Department News

  • Department of Surgery Showcases Its Research
    5/27/19

    Fifteen oral presentations were given and 36 poster presentations were on display during the Department of Surgery’s 15th annual Research Day.

  • Jacobs Faculty Members Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    5/6/19

    Four Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members have been selected as recipients of 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

  • Grant Helps Assess Risks of Combined AUD, Opioid Use
    12/11/18

    Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD, professor of psychiatry and director of the UB Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA), and Peter L. Elkin, MD, professor and chair of biomedical informatics, have been awarded a two-year, $386,013 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to assess what risks may occur for people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) who use prescription painkillers.

  • Study: No Evidence of EOD in 21 Retired NFL, NHL Players
    10/11/18

    Research by John J. Leddy, MD, clinical assistant professor of orthopaedics, and Barry S. Willer, PhD, professor of psychiatry, did not find evidence of early-onset dementia (EOD) in a study of retired National Football League and National Hockey League players.

  • Study: Brain Lesion Atrophy May Indicate Worsening MS
    7/30/18

    Newly published research led by Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, professor of neurology, finds novel indicators for predicting worsening conditions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

  • GME Scholarly Exchange Day Showcases Top Research
    6/14/18

    Two residents and two fellows earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the 21st Annual Graduate Medical Education Scholarly Exchange Day.

  • CTSI Awards Translational Research Project Grants
    5/24/18

    UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded new grants that support promising translational research projects in Western New York.

  • Students’ Addiction Sciences Research Presented at RIA
    5/24/18

    Eight students presented on their experience in laboratories from within the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during UB’s Research Institute on Addiction’s (RIA) third annual Student Research in Addiction Sciences Open House.

  • 37 Original Projects on Display at Medical Student Research Forum
    3/22/18

    A total of 37 original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2018 Medical Student Research Forum.