Ticks do not die off in fall and winter as once largely believed, which means the disease-carrying creatures must be fought year-round, according to the findings of a new Working Group Report.
While their paths had crossed in the past, it was a chance meeting on the Long Island Rail Road that brought two Stony Brook faculty members together on a new level of interdisciplinary collaboration.
President Stanley and Provost Michael Bernstein hosted the Annual Awards Dinner to celebrate faculty achievements and the recipients of Chancellor’s Awards and Distinguished Professorships for 2017. More than 100 faculty and staff were honored.
A true leader in advancing medical education, Dr. Latha Chandran has been elected President of the APA and will officially begin her one-year term as President-elect in April 2019, serve as the President for one year and the immediate past president for another year.
Nancy Tomesis an American historian with a focus on the intersection between expert knowledge and popular understandings of the body and disease. She’s the award-winning author of four books, including "Remaking the American Patient" which was awarded the prestigious Bancroft Prize in 2017, which examines an in depth research in the popular yet largely unexamined concept origin of patients “shopping” for health care. Her current research focus is on the history of psychiatry and the impact of the Internet on doctor-patient interactions.
