School News

  • Advancing Medicine’s Approach to Disability
    5/18/26

    To advance equity and professional development for medical students, trainees, and physicians with disabilities, John D. Hall, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, recently authored a position paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP). 

  • UB Surgeon Endows New Lecture Series Focused on the Business of Surgery
    5/14/26

    A new lecture series announced by the Department of Surgery and endowed by one of its longtime faculty members will focus on the business side of being a surgeon. 

  • UB surgeon endows new lecture series focused on the business of surgery
    5/14/26

    A new lecture series announced by the Department of Surgery and endowed by one of its longtime faculty members will focus on the business side of being a surgeon. 

  • Grant Receives Chancellor’s Horizon Award
    5/14/26

    The award honors scholarly or creative activities that have already achieved significant recognition and hold strong promise for field-defining impact.

  • Biochemistry Research Scientist Awarded BBRF Grant for Schizophrenia Study
    5/13/26

    Jamie A. Abbott, PhD, a research scientist and research assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received a Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) for her research on schizophrenia.

  • Medical Students Take the Lead in Albany Advocacy Effort
    5/13/26

    Amid ongoing discussions about the cost of medical education and how students finance their training, medical and premedical students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences traveled to the New York State Capitol earlier this spring. There, they engaged lawmakers on recent federal student loan changes and their implications for access to medical education and the future physician workforce.