Student, Faculty and Alumni Highlights

Faculty Member Bequests $4.5 Million
4/6/18
Late professor gives estate to school
Thomas A. Owens, MD '95 Named President of Duke University Hospital
4/6/18
Thomas A. Owens, M.D., former Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Duke University Health System, and an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Duke University School of Medicine, was named president of Duke University Hospital, effective Jan. 1, 2018.
Alumna Tabbed for Team USA
1/25/18
Allyson Howe, MD ’00, a physician for InterMed Sports Medicine in Portland, Maine, has been named team physician for Team USA Women’s Hockey, which will compete at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea in February.

WNY Native Returns to Help Launch UB Master’s Program in Genetic Counseling
11/8/23
Lindsey M. Alico, a Western New York native who, until recently, was co-director of the genetic counseling program at Sarah Lawrence College, has been hired to implement and direct the genetic counseling program at UB.
Jacobs School Bolstering Faculty at Historic Rate
10/25/23
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has hired more than 100 new faculty members since the beginning of 2023 — a record amount that shows the school’s commitment to contribute to UB’s long-range strategic goal of being recognized among the Top 25 public research universities in the nation.
Coming Soon to a Lab Near You
10/18/23
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology has two new faculty members starting later this year who are eager to recruit new members to their research labs.
32 Faculty Members Join 12 Medical School Departments
10/11/23
Thirty-two faculty members with a variety of clinical and research experience — representing 12 medical school departments — have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.