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Downstate Researchers receive the "2022 Scientific Paper of the Year Award," granted by Premier Radiology Publication

SUNY Downstate researchers Drs. Robert Alexander, Stephen Waite, Susanna Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik received the 2022 Scientific Paper of the Year award for their paper titled, "Mandating Limits on Workload, Duty, and Speed in Radiology." Additional contributors outside of Downstate include, Michael A. Bruno, Elizabeth A. Krupinski and Leonard Berlin.

This award was recognized by premier international Radiology publication, AuntMinnie.com. The publication hosts an annual Minnies event to recognize excellence in the field of Radiology research and selects one winning research paper across all others in the field. Finalists were selected from upwards of 200 candidates across 15 categories. Read the full Minnies article here.

"The research, published in Radiology in June 2022, examines the relationship between interpretation speed and error rates in radiology, the potential influence of artificial intelligence on reading speed and error rates, and the possible outcomes of imposed limits on both caseload and duty hours"

(SUNY DHSU Office of Communications page, read the full article here)

School of Public Health at the 2022 American Public Health Association Conference

Downstate School of Public Health was well-represented at the 2022 American Public Health Association Conference. Held in Boston, from November 6-9, Downstate faculty, students, and alumni presented 16 scientific talks and presentations. SPH Biostatistics faculty, Dr. Rose Calixte, presented an oral presentation examining the impacts of regular access to care on undiagnosed hypertension among adults in the US. Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and faculty in Community Health Sciences, presented 2 oral presentations, including a health communications spotlight on strategies to build trust to promote colorectal cancer screening in NYC communities. Dr. Thomas Mackie, Chair of Health Policy and Management, led a team of health services researchers focused on addressing disparities in autism disorders screening and perinatal access programs.

SPH students were the spotlight, delivering presentations in important areas of cardiometabolic, cancer, and mental health disparities. DrPH Epidemiology student and Student Council President, Janille Williams, delivered 2 presentations diabetes disparities, and DrPH CHSC student Faven Araya presented poster and roundtable presentations on community-engaged approaches to addressing health inequities and supporting healthcare transformation. DrPH Epidemiology alumna and TRANSPORT postdoctoral fellow, Rebecca Hill, presented results from her dissertation research, which focused on the adverse effects of perceived discrimination on biomarkers of cardiometabolic disease risk among US adults. MPH Epidemiology alumna, Christina Kim, presented her research on type 2 diabetes among US adults with a mobility disability.

There were strong collaborations between SPH and the College of Medicine on display, with MD/MPH student David Diaz presented a roundtable talk on associations of trust in health information and cancer screening behaviors among US Latina women, and MD/MPH Davin McFarlane co-authored a presentation on COVID-19 impacts on care among adults living with cardiometabolic conditions. As part of a featured panel for the Health and Human Rights Forum, MD/MPH student Anuradha Shetty delivered an oral presentation on the challenges and successes of a medical student-run political asylum clinic, and its implications for public health. MPH alumna and current MD student, Kunika Chahal, also collaborated with Drs. Camille Clare and Christina Pardo in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dr. Camacho-Rivera on a poster presentation examining factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine uptake among women of reproductive age in New York City. The full list of Downstate SPH presentations can be found here.

Department of Defense Awards $8M in Funding for Multi-Site Research Project, "Gap-Based Milieu Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury (GAMBIT-TBI)"

Dr. Richard Rubenstein, Professor of Neurology, received a recent $8M award from the Department of Defense to fund the project, Gap-Based Milieu Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury (GAMBIT-TBI)”, which is comprised of collaborators with varying expertise from 9 institutions.

The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Psychological Health Research Program was initiated in 2007 in response to the traumatic brain injuries sustained and psychological health issues experienced by deployed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Department of Defense (DOD) efforts have continued toward promoting a better standard of care for psychological health and TBI in the areas of prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.

The proposal describes a multimodal strategy using biochemical and imaging biomarkers for early detection and/or monitoring over time of comorbidities, neurodegeneration, and genetic/epigenetic factors leading to chronic complications. Further, they will be using blood-based CNS biomarker assays to determine trajectories of long-term outcomes and understand the trajectories and pathobiology of acute and chronic recovery in terms of chronic conditions and neurodegeneration.

Hippocampus Cover Features Image from Article by SGS Recent Graduate, Timothy Morello, MD-PhD, and Colleagues

This image was featured on the cover of the October 2022 (Vol 32, Issue 10) issue of Hippocampus. The image is from the article “The retrosplenial cortex of Carollia perspicillata, Seba's short-tailed fruit bat” by Timothy Morello, Richard Kollmar, Mark Stewart, and Rena Orman (doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23464).

Dr. Morello recently completed his PhD in the School of Graduate Studies as part of his MD-PhD dual degree; Drs. Kollmar, Stewart, and Orman are SGS and COM faculty. Congratulations to all of them on this fine work!

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