftsmanship keep patients, visitors, and colleagues safe daily. Your drive contributes to exceptional care, and your professionalism, vigilance, and pride touch everyone...

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Tags: Downstate Health, Environmental Health

CREST Research Scholar

2026 Clinical Research Scholars Training Program (CREST)

by Brooklyn Health Disparities Center - September 12 , 2025

The Downstate Clinical Research Scholars Training Program (CREST) will provide a formal didactic curriculum (SUNY Downstate MPH) and structured mentored clinical research experience to physicians and nurses with doctoral degrees in biomedical science,...

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Tags: Research, Training

Shari Andrews

Join us for The 31st White Coat Ceremony

by College of Medicine - September 11 , 2025

We will proudly host the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2029 on Friday, September 12, 2025. Honoring our tradition of showcasing distinguished alumni, Shari Andrews, M.D., (COM’10’10), an Emergency Medicine Physician, Author, and Wellness...

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Tags: Ceremony, Education, White Coat

Walk In Sports Injury Clinic

Walk-In Sports Injury Clinic

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 10 , 2025

Avoid lost time & emergency room delays and receive same day exam by our sports medicine physicians

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Sickle Cell Awareness Month

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 9 , 2025

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. SUNY Downstate joins communities nationwide in elevating attention to a disease that affects more than 100,000 Americans, with an acute impact in Brooklyn.

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Tags: Commemorative Months

Call for Nominations 2026

Call for Nominations 2026

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 8 , 2025

Academic Affairs Invites you to submit nominations for Nomination submissions should be sent to: DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR, DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSOR

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School of Health Professions 2025-2026 Dean's Lecture Series

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 1 , 2025

The purpose of the Lecture Series is to provide Downstate students with value added content in addition to what they are learning in their base curricula to position them to be leading thinkers and influencers in their disciplines.

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Register Today For An Upcoming AVERT Active Shooter Training

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 1 , 2025

AVERT, short for Active Violence Emergency Response Training goes beyond active shooter training by teaching emergency bleeding control techniques, warning signs of a potential aggressor, quick response in a violent situation, escape, evade, or attack...

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Tags: University Police

Security Awareness News

Information Security Awareness

by Information Services - September 1 , 2025

Preventing Unauthorized Access Securing Your Work Environment Nontechnical Security Basics

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Tags: Information Services, Security Training

Wellness September

WellNYS Daily To-Do and Frontline Newsletter for September 2025

by Employee Assistance Program - September 1 , 2025

September is nationally recognized as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness, reducing stigma, and fostering conversations around mental health and suicide prevention.

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Tags: Employee Assistance Program, Wellness

Mandatory Annual HR Trainings

by Office of Communications & Marketing - September 1 , 2025

As a publicly funded institution, SUNY Downstate requires all state-paid employees to complete Comprehensive Ethics Training Courses every two years, in addition to any department-specific trainings.

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Mandatory Annual HR Trainings

by Department of Human Resources - August 27 , 2025

As a publicly funded institution, SUNY Downstate requires all state-paid employees to complete several mandatory HR trainings each year, in addition to any department-specific trainings.

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Tags: Employee Resources, Human Resources

Michael Reinhardt

Michael M. Reinhardt Jr., M.D., Appointed Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

by Office of Communications & Marketing - August 14 , 2025

We are pleased to share news of the appointment of Michael M. Reinhardt, Jr., M.D., as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, effective August 1, 2025.

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Tags: Faculty / Staff, Psychiatry