HOK—an architectural firm with an extensive portfolio of
health sciences facilities and academic buildings—has been
selected to help produce the final design for UB’s new School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
James Wyche, PhD, provost and chief academic officer at Howard
University, was honored speaker at the undergraduate and graduate
biomedical sciences commencement.
Research by UB cardiologists suggests that imaging for loss of
nerve function in the heart may help identify patients who are at
high risk of sudden cardiac arrest and therefore most likely to
benefit from an implantable cardiac defibrillator.
UB’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is
rapidly becoming one of the most highly sought opportunities in the
U.S. for undergraduates interested in exploring biomedical
research.
Anne B. Curtis, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine,
received the Heart Rhythm Society’s Distinguished Service
Award for her contributions to the organization.
Students from the Department of Biotechnical and Clinical
Laboratory Sciences presented research at the Master’s Level
Graduate Research Conference in Brockport.
Jeremy Berg, former director of the NIH’s National
Institute of General Medical Sciences, served as honored speaker at
the medical school’s 166th commencement.
To provide elderly hospitalized patients with optimal care, the
medical community needs to reevaluate its reliance on aggressive
high-tech treatments, says UB geriatrics specialist Bruce Naughton,
MD.
Three seniors majoring in biomedical sciences and one in
pharmacology and toxicology have won Chancellor’s Awards for
Student Excellence, the highest honor that SUNY bestows on its
students.
