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Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., Edmund D. Pellegrino Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and Medical Director of Stony Brook’s World Trade Center Health Program, will present “We’re Not Leaving: Responders Oral Histories Redefine 9/11,” at the American Folklife Center at The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on November 10. The Center will serve as the repository for oral histories of 9/11 first responders from around the country, which are being recorded and filmed by Dr. Luft and the WTC Health Program staff as the Remembering 9/11 oral history project. The lecture will be held in the Mary Pickford Theater, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

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Stony Brook University has launched a pilot epidemiologic study targeting avid fish consumers that will examine the benefits and risks of seafood consumption. The “Long Island Study of Seafood Consumption,” led by Jaymie Meliker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is now recruiting for study participants via a qualifying survey.

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Stony Brook University Medical Center has opened a new Valve Center that offers comprehensive treatment of valvular heart disease.

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Specialists in Stony Brook University School of Medicine took part in a NIH-sponsored clinical trial that reveals high-risk patients without stents implanted had fewer second strokes.

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Allen Jeremias, M.D. has been named one of 10 national fellows for the inaugural Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Emerging Leader Mentorship (ELM) Program.

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Interventional cardiologists at the Stony Brook University Heart Center and elsewhere are performing more heart catheterizations by going through the wrist instead of the groin. This approach has increased advantages for patients.

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By employing optogenetics, a new field that uses genetically altered cells to respond to light, researchers at Stony Brook University have demonstrated a way to control cell excitation and contraction in cardiac muscle cells.

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Inpatient hospitalizations for children and adolescents with a psychiatric diagnosis increased significantly over a 12-year period (1996 to 2007), according to a report in the early online edition in Archives of General Psychiatry.

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A Stony Brook University School of Medicine study concludes that there do not appear to be any negative associations between bedsharing in toddlerhood and children’s behavior and cognition at age 5.

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Stony Brook University Hospital was named as one of America’s Most Beautiful Hospitals, ranking third in a list of 50 healthcare facilities around the country. Soliant Health, a leading specialty healthcare provider, released the results this month of the 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals 2011, a contest developed by Soliant Health.

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Researchers in the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine have discovered a laboratory method to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using the SALL4 gene.

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As more and more children participate in a single sport on a year-round basis, these young athletes are increasingly at risk for overuse injuries. Additionally, concussions have become a major cause for concern among youth sports participants.

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The first Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory Clinical Research Day will be held on May 13 at Stony Brook University Medical Center.

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A new study shows that levels of rape and sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo are 26 times higher than official United Nations estimates.

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In an analysis of more than 1,300 human breast tissue samples, Stony Brook University School of Medicine researchers discovered a possible role of the squamous cell carcinoma antigen in the progression of breast cancer.

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Ann Jillian, a Golden Globe-winning, three-time Emmy-nominated actress and singer, will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual National Cancer Survivors Day® at the Cancer Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center.

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In a study on the relationship between unemployment and the risk of death, researchers found that the risk of death was 63% higher in those who experienced an episode of unemployment than those who did not.

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Hospital admissions at Stony Brook University Medical Center were significantly reduced when using coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) to evaluate Emergency patients with chest pain.

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Michael Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues, have discovered a new role for mitochondria during RNA processing.

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The Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine is leading a multicenter National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical trial to evaluate whether treatment of chronic periodontitis will help improve diabetes control.