Felipe C. Cabello, M.D., professor of microbiology and immunology, was recently informed by the editorial board of Environmental Microbiology, that the 5,136 downloads of his article "Heavy use of prophylactic antibiotics in aquaculture: a growing problem for human and animal health and for the environment," published in 2006, made it the most downloaded article from this journal in the Wiley Online Library, and more than 2.25 times as the next most often downloaded article from the journal. Environmental Microbiology is a high-impact journal covering the molecular aspects of environmental microbiology and published by Wiley. The article was the first critical review of the literature to call attention to the potential negative impacts of antimicrobial use in aquaculture on human and animal health. It has since been cited 486 times. It was written while Dr. Cabello was a United States-Canada 2004 Guggenheim Fellow and opened up a new line of research in Dr. Cabello's lab funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. This has resulted in further research publications about the matter by Dr. Cabello and his collaborators (Drs. H. P. Godfrey, A. Tomova, L. Ivanova, A. Buschmann, and H. Dölz). Dr. Cabello attributes the wide acceptance to the increasing growth of aquaculture as food supplier, the expanded importation of seafood grown in the presence of antibiotics and recognition that antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing public health crises of the 21st century.
 

Christopher S. Leonard, Ph.D., left, professor of physiology, presented an invited symposium talk, "Interactions of the glutamate/orexin system with arousal networks," in the symposium entitled "Integrated neuromodulatory control of arousal and complex behaviours: Focus on dual transmitter systems and networks" at the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS) meeting held in Budapest, June 7 - 12.

Kutluk Oktay, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology, medicine, and cell biology and anatomy, was invited to give the plenary talk, "First Births After the Utility of Oogonial Precursor Cell Derived Mitochondrial Injection: Emergence of a New Technology in ART?" at the Israeli Fertility Association annual meeting in Tel Aviv on June 30.

Michael J. Reilly, Dr.Ph. '10, M.P.H., director of Center for Disaster Medicine, associate professor of environmental health science, and associate professor of clinical emergency medicine, was named to the Business Council of Westchester 2016 Class of Rising Stars. The Rising Stars awards were presented on June 16 to Westchester's "40 under 40," individuals who demonstrate exemplary leadership, creativity, innovation, dedication and professionalism. Dr. Reilly was also the guest editor-in-chief of a special issue of the Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal recently commissioned by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the National Institutes of Health. The issue opens with the featured editorial, "Investigating the Public Health Impact of Hurricane Sandy," co-written by Dr. Reilly. The findings in this special issue provide important insights into disaster recovery and public health response in the immediate and prolonged aftermath of a natural disaster.