Shout-Outs
By Office of the President | Apr 17, 2023
Clean Air NY
In New York State, 33 percent of carbon emissions are caused by vehicle travel (). Poor air quality can affect our health and can be especially harmful to children,
seniors, and people with asthma, lung damage, and other respiratory conditions.
In Downstate鈥檚 latest collaboration effort to reduce our carbon footprint, we have partnered with to enhance our commitment to environmental sustainability and improved air quality in New York State by demonstrating our sustainability leadership efforts to reduce congestion in our area.
With this partnership, resources include:
- Providing commuter programs, like incentivized challenges or preferred parking, to students and employees.
- Encouraging students and employees to assess the impact of their travel choices.
- Encouraging and facilitating students and staff to carpool, take transit, bike, or walk to work or school.
- Quantifying the impact of our travel choices to help bolster campus sustainability efforts, and
- Helping to create a healthy living and learning environment for our faculty, staff, and students.
Clean Air NY believes organizations like ours at Downstate have the power to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. They have built a network of partner organizations to help spread the word on air quality.
I encourage everyone to do their part to ensure we are helping to reduce our collective and individual carbon footprints.
Information Services鈥� CISO Joins Security Scorecard Advisory Board
Igor Gorelik, MPH, Chief Information Security Officer, has joined the Security Scorecard Advisory Board, a global leader in cybersecurity ratings. Mr. Gorelik was the first speaker in the company鈥檚 new Customer Lunch and Learn seminars.
Harvard Global Health Symposium Welcomes Chief of Neurosurgery
Ernest J. Barth茅lemy, M.D., MPH, MA, Division Chief of Neurosurgery, participated in the Harvard Global Health Institute鈥檚
inaugural Global Health Symposium on April 12. Dr. Barth茅lemy鈥檚 panel on 鈥淒ecolonial
Praxis and Health鈥� explored challenges confronting the anticolonial movement for health
justice.
COM Student Co-Authors Feature in Academic Medicine
COM student Karen Izquierdo contributed to 鈥淒evelopment of a Tool to Assess Medical Oral Language Proficiency,鈥� a multi-institution study featured in the April AAMC journal Academic Medicine issue. The analysis examines the Physician Oral Language Observation Matrix (POLOM), which assesses six language-skill categories used in clinical interactions. Read the complete study .
Third Annual SOHP Virtual Student Career Alumni and Networking (SCAN) Event
The School of Health Professions held its third annual virtual Student Career Alumni and Networking (SCAN) event on March 21, 2023. Students and alums from Diagnostic Medical Imaging, Health Informatics, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, and Medical Billing & Coding interacted and networked with 30 clinical organizations and practices in these fields.
The annual SCAN event facilitates meaningful connections between students and potential employers. It is also a community engagement event that offers networking opportunities with community-based healthcare institutions. Students, alums, and vendors agreed that the event was worthwhile and said they look forward to next year鈥檚 event.
Contributions to Cardiac Electrophysiology
PGY1 Medicine resident Sahil Zaveri, M.D., is the first author of 鈥淧athophysiology of Cav1.3 L-type Calcium Channels in the Heart,鈥� a review article published in the March 21 issue of Frontiers in Physiology: Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2023. The final author of the paper is Dr. Zaveri鈥檚 mentor, Mohamed Boutjdir, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology, and Pharmacology & Physiology.
Dr. Zaveri鈥檚 research sheds new light on the critical role of this little-known calcium channel in cardiac diseases such as sinoatrial and atrioventricular node dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure. It also has the potential to contribute to developing targeted therapeutic interventions. To read the complete study, click .
Accelerated BS in Nursing Student Wins FNSNA Johnson & Johnson Scholarship
Tasfia Shawlin, a student in the College of Nursing, was awarded a $1,000 Johnson & Johnson scholarship
through the Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association (FNSNA). The scholarship
is part of Johnson & Johnson鈥檚 鈥淥ur Race to Health Equity鈥� initiative, which seeks
to ensure access to high-quality and culturally competent health care for all.
Pathology on Canvas
Eight years ago, the journal Pathologist asked the pathology and laboratory community to contribute artwork on a single, uniting subject鈥擯athology. Several acrylic paintings by PGY4 Pathology Resident Shabnam Seydafken, M.D. this year made the cut.
Blood Cells: Acrylic Painting
Blood Cells: Acrylic Painting
GI Mucosa: Acrylic Painting
LSIL: Acrylic Painting
Upcoming Events
Event with BQLI Health Education Center
April 18, 2023
The Brooklyn-Queens-Long Island Area Health Education Center is hosting 鈥淗ealthcare Career Conversations鈥� with 含羞草研究所 Downstate and the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health on April 18. Email Gholcomb@bqliahec.org if interested.
Annual Research Day
April 19, 2023
Third Annual SOHP Dean鈥檚 Lecture Series: 鈥淯sing Data-driven Decision Making to Improve a Clinical Practice or Program鈥�
April 26, 2023
6th Annual Transport Symposium
April 28, 2023
New York Academy of Medicine Event
April 24, 2023
Otolaryngology resident James Alrassi, M.D., will present 鈥淭he Nasogenital Reflex: Imprudence of the Past as a Lesson for a Wiser Future鈥� at the New York Academy of Medicine鈥檚 14th Annual History of Medicine and Public Health Night-Part II on Monday, April 24, from 5 to 6:30 pm. The virtual event is free, but advanced .