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A Record 149 Stony Brook Medical Students Match to Residencies

Although the Renaissance School of Medicine’s 2021 Match Day for fourth-year medical students remained a virtual event, with a record 149 students receiving their residency assignments, there was much cause for...

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Friends of Renaissance School of Medicine Heed the Call for Help

Six donors have given $500,000 toward medical school scholarships in match challenge For many aspiring physicians, medical school is only a dream. The high cost of attending medical school and the resulting debt upon...

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Stony Brook University Hospital Named One of America’s 100 Best, Again

The Hospital has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2021 by Healthgrades – the only hospital on Long Island to receive this distinction for the past three consecutive years.

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Eat Healthier, Feel Better: It’s (Nutritional) Science

Fueled by an explosion of cooking shows, foodie posts and exercise videos, there is more interest in food and nutrition than ever before — and when it comes to popular New Year’s resolutions, losing weight and eating...

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Volunteering Overseas Confirms Student’s Decision to Become a Doctor

Cassandra (Casey) Yap ’21 was well acquainted with the medical profession at a very young age. She decided to follow in the footsteps of her internist father, Dr. Wilson Yap, after growing up going to his clinic — which...

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Stony Brook University Hospital Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine

Kisa King, a resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine, received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, administered by Ian Pak, a pharmacist at the Hospital.

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Machine Learning Can Identify Areas Most at Risk from Pandemic

Areas most at risk from the COVID-19 pandemic can be identified by a new machine learning tool developed by researchers at startup company Akai Kaeru LLC, which is affiliated with Stony Brook University’s Department of...

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University Funds 17 COVID-Related Research Projects

Investigators begin critical research to address urgent healthcare challenges, including prognostic and therapeutic studies, as well as the far-reaching social impacts of the pandemic.

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Bat Study Could Provide Clues to Coronavirus

The research, funded by the NSF, will look at how viruses affect cells upon entry into the bat host’s nasal passages to explain why symptomatic disease does not occur.

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Sibling doctors Karen and Kevin Tsai following Kevin’s graduation from the Renaissance School of Medicine.

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Sibling Alumni Go the Extra Mile to Fight COVID-19

Karen Tsai, MD ’17 and Kevin Tsai, MD ‘19 volunteer for DonatePPE.org, which has donated more than 1.2 million PPE to hospitals in COVID hotspots.

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Category - Medicine Alumni News

A Record 149 Stony Brook Medical Students Match to Residencies

Friends of Renaissance School of Medicine Heed the Call for Help

Stony Brook University Hospital Named One of America’s 100 Best, Again

Eat Healthier, Feel Better: It’s (Nutritional) Science

Volunteering Overseas Confirms Student’s Decision to Become a Doctor

Stony Brook University Hospital Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine

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

Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

BNL Summer Students Tackle COVID-19

Machine Learning Can Identify Areas Most at Risk from Pandemic

University Funds 17 COVID-Related Research Projects

Bat Study Could Provide Clues to Coronavirus

Sibling Alumni Go the Extra Mile to Fight COVID-19

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