In this task, you are given a sentence in the Romanian language. Your job is to translate the Romanian sentence into the English language.

Example input: Un bărbat pune brânză mărunțită pe o pizza.
Example output: A man is spreading shreded cheese on a pizza.
Example explanation: In the given translation process, the tense of both sentences, quantitative measures, entity name, the polarity of the sentence remains the same.
Q: Universitatea de Stat din Stony Brook a lansat studiul în 1996, după ce studii anterioare au indicat o posibilă legătură.
A:
The State University at Stony Brook launched the study in 1996, after earlier studies indicated a possible connection.