Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr. Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi on being awarded $1.6 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences!
Click Here to check out Dr. Flescher on Fox News (Channel 5) discussing the newly proposed 'Kidney Deaths Act' in the context of transplantation ethics.
Program in Public Health faculty members Dr. Sean Clouston and Dr. Jaymie Meliker, research scientists Dr. Frank Mann and Dr. Minos Kritikos, postdoctoral associate Dr. Tesleem Babola, and PhD student Yuan Yang, were among the first to examine the link between World Trade Center (WTC) exposures, the use of protective equipment, and the incidence of dementia before age 65. Their findings indicated that dementia rates were lowest among those who experienced minimal exposure or consistently wore protective equipment, and highest among those who worked in dusty areas near or on the pile for extended periods. Click here to view the publication.
Read the Newsday article here.
2024 Student & Post-Doctoral Research Highlights
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Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Elizabeth Inman commenced our 2024 Speaker Series this September with a discussion on the effects of stigma on health outcomes. She provided a theoretical overview, identified gaps, and presented responsive research. Check out our events page to view the recording. |
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Postdoctoral Associate Lissa Soares, Ph.D. recently attended International Society for Children's Health and the Environment's (ISCHE) 2024 retreat in Campeche, Mexico. She presented her work titled: "Risk and Risk Benefit of Fish Consumption during Pregnancy in Suriname." |
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Ph.D. student Yuan Yang presented research to the XXVI World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2023). This project applied Natural Language Processing (NLP) to create validated activity variables, representing various Particulate Matter (PM) exposure levels, and analyzed their associations with cognition scores and plasma biomarkers. Findings revealed that supervisory activities have a protective effect on cognitive health, a trend also observed in telecommunications/enclosed activities. The poster can be viewed here. |
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Ph.D. student Gabriella Pandolfelli presented research to the 2023 ASAHP Annual Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. This project describes the mixed-methods evaluation of the Stony Brook Medicine Healthy Libraries Program (HeLP), an IPE program with teams of BSN-MPH-BSW/MSW and Physician Assistant (PA) students supervised to screen, educate, and provide case management for free to patrons in partnering public libraries. The poster can be viewed here. |
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2024 Faculty Research Highlights
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Alumni Research Highlights
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Ph.D. Alumna Yun Zhang presented her dissertation work to the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2023 Conference and the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2023. The research focused on examining how changes in social networks and cognitive decline are associated longitudinally and testing how neighborhood social cohesion and cognitive decline are associated in late life. Findings indicated bidirectional longitudinal relationships between social network structure and cognitive decline. Social networks may improve cognitive health but are also vulnerable to cognitive decline related to disorientation. The poster can be viewed here. |
