Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at Stony Brook University for 2026
At Stony Brook University, recent work in Medicine spans clinical, psychological, and population-health questions that matter in everyday care and public health. From occupational exposures and cancer risk to mental health, aging, and perioperative medicine, the research below shows a campus-wide effort to connect evidence with practice.
Using a sample of recent works from the last year, this roundup highlights researchers whose publications reflect both depth in their specialties and overlap across related areas. Readers will find a mix of epidemiology, psychiatry, surgery, rehabilitation, and other subfields shaping the university’s medical research profile.
Featured Researchers
Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta’s recent Medicine work at Stony Brook University centers on oncology and respiratory health, with attention to occupational exposures and cancer risk.
Activity over the last year: 33 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence of associations between quantified occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and the risk of silicosis and lung cancer (Feb 2025)
- Cancer mortality predictions for 2025 in Latin America with focus on prostate cancer (Feb 2025)
- Occupational heat exposure and stomach cancer risk in a pooled analysis of two Spanish case-control studies in the stomach cancer pooling project – StoP consortium (Oct 2025)
Sean Clouston
Sean Clouston’s publications connect clinical psychology and epidemiology with occupational and environmental health, including studies of post-acute sequelae, autism, and responder health.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis (Oct 2025)
- SARS-COV-2 re-infection and incidence of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) among essential workers in New York: a retrospective cohort study (Jan 2025)
- Lung Cancer Incidence After September 11, 2001, Among World Trade Center Responders (Oct 2025)
Roman Kotov
Roman Kotov’s recent work at Stony Brook University focuses on clinical and experimental psychology, psychiatry, and how symptoms, functioning, and environmental sensitivity are assessed.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- New diagnosis in psychiatry: beyond heuristics (Jan 2025)
- Beyond symptom improvement: transdiagnostic and disorder‐specific ways to assess functional and quality of life outcomes across mental disorders in adults (Sep 2025)
- Observer-rated environmental sensitivity and its characterization at behavioral, genetic, and physiological levels (Jan 2025)
Sergio D. Bergese
Sergio D. Bergese’s publications span cardiology, surgery, and anesthesiology, with recent attention to postoperative management and transplant-related injury.
Activity over the last year: 11 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Fifth Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Executive Summary (Nov 2025)
- Multidisciplinary Postoperative Ileus Management: A Narrative Review (Jul 2025)
- Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Targets of Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury in Kidney Transplantation (Apr 2025)
Benjamin J. Luft
Benjamin J. Luft’s recent work bridges parasitology and occupationally linked health questions, including post-COVID outcomes and World Trade Center exposure studies.
Activity over the last year: 11 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- SARS-COV-2 re-infection and incidence of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) among essential workers in New York: a retrospective cohort study (Jan 2025)
- Lung Cancer Incidence After September 11, 2001, Among World Trade Center Responders (Oct 2025)
- Increased Aβ40 in plasma is associated with severity of exposure to airborne pollutants at the World Trade Center: a cross-sectional study of neurological biomarkers (Jun 2025)
Joe Verghese
Joe Verghese’s recent publications emphasize psychiatry, rehabilitation, and geriatric medicine, especially loneliness, frailty, and health services for older adults.
Activity over the last year: 11 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Loneliness and social isolation risk factors in community-dwelling older adults receiving home health services (Apr 2025)
- Implementation of a Loneliness Screening and Referral Program in Primary Care: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study (Mar 2025)
- A Frailty‐Based Plasma Proteomic Signature Capturing Overall Health and Well‐Being in Older Adults (Aug 2025)
Daniel N. Klein
Daniel N. Klein’s work brings together clinical psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive psychology to examine stress, sensitivity, and psychotherapy-related questions.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Observer-rated environmental sensitivity and its characterization at behavioral, genetic, and physiological levels (Jan 2025)
- REVAMP - Research Evaluating the Value of Augmenting Medication with Psychotherapy: Rationale and Design (Aug 2025)
- Additive Contributions of Polygenic Risk Scores and Interpersonal Stressors to Adolescent Body Mass Index (Jun 2025)
Adam J. Singer
Adam J. Singer’s recent Medicine research at Stony Brook University spans rehabilitation, epidemiology, and surgery, with studies on emergency care, burns, and cardiac outcomes.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Effect of host‐protein test (TRAIL/IP‐10/CRP) on antibiotic prescription and emergency department or urgent care center return visits: The JUNO pilot randomized controlled trial (Apr 2025)
- Open label randomized controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of NexoBrid compared to standard of care in children with burns (Feb 2025)
- Comparison of regional wall motion abnormalities in patients with occlusion myocardial infarction with and without ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (Aug 2025)
What Stony Brook University's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields point to a community that is actively working across clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and epidemiology, with additional strength in occupational therapy and experimental and cognitive psychology. That mix suggests a strong focus on how mental health is measured, treated, and experienced, while also addressing real-world exposures, aging, rehabilitation, and broader clinical outcomes. Across the featured research, Medicine at Stony Brook University appears especially engaged with questions that link patient care to population health and everyday functioning.- Clinical Psychology - seen across 4 of the featured researchers
- Psychiatry and Mental health - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Epidemiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Occupational Therapy - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
These snapshots offer a useful entry point into the breadth of Medicine research at Stony Brook University, especially where clinical questions intersect with mental health, aging, occupational health, and patient care. Explore the featured researchers below to learn more about the directions shaping their recent work, and consider using Resub to help organize citations, format manuscripts, and prepare submissions more efficiently.
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