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2023 News Releases

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College of Nursing Convocation, Pinning, and Awards Ceremony 2023

NIH Grants $1.72M To SUNY Downstate Professor for Study of Underrepresented Research Mentorship Networks

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University praised W. Marcus Lambert, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research Strategy...

Downstate Health Sciences University Secures $3.1m PCORI Award for Perinatal Mental Health Equity Research

PCORI Contract Awards $2.1M To Downstate Health Sciences University and University Of Illinois Urban-Champaign For Inclusive Research Partnerships

SUNY Downstate Researchers Uncover a Genetic Link Between Behavioral Disorders and Poor Health Outcomes Among Veterans

Saturday 9/9: Downstate to Host 2nd Annual Community Healthy Lifestyle Fair

SUNY Downstate Researchers Publish Groundbreaking AI Study on the Clinical Accuracy of Chatbots

SUNY Downstate Announces Three Scholarships to Provide Financial Support To Nursing Students

National Immunization Awareness Month

Recognizing National Immunization Awareness Month

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and we want to remind everyone about the importance of getting appropriate...

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Recognizing National Minority Donor Awareness Month

National Minority Donor Awareness Month reminds us that the power to save lives is within our grasp, enhancing awareness...

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University Physicians of Brooklyn Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer

The University Physicians of Brooklyn Board of Trustees welcomes Matthew Mielczarek as the new Chief Financial Officer...

Wayne J. Riley & Stanley Friedman Ph. D.

We Bid Stanley Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., A Fond Farewell After 58 Years of Service To SUNY Downstate

Stanley Friedman, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology, has announced his retirement as...

SUNY Downstate Secures a Second $10M NIH Grant To Accelerate Health Equity Research Training

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate) received a $10M John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Grant from the...

SUNY Chancellor Launches Expansion of 2023 Pre-Medical Opportunity Program at Downstate Health Sciences University

State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. today celebrated the 2023 Pre-Medical Opportunity Program and...

SUNY Downstate Awarded $1.5M In National Institutes Of Health Global Health Unit For Ukraine HIV Research Training

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s Special Treatment and Research (STAR) Program received a $1.5M grant from...

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Weill Cornell Medicine, And Columbia University Receive A $9.8M National Cancer Institute Grant To Target Cancer Disparities

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Columbia University are among five entities nationwide...

Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP

SUNY Downstate President Riley Reappointed To MedPAC

Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP, President and Professor of Internal Medicine and of Health Policy and Management...

SUNY Downstate And University at Albany Explore The Role of Artificial Intelligence In Mental Health Care

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and The University at Albany and are partnering to explore the use of artificial...

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards President’s Grant to SUNY Downstate for Equity-Focused Graduate Medical Education Program

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Office of Graduate Medical Education, in collaboration with NYC Health + Hospitals...

SUNY Downstate Announces Keynote Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipients Ahead of 2023 Commencement Exercises

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University today announced that Upstate Medical University President Mantosh Dewan, M.D.,...

SUNY Downstate’s Dr. Jameela Yusuff Selected as Executive Leadership in Academic Healthcare Fellow

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University today announced the selection of Jameela J. Yusuff, M.D., MPH, MSHCDL, FACP,...

SUNY Downstate Match Day 2023

Another Successful Match Day at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University celebrated a successful Match Day today as 188 medical students joined thousands...

March 8, International Women's Day

Celebrating International Women’s Day

In 1908, the first National Woman’s Day was observed in the United States in honor of the New York garment workers’...

Celebrating Women’s History Month

Gender disparity in radiology is more significant than in many other medical specialties. According to Radiology Business,...