SUNY DOWNSTATE’S STAR CENTER RECEIVES $4.4 MILLION GRANT
Jan 16, 2007
SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s STAR Health Center has received a five-year Ryan White
Title III renewal grant totaling $4,443,580. The grant application received an almost
perfect score of 98. Luigi Procopio, HRSA project manager, commented, "Big kudos to
you and your staff for an outstanding competing application. A score of 98 is almost
unheard of."
SUNY Downstate’s STAR (Special Treatment and Research) Health Center is the ambulatory
care site for University of Hospital of Brooklyn's designated AIDS center, as certified
by the NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute. It is funded by Ryan White Title III
through the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and by University
Hospital of Brooklyn.
The strengths of the grant application, as noted in the review summary statement,
included: a clear documentation of the impact of the HIV epidemic in Downstate's service
area; a thoroughly presented work plan; specific evaluation activities, such as data
collection and monthly continuous quality improvement committee meetings; strong consumer
involvement; and an innovative program of supportive counseling and family stabilization.
### About SUNY Downstate Medical Center SUNY Downstate Medical Center, founded in 1860, was the first medical school in the
United States to bring teaching out of the lecture hall and to the patient’s bedside.
A center of innovation and excellence in research and clinical service delivery, SUNY
Downstate Medical Center comprises a College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School
of Health Professions, a School of Graduate Studies, School of Public Health, University
Hospital of Brooklyn, and a multifaceted biotechnology initiative including the Downstate
Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT for early-stage and more mature companies, respectively.
SUNY Downstate ranks twelfth nationally in the number of alumni who are on the faculty
of American medical schools. More physicians practicing in New York City have graduated
from SUNY Downstate than from any other medical school.