Honors and Awards

  • Siegel Awards Acknowledge Excellence in Teaching
    5/5/22

    Six Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members, five residents and three medical students received 2022 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching.

  • Schwaitzberg, Wolfe Receive SUNY’s Highest Honor
    3/29/22

    Two Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members and department chairs have been granted the rank of State University of New York Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.

  • Two Doctoral Students Win SUNY GREAT Awards
    3/11/22

    Two doctoral students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are among the recipients of the state’s second annual Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) awards.

  • Wolfe Appointed to FDA Advisory Committee
    2/22/22

    Gil I. Wolfe, MD, UB Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and Rosemary Smith Chair of neurology, has been appointed to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee.

  • Forum Showcases 57 Medical Student Research Projects
    2/8/22

    Fifty-seven original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2022 Medical Student Research Forum.

  • 10 Medical School Awardees Honored for Excellence
    11/3/21

    Nine faculty members and a staff member from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievement and service at the 18th annual University at Buffalo Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence. 

  • SUNY Clinical Leadership Academy Sessions Underway
    10/18/21

    Twelve Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences physicians have been selected to participate in the first SUNY Clinical Leadership Academy.

  • Cain is a Surprise Inductee Into Gold Humanism Society
    10/13/21

    The surprise induction of Michael E. Cain, MD, outgoing dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and vice president for health sciences, into UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) highlighted this year’s ceremony.

  • Medical School Faculty, Staff Recognized for Excellence
    6/11/21

    An expert on neuropsychology and mutliple sclerosis and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2021 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.