Congratulations to our new Distinguished Professors, Drs Carol Carter and Vincent Yang! Dr. Carter from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology is recognized for her seminal work on how pathogens escape from infected cells by exploiting cellular machinery, and thus led to a new approach to antiviral HIV drug development. Dr. Yang is the Chair of the Department of Medicine, and his work focuses on identifying the causes and treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies. He studies Krüppel-like factors (KLFs), a group of proteins with important physiologic functions, including the ability to convert somatic cells to induced pleuripotenti stem cells with remarkable therapeutic potential.

Dr. Carol Carter Department of Microbiology and Immunology	Dr. Vincent Yang Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics

Congratulations to the 2022 SUNY Chancellor’s Awardees, recognized for their outstanding contributions to our school!

Dr. Todd Griffin Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence in Faculty Service	Dr. Susan Larson Anatomical Sciences Excellence in Teaching	Dr. Kaveh Sadigh Department of Medicine Excellence in Teaching
Jessica Koos HSC Library Excellence in Librarianship	Mary J. Allen Office of the Dean RSOM Excellence in Professional Service

Congratulations to Dr. Clinton Rubin, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering on 2022 Outstanding Mentor Award and to Dr. David Montrose from the Department of Pathology on SBU Faculty Trustees Award!

Dr. Clinton Rubin Department of Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Mentor Award	Dr. David Montrose Department of Pathology SBU Faculty Trustees Award

We are delighted to present the inaugural class of RSOM Graduates of the SUNY Clinical Leadership Academy aiming to to support the development of high-potential physicians to serve as physician leaders and support SUNY’s academic medical centers. The SUNY Clinical Leadership Academy officially launched on June 8, 2021 and concluded on January 25, 2022.

• Azin Abazari, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Residency Program Director / Mentor: Dr. Robert Honkanen
• Thomas Corrado, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical Director of Perioperative Services / Mentor Dr. Sergio Bergese
• Bettina Fries, Professor of Medicine and Division Chief Infectious Disease / Mentor Dr. Vincent Yang
• Sandeep Mallipattu, Professor of Medicine and Division Chief Nephrology / Mentor Dr. Vincent Yang
• Stephen Probst, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Division Chief of Neuroanesthesia/ENT Anesthesia / Mentor Dr. Kenneth Rosenfeld
• Sritha Rajupet, Director of Population Based Health Initiatives; Deputy Director Division of Graduate Medical Education / Mentor Dr. Dorothy Lane
• Massimiliano Spaliviero, Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology; Attending Surgeon / Mentor Dr. Wayne Waltzer

Many thanks also go to Dr. Laura Fochtmann, Dr. Margaret McGovern, Dr. Julie Agris and the faculty of the Program in Health Policy & Management for teaching and participating in the Academy.

Congratulations to Drs April Castillo (Family, Population and Preventive Medicine) and Amanda Levinson (Psychiatry) for their selection as the inaugural 2021 awardees for the Long Island Network for Clinical and Translational Science (LINCATS) Mentored Clinical and Translational Research Career Development Program.

Dr. Castillo's project is titled 'Assessing whether antenatal colostrum expression improves duration of breastfeeding and rates of breastfeeding exclusivity'.

Dr. Levinson's project is titled 'Developing an Ecologically Valid Toolkit for the Assessment of Postpartum Maternal Reward Responsiveness'.

• Nov 9: General Orientation (Stella Tsirka and Faculty Affairs team)
• Dec 10: Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure (Laura Fochtmann)
• Feb 25, 12:00pm: Basics of Grant Writing (Jorge Benach)
• Apr 1, 12:45pm: Professionalism (B. Wertheim, D. Cohen)

More sessions will be announced soon.

To attend the sessions, please contact Kimberly Malamutt.