2023 News Releases
Recognizing National Immunization Awareness Month
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and we want to remind everyone about the importance of getting appropriate...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
Brooklyn’s Maimonides Health and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Announce a New Hematology-Oncology Collaboration
Maimonides Health and Downstate Health (the clinical enterprise of Downstate Health Sciences University, Downstate University...
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Receives “Best” Honors from U.S. News & World Report
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University today announced that it has received national recognition for its online graduate...