Stony Brook University News

Study of HIV-Infected Youth: Antiretroviral Therapy not Associated with Severity of Psychiatric Disorders

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:33 PST

A study of more than 300 children and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) revealed no association between specific antiretroviral therapy and the severity of psychiatric disorders. In “Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Severity, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Functional Outcomes in Perinatally Infected Youth,” Principal Investigator Sharon Nachman, M.D., of Stony Brook School of Medicine, and colleagues detail this finding and others in the Online First edition of Archives of Pediatrics & Adult Medicine.

Study of One Million Americans Shows Obesity and Pain Linked

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:45:54 PST

A clear association between obesity and pain – with higher rates of pain identified in the heaviest individuals – was found in a study of more than one million Americans published January 19 in the online edition of Obesity. In “Obesity and Pain Are Associated in the United States,” Stony Brook University researchers Arthur A. Stone, PhD., and Joan E. Broderick, Ph.D. report this finding based on their analysis of 1,010,762 respondents surveyed via telephone interview by the Gallop Organization between 2008 and 2010.

Stony Brook's Intel 8: SBU Mentors Intel Finalists from all over United States

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:33:48 PST

Stony Brook University has mentored a record eight of the 40 high school students chosen as finalists in the prestigious 2012 Intel Science Talent Search which accounts for twenty percent of the nation’s total.

SBU Faculty Mentors 30 Semifinalists in National Intel Science Talent Search Competition

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:29:41 PST

Stony Brook University mentors have guided 30 more high school students into the semifinals of the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search competition, one of the two national competitions where high school students spend countless hours conducting research under the direction of Stony Brook faculty members and graduate students.

SBU Announces Collaboration with Sanofi on Pioneering Tuberculosis Drug

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:30:40 PST

The Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery (ICB&DD) at Stony Brook University announced a multi-year research collaboration with Sanofi, a multinational pharmaceutical company, on a potential treatment for Tuberculosis (TB) and other bacterial infections.

Walking and Texting at the Same Time? Stony Brook Study Says Think Again

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:15:44 PST

Talking on a cell phone or texting while walking may seem natural and easy, but it could be dangerous and result in walking errors and interfere with memory recall. Researchers at Stony Brook University found this to be the case in a study of young people walking and using their cell phones. The study is reported in the online edition of Gait & Posture.

New SBU Study Finds Fish Offspring Grow Best at Same Temperature as Parents

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:30:15 PST

Fish parents can pre-condition their offspring to grow fastest at the temperature they experienced, according to research published in the February 2012 edition of Ecology Letters.

Drug to Treat HIV in Children Shows Promise Via Stony Brook-Led National Study

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:31:18 PST

For children and adolescents with HIV infection, the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of HIV infection, offers a new weapon to treat HIV infection in children.

SBU Faculty Member Sanjay Sampath Named Distinguished Professor

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:20:02 PST

Dr. Sanjay Sampath, a faculty member at Stony Brook University, has been appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor by the State University of New York Board of Trustees as recommended by campus colleagues and SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher.

Stony Brook University's Top 11 News Stories of 2011

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:30:29 PST

In case you missed some of the most exciting stories at Stony Brook University over the course of the past year, here is a sampling of the top 11 for 2011.

Study of WTC Responders: PTSD and Respiratory Illness Linked

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:27:06 PST

More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team led by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., the Edmund D. Pellegrino Professor of Medicine, and Medical Director of Stony Brook’s World Trade Center Health Program, and Evelyn Bromet, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, has published results of a study examining the relationship between the two signature health problems among WTC first responders—respiratory illness and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

It's Good to be Good: Dr. Stephen Post on the Scientific Evidence

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:04:36 PST

Giving during the holidays, or at any time, not only helps others but helps ourselves and appears to lead to a happier and healthier life. This conclusion by Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., Professor of Preventive Medicine, Head of the Division of Medicine in Society, and Director, Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is based on a review of scientific and medical studies covering several decades on the benefits experienced by individuals who act sincerely for the benefit of others.

Stony Brook University Collaborative Experiment Named a Top 10 Breakthrough of 2011 by Physics World Magazine

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:18:33 PST

Chang Kee Jung, a Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University along with an international team of physicists working on the Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) collaboration were recently named seventh in a list of the top 10 breakthroughs of 2011, according to Physics World magazine for their experiment that appears to have measured, for the first time, muon neutrinos changing into electron neutrinos.

Stony Brook University Receives $150 Million Gift from Jim and Marilyn Simons and the Simons Foundation

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:05:17 PST

Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., announced today that the University has received a $150 million gift from Dr. James and Dr. Marilyn Simons, and from the Simons Foundation. It is the largest gift in the history of Stony Brook University or to any one of the 64 institutions in the SUNY system, as well as one of the largest to any institution of public higher education. Present for the historic announcement, in addition to the Simons, were New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, and a number of elected representatives.

SBU Marine Science Researchers Release Study Suggesting Ocean Acidification May Directly Harm Fish

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:52:00 PST

In a new article published in the December 11, 2011, online edition of the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers from Stony Brook University demonstrate that “the fish are okay” belief ignores an important knowledge gap – the possible effects of CO2 during the early development of fish eggs and larvae.

SBU-Led Research Team Receives INCITE Award

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:35:55 PST

A team of researchers led by James Glimm, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook University, has been awarded 35 million hours of supercomputing time on the IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory, one of only 60 projects chosen for the 2012 U. S. Department of Energy’s Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) awards.

Studying Bat Skulls, Stony Brook Evolutionary Biologist & International Team Discover How Species Evolved

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:30:39 PST

A new study involving bat skulls, bite force measurements and fecal samples collected by an international team of evolutionary biologists is helping to solve a nagging question of evolution: Why some groups of animals evolve scores of different species over time while others evolve only a few. Their findings appear in the current issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Study Links Toxic Component in Herbal Remedies to Kidney Failure and Cancer

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:43:11 PST

Aristolochic acid, a component of a plant used in herbal remedies since ancient times and still used in certain herbal medicines worldwide, leads to kidney failure and upper urinary tract cancer in individuals exposed to the toxin.

42 Siemens Competition Regional/Semi Finalists Mentored at Stony Brook

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:19:17 PST

Eleven regional finalists and 31 semifinalists in the Siemens Competition — one of the top nationwide research competitions for high school researchers — were mentored at Stony Brook University, ranking among the leaders in universities nationwide who mentor high school researchers from Long Island and out of state.

Stony Brook Professor Receives NIH Grant for Chronic Fatigue Management Program

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:09:27 PST

Fred Friedberg, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, through the State University of New York Research Foundation, received a $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue testing a home-based self management program for people with chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).