Department News

  • 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.

  • Tips Offered for Coping With Extreme Heat and Humidity
    8/26/20

    Robert F. McCormack, MD, professor and chair of emergency medicine, is warning of the dangers of heat-related illnesses during the summer months, especially for the elderly and the very young.

  • Study: Nationwide EMS Calls Dropped 26% Since Pandemic
    7/28/20

    Since early March and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., 911 calls for emergency medical services have dropped by 26.1 percent compared to the past two years, according to a new study led by E. Brooke Lerner, PhD, professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

  • Study Looks at Inhaled Steroid Effect on COVID-19 Patients
    7/28/20

    Researchers in the Department of Emergency Medicine are conducting a new clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an inhaler-based medication on non-critical COVID-19 patients.

  • 142 Posters Presented at Celebration of Scholarship
    6/23/20

    Two medical fellows, four medical residents and two medical students earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the Office of Graduate Medical Education’s second annual Celebration of Scholarship.

  • 40 Physicians, Trainees Feted by Gold Humanism Society
    6/15/20

    UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) has inducted 40 exemplary medical students, residents, fellows and faculty members for 2020.

  • Developing Evidence-Based Symptom Criteria for Testing
    5/19/20

    A study led by Brian Clemency, DO, associate professor of emergency medicine, sheds new light on the link between early COVID-19 symptoms and eventual positive test results.

  • Physicians Face Challenging COVID-19 Work Conditions
    5/18/20

    The novel coronavirus has caused massive upheaval in everyone’s lives. Aside from patients and their families, those whose lives have been most altered are those on the front lines ─ the health care workers whose jobs require them to face the virus firsthand each day.

  • Inaugural MEERI Conference Showcases Learning’s Future
    5/12/20

    The inaugural Medical Education and Educational Research Institute (MEERI) Conference continued the ongoing effort on evidence-based teaching and learning as the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences plans for a redesigned curriculum format.