Dr. Joseph P. Nathan, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, and Dr. Sara Grossman, Adjunct professor of Pharmacy, co-authored an article published on DrugTopics, the top-ranked monthly retail pharmacy publication. “Smell Disturbances in the Era of COVID-19” discussed hyposmia, the reduced ability to smell, and anosmia, the loss of smell, that patients experience after contracting the virus. Read more here.
Equine America Features College of Veterinary Medicine
Equine America Magazine published a four-page spread highlighting the inaugural class of 100 students in the Long Island University College of Veterinary Medicine. The College is one of only four veterinary programs in the Northeast and one of just 32 in the nation.
Pérez Named Ultimate CEO by South Florida Business Journal
South Florida Business Journal named Jorge Pérez, ’72, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Related Group, to its prestigious list of Ultimate CEO’s for 2020. Pérez also ranked on Forbes Billionaires 2020. Nicknamed the “Condo King,” Pérez founded Related Group in 1979, which has built and managed more than 100,000 condominium and apartment residences over the past four decades.
Emmy-Winning Super Bowl Producer to Enter Hall of Fame
Fred Gaudelli, ’82, Emmy-Award Winning Executive Producer of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, will be inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Gaudelli, who has collected 24 Emmys during his 30-year run producing primetime NFL games, enters with eight other members in the Class of 2020, including Charles Barkley, James Brown and Phyllis George. Gaudelli has produced six Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX, which still ranks as the most-watched program in U.S. TV history with an average of 114.4 million viewers.
NSF Funds Biology Professor’s Antarctic Climate Research
The National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs awarded a grant to Dr. Scott Santagata, Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences, to help fund his research on the environmental impact of climate change in Antarctica. Dr. Santagata will study Antarctic benthic marine invertebrate communities by analyzing the genic evolution of invertebrate organisms, known as the bryozoans or ectoprocts.
New York Public Library Publishes Student Article
Dr. Tamar Barzel, a graduate student in the Palmer School of Library and Information Studies, published an article for the New York Public Library. “Hawaiian Steel Guitar as Resistance Music: Tracing a Hidden History” discusses the origins of the steel guitar and its impact on the history of music and the state of Hawaii. Read more.
Smithsonian Researcher Named Senior Scientist
Dr. Katrina Lohan, ’04, was appointed Senior Scientist at the Marine Disease Ecology Laboratory within the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Dr. Lohan specializes in parasite tracking and previously worked within the Department of Entomology at the National Museum of Natural History.
MLB’s Milwaukee Brewers Add Baseball Alum
The Milwaukee Brewers added LIU baseball alumnus Justin Topa, ’13, to the team’s 60-man roster. Prior to joining the Brewers, Topa was a member of the Texas Rangers organization. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2012.
Coral Gables Hospital Taps LIU Alum as Chief Nursing Officer
Denise Hernandez-Figueroa, ’13, was named Chief Nursing Officer at Coral Gables Hospital, a premier acute-care facility in South Florida. She previously served as Director of Emergency services at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Florida.
Top 30 Virology Journal Publishes Professor’s HIV Research
Alecia Muwonge, ’18, Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Science, co-authored a paper that was published in Current HIV Research. The study analyzed chemical design changes caused by resistance associated mutations in combination antiretroviral therapy, used to suppress viral loads in HIV patients. Muwonge also serves as Associate Researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.