Gabriela K. Popescu, PhD, professor of biochemistry, has begun serving her two-year term as chair of the Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
A UB spinoff company that is developing a low-cost blood test to screen high-risk patients for unruptured brain aneurysms has received $750,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
UB HEALS, a street medicine outreach initiative of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, held a foot clinic Dec. 5 for Buffalo’s homeless population.
Jerrold C. Winter, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, is the author of an entertaining and informative new book, “Our Love Affair with Drugs: The History, the Science, the Politics,” published by Oxford University Press.
The nation’s first Opioid Intervention Court (OIC) was established in Buffalo in 2017 after — in a single week — three traditional drug-treatment court defendants fatally overdosed on opioids before their second court appearance.
Sixty-seven oral and poster presentations were showcased at the 13th annual Neuroscience Research Day of the neuroscience program and the Buffalo Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).
The importance of self-confidence was a key point stressed throughout the annual “Rx for Success: Preparing for Medical School” program held at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
“By creating a strong academic medical center, we have a critical mass of faculty and are able to make intelligent decisions about where residents will receive the best experience.”
Roseanne Berger, MD Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
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“I felt this would be a good place for me to continue my career.”
Steven Fliesler, PhD Vice Chair and Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology Meyer Richwun Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology
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“I always had an opportunity to ask the attendings questions, and I knew that their best interest was my learning.”
Lauren Ibrahim, MD Infectious disease ’13
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“Buffalo is small enough to navigate easily yet large enough to see a wide and diverse array of pathology.”
Elizabeth Abram, MD ’11 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
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"The fact that you have contact with patients in your first year of training is invaluable."
Megan Murray, MD/PhD ’14 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
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❝The breadth and scope of our training is truly underrated, as evidenced by a terrific range of exposure across academic and private settings.❞
Adam Klein, MD Urology ’18
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“You can do whatever you want to do leaving UB — and be in a position to do it well.”
Sam Racette, MD ’17 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
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“UB Medical School allows you to contribute knowledge—not just consume it."
Matthew Corey, MD ’11 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
