Department News

  • Medical School Faculty, Staff Recognized for Excellence
    6/11/21

    An expert on neuropsychology and mutliple sclerosis and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2021 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.

  • UB Awards 278 Biomedical Science Degrees; 33 Earn PhDs
    6/7/21

    Thirty-three doctoral, 61 master’s and 184 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

  • In Memoriam: John V. Fopeano, PhD
    2/19/21

    John V. Fopeano, PhD, the founding chair of the Department of Medical Technology, died Feb. 8 in Warminster, Pennsylvania, at the age of 93.

  • 43 New Faculty Members Join 12 Departments
    2/3/21

    Forty-three 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.

  • Students Share Findings During GGB Research Day
    1/29/21

    Students and laboratories affiliated with the Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics graduate program (GGB) shared their findings during the seventh annual GGB Research Day.

  • Time Window Narrowed for Krabbe Disease Treatment
    12/4/20

    Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have published a paper that is helping to define the best time to give a specific treatment to infants born with Krabbe disease (KD). 

  • Research Studies Progression of Neurodegeneration in MS
    11/17/20

    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers Richard W. Browne, PhD, and Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, are investigators for a $957,000 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command to explore the progression of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS).

  • 17 Faculty Members Join 6 Medical School Departments
    9/16/20

    Seventeen faculty members with a variety of clinical and research experience — representing six medical school departments — have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.

  • Students Earn Awards for Academic Excellence
    8/24/20

    Thirteen students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements at the University at Buffalo’s 2020 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.