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Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC)
A Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) is mandated by the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees for each SUNY campus. Stony Brook University's SHAC has played an integral part in contributing to and enhancing the services provided by Student Health Services, the Center for Prevention and Outreach and our Counseling and Psychological Services. For several years, members of SHAC have been actively involved in reviewing the Health & Counseling Fee budget and have recommended programs, services, and initiatives that best meet the needs of the student body.
Executive officers
Kerri Mahoney, Director - Center for Prevention and Outreach
Samantha Warren, Assistant Director, Center for Prevention and Outreach
Samantha.Warren@stonybrook.edu
Vivien Llanes, Coordinator of AOD Services, Center for Prevention and Outreach
ADVISORY committee MEMBERS
| Name | Area of Representation |
| Marisa Bisiani | Associate Vice President, Health, Wellness, and Prevention Services |
| Smita Majumdar Das | Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services |
| Karen Dybus | Interim Director of Student Health Services |
| Robert Alpi | Marketing and Communications Specialist SHWPS |
| Nicholas Lajoie | Care Manager, Student Accessibility Support Center |
| Christina DeAngelis | Assistant Director of Student Personnel and Special Events |
| Jaritza Jara | Case Manager, CARE Team |
| Khadijah Morgan | Student Support Associate, Student Support Team |
| Jessica Caliendo | Student Support Associate, Student Support Team |
| Elizabeth Mensch | Nurse Practitioner, Student Health Services |
| Dhriti Kiran Iyengar | CPO Peer Educator |
| Kaylen James | USG Student Representative |
| Haley Pagan | CPO Peer Educator |
| Angelina He | CPO Peer Educator |
| Maya Mahadeo | C-CERT Representative |
| Daniel Terlikowski | CPO Student Assistant |
| Carly Dunn | Self Selected |
| Emily Adamo | CPO Student Assistant |
| Ava Eliasson | WISE Representative |
| Elisabeth Chai | SBVAC Representative |
| Kerry Li | Student Life/CPO Peer Educator |
| Azeem Siqqiqui | CSA Representative |
| Sindhuja Rayaprolu | CPO Peer Educator |
| Zainab Khan | Self Selected |
| Gayathri Manoj | CPO Peer Educator |
| Ayushi Pandya | Planned Parenthood Generation Action Representative |
| Doorva Garg | iGEM/BS/MD Representative |
| Jas Jia | Student Life/CPO Peer Educator |
| Zoya Fawad | CPO Peer Educator |
| Rabeya Shahid | CPO Peer Educator |
| Safa Faridi | Alpha Sigma Alpha/MSF Representative |
| Shreya Arora | CPO Peer Educator |
| Samaira Pawa | USG Student Representative, Theta Phi Alpha |
| Micah Hostovich | Self Selected |
The committee also includes non-voting members who have self-selected to participate in the discussion on student health, wellness, and prevention services. If you are interested in joining SHAC please fill out this google form.
advisory committee meeting information
The meetings are held throughout the academic year on the first Friday of the month from 1:00 pm-2:00 pm in the Recreation and Wellness Multipurpose Room.
The meetings for the Spring 2026 semester will be held on February 6th, March 6th, and April 3rd.
counseling and health fee (formally student health service fee)
This undergraduate and graduate fee supports the safety, health, and wellness of all students. This includes comprehensive and integrated mental health and medical services, education, and preventative health care offered by licensed clinical professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and health educators in Counseling and Psychological Services, the Center for Prevention and Outreach, and Student Health Services.
This fee supports operations, staffing, equipment, classes, sessions, and workshops offered in-person and virtually. Services include 24/7 telecounseling, telemedicine, telepsychiatry, the Let’s Talk counseling program, individual and group counseling services, nutrition counseling with a registered dietitian, and bystander intervention and prevention programs focused on suicide, sexual assault, toxic drinking, and COVID-19. The Health and Wellness Center offers no cost and confidential sexually transmitted infection testing as well as an onsite laboratory and pharmacy with consultative services.
Budget Review
Early in the Spring semester information will be distributed regarding proposed changes
to the Counseling & Health Fee. SHAC membership will review fee proposal during February or March meeting. SHAC
will consider proposal and make recommendations to the Director of Student Health
accordingly. The Director of Student Health will submit SHAC fee recommendations to
the AVP for Student Health , Wellness and Prevention Services The AVP will submit
the recommendations to The VP of Student Affairs who will submit fee recommendations
to the Office of the President.
For more Broad Based Fees information click here.