The center is a hub of life sciences expertise and innovation and collaborates closely with world-renowned research partners Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.

The $291-million facility, to be located next to Buffalo General Medical Center at Goodrich and Ellicott streets, will bring together Kaleida Health physicians and UB researchers in a collaborative effort to deliver state-of-the-art clinical care, conduct research on the causes and treatment of vascular disease and spin off new biotechnology businesses and jobs.

The UB Academic Health Center is comprised of the university’s five health sciences schools under the auspices of the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences: School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions

RPCI is a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Its campus spans 25 acres on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. For more than a century, physician-scientists at RPCI have made fundamental contributions to reduce the cancer burden and to help set the national standards for cancer care, research and education.

Hauptman-Woodward is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research facility committed to improving human health by conducting basic-science research aimed at determining how disease develops at the molecular level. The institute, whose president is Nobel Laureate Herbert Hauptman, is home to the UB Department of Structural Biology.

Home to many of the medical school’s research, clinical care and medical education programs and partners, all co-located on 120 acres in downtown Buffalo. Organizations on the BNMC are dedicated to the cultivation of a world-class medical campus.