Research News

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences had a strong showing at this year’s American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 annual conference in San Francisco in May, where a team of researchers shared findings on pulmonary rehabilitation and mortality rates. 

The Department of Ophthalmology’s annual Buffalo Ophthalmology Symposium at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences featured both a glance back at the department’s history and an eye to its future.

A new book edited by Leonard E. Egede, MD, takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to explore the structural factors underlying health disparities.

A molecule developed by Jacobs School researchers acts like a long-lasting anesthetic, with a single, local injection providing pain relief for up to three weeks.

Sofia Khan, DO, a first-year trainee in the otolaryngology residency program at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been recognized for her research that resulted in a first-author publication in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Andrew T. Lombardo, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry, has received a $1.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to study cell polarity signaling.