Department News

  • Outstanding Research Showcased at GME Scholarly Exchange Day
    6/28/17

    Two residents and two fellows received honors for outstanding poster presentations at the 20th Annual Graduate Medical Education Scholarly Exchange Day.

  • 29 New Faculty Join 6 Medical School Departments
    6/5/17

    Twenty-nine faculty members with varied research and clinical expertise have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.

  • Siegel Awards Acknowledge Teaching Excellence
    4/11/17

    Fourteen teachers in eight departments received 2017 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching at an April 4 ceremony.

  • Medical Students Take to Streets to Aid Buffalo’s Homeless Population
    1/11/17

    Anthony* spoke openly with the group of strangers who showed up to talk to him one September night in downtown Buffalo. Sitting on a bench in Lafayette Square, in the shadow of a brightly lit City Hall, the homeless man cheerfully recounted his life story to the UB HEALS street medicine team, composed of a doctor, two social workers and several medical students.

  • Study: Paperwork Confusion Can Affect Life-Sustaining Treatments
    10/13/16

    Patients’ end-of-life wishes are often unarticulated due to ambiguity on Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatments (MOLST) forms, according to a Department of Emergency Medicine study.

  • Seed Fund for Innovative Research Supports Faculty in 6 Departments
    10/11/16

    Eight faculty members from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are conducting research supported by the Innovative Micro-Programs Accelerating Collaboration in Themes (IMPACT) program.

  • 10 Departments Welcome New Faculty
    9/29/16
    Twenty-five faculty members with diverse backgrounds and expertise have joined the school’s faculty over the past several months. 
  • Initiative Emphasizes Cultural Competence in Health Care Practice
    8/22/16

    The Office of Inclusion and Cultural Enhancement is developing a workshop series to help deepen medical residents’ understanding of the cultural issues that affect health care delivery.

  • Braen Honored with Leadership Award in Emergency Medicine
    7/13/16

    G. Richard Braen, MD, associate dean for graduate medical education, has received the 2016 National Leadership Award from the New York State chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.