Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

A startup company with roots at the University at Buffalo is setting a new course that could eventually help organizations around the world better navigate return-to-work plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Along with international co-authors, Praveen K. Chandrasekharan, MD, has outlined the best approaches for handling the delivery of newborns in cases where the mother tests positive for COVID-19 or is suspected of having the virus.

New research reveals that certain studies — clinical trials on drugs that appeared not to benefit patients with Alzheimer’s disease — should now be reanalyzed in light of recent discoveries about a gene called CHRFAM7A.

New research reveals for the first time that despite the fragility of axons, Schwann cells — which surround axons within nerves like a glove covers a hand — can come to the assistance of injured axons.

Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, professor of neurology and director of the Jacobs Multiple Sclerosis Center for Treatment and Research, has received the 2020 Stockton Kimball Award for outstanding scientific achievement and service.

Adeline “Addie” Fagan, MD, a graduate of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Class of 2019, died Sept. 19 due to COVID-19 complications. She was 28.

The COVID-19 global health pandemic may have forced educational institutions to alter the way they present instruction, but the atmosphere was already ripe for innovation.

Historians will likely look back at the COVID-19 global health pandemic and the Black Lives Matter social protests as a unique period in the history of the world.

Research by Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, has revealed important new information about the possible cause of a rare form of irreversible blindness in young children.  

Major challenges await Western New York and other parts of the state in late summer and early fall, but there are strategies the community can take to reduce the risks of COVID-19 outbreaks, according to University at Buffalo data scientists.

Aaron Epstein, MD, a third-year trainee in the general surgery residency program founded the Global Surgical and Medical Support Group (GSMSG) in 2014 as a Georgetown University medical student and serves as president of the organization.