Newborns were given little red hats from the Stony Brook Stitchers and the American Heart Association to celebrate Heart Month and raise awareness for congenital heart defects.
Although this year’s flu strain is especially nasty, the flu shot can still provide some resistance that can mean the difference between life and death for at-risk populations.
Professor Michael Kimmel’s new program aims to foster activism, breakdown toxic masculinity and promote research to further the development of greater gender equality.
Alda Center and alumnus Steven Jaret introduced his game, Jargon Police, by taking faculty and researchers to the back of a police car and charging them to talk about their science without using any scientific jargon.
Professor Karen Chen-Weigart collaborated with The Met to find out why and how soaps form within an oil painting, ultimately degrading the artwork’s appearance.
Allison McLarty treats adults with acquired heart disease who require surgery. Her special interests involve aortic surgery, including minimally invasive endovascular stenting for aortic aneurysms and surgical treatment of aortic dissection. She is the surgical director of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) program and uses leading-edge technology to treat severe heart failure with the new implantable heart pump. She is active in the Women’s Heart Health program. She also treats patients with lung disease, including surgery for lung cancer.
