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Downstate Celebrates Women’s History Month

As Women’s History Month winds down, here’s a recap for those who might have missed some of the activities and events.

Celebrating National Doctors’ Day

I am honored to wish our Downstate doctors a happy National Doctors’ Day!

SUNY Downstate Awarded Nearly $2m in Funding to Enhance Facilities and Equipment

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University today announced it will receive nearly $2 million in new funding for equipment...

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Students Successfully Match for Residency

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University announced another successful Match Day, and the exciting news that 33 College...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer Congressmember Yvette D. Clarke, And U.S. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand Secure $1.9 Million Congressionally-Directed Funding In Omnibus Spending Bill For Downstate

I am pleased to share the exciting news that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer and our own Brooklyn U.S....

SUNY Downstate Receives Centers of Excellence in Alzheimer’s Disease $2.3m Award Renewal

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University announced that its Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease (CEAD) grant...

SUNY Downstate Receives Funding to Enhance Maternal Health Outcomes in Project Highlighted by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Maternal Health Call to Action

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University announced today that it would receive funding to address Black maternal mortality...

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022

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

Ukraine Parliament Building

Message from Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP on the Events in the Ukraine

I have been struggling to put my thoughts and emotions into words over the tragic turn of events in Eastern Europe.

Women's History Month Celebration

Each year during March, the nation joins in special honors, recognizing and thanking the women in our lives, our families,...

SUNY Downstate residents

Thank A Resident Day

As a critical element of graduate medical training, residency provides deep exposure to medical practice, often leading...

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SUNY Downstate Appoints Gabe Rodriguez as New Executive Director of Development for Research

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University announced the appointment of Marcus “Gabe” Rodriguez as its new Executive...

President Riley Announced as a Co-Chair of Mayor’s COVID-19 Recovery Roundtable and Health Equity Task Force.

SUNY Health Sciences Institutions Announce Partnership to Expand Access to Education in Public Health in New York

SUNY College of Optometry and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate) announced a partnership to establish...