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Public Health Research in India Was a Revelation to Pooja Deshpande ’21

Before you can help someone, you must gain their trust. Biology major Pooja Deshpande ’21 learned that critical lesson while traveling in India to help communities ravaged by extreme weather events. “This is the...

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Stony Brook Team Receives Award for R&D

Stony Brook researchers, together with SBU-affiliated startup Superclean Glass Inc., received the R&D 100 Award from R&D World magazine, often referred to as the “Oscars of Innovation.”

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Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

The challenges of diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s patients, many of whom are older than 60 — a demographic particularly vulnerable to the dangers of COVID-19 — increase exponentially during a pandemic. Like the rest...

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In an effort to help prevent erosion, signage encourages beachgoers to keep off coastal bluffs. New research supported by NY Sea Grant will provide information that will allow for improved prediction of bluff erosion that informs planning by coastal communities. Image credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

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$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has awarded more than $2.1 million to support six coastal science research projects —three of which are being led by Stony Brook University faculty — that explore topics relating to and...

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$1.7M NSF Grant to Help SBU Researchers Improve Quality of Life for Seniors

The fastest-growing population on Long Island and around the world is older adults. By 2035, those aged 65 and over are expected to comprise more than 20 percent of Long Island’s population — a demographic shift that...

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Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Projections of temperatures and precipitation amounts in climate change scenarios may be a key component in a large research initiative with the goal to reduce schistosomiasis.

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SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Recent scientific evidence has shown that the coronavirus may remain infectious as an aerosol for three hours or longer. Although the exact means of transmission remains a mystery that’s still being investigated...

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Turkana Basin Researchers to Probe Climate Change and Evolution in East Africa

In the summer of 1964, a Yale undergrad named J.G. Mead discovered a beaked whale fossil during an expedition in what is now the Turkana region of northwest Kenya. The 17-million-year-old fossil played an integral role...

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Kevin Tsai ‘19 carries donations of PPE.

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Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

Chosen for their involvement in the organization DonatePPE.org, siblings Karen Tsai and Kevin Tsai presented the Best Supporting Actor award at the 72nd annual Emmys on September 20.

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Stony Brook University Invests Endowed Chairs in Renaissance School of Medicine

The chairs, endowed by Huayi Zhang and Siuling Zhang, enable the University to recognize eminent scholars David Thanassi and Qingping Yao.

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Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Her research combines fundamental inorganic chemistry and metal radiochemistry with modern imaging methods to provide personalized medical treatments of cancer and microbial infections.

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Stony Brook Recognized for Commitment to Quality Heart Failure Care

For the second consecutive year, SBU Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

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Various bones at a Bronze Age battle excavation site, some of which were genetically tested to determine the presence of the lactase-persistent gene. Credit: Stefan Sauer / Tollense Valley Project

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Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Genetic material from the bones of people who died around 1,200 BC suggests that lactase persistence spread in only a few thousand years.

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BNL Summer Students Tackle COVID-19

For Sonali George '21, the coronavirus pandemic presented a chance to engage in research related to the virus that forced her internship online.

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Abbigayle Cuomo ’21 Embraces Undergraduate Research

The SBU senior works in the lab of Dr. Carlos Simmerling, using molecular dynamics to investigate protein structure and folding.

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Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

A study led by SBU's Anat Biegon is the first to show a direct correlation between aromatase (an enzyme) availability in the amygdala and body mass index.

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NIH Grant to Fund Brain Imaging Study of Opioid Addiction

With a nearly $3 million grant from the NIDA, Assistant Professor Scott J. Moeller, PhD, of the Renaissance School of Medicine is studying the brains of those with opioid use disorder.

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Research Leads to New Material for Energy-Efficient Devices

A team of international physicists including SBU's Jennifer Cano has created a superlattice, which at a high temperature is a super-efficient insulator conducting current.

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Category - Medicine and Research

Public Health Research in India Was a Revelation to Pooja Deshpande ’21

Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

$1.7M NSF Grant to Help SBU Researchers Improve Quality of Life for Seniors

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

Stony Brook University Invests Endowed Chairs in Renaissance School of Medicine

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

BNL Summer Students Tackle COVID-19

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