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Research Day Highlights Scholarship Across Specialties
6/6/25
An assortment of research across clinical and basic science fields was on full display at this year’s UB Resident and Fellow Research Day, which took place May 30 in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
2025 Siegel Awards Celebrate Outstanding Educators
4/29/25
On April 23, teacher awardees, including faculty members, students, trainees, and staff were honored during a ceremony at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
CTSI Awards Community Partnership Grants
4/1/25
Projects will address food literacy initiatives in schools and research to combat early childhood lead poisoning.

Family Medicine In The News

Death of a friend in Brooklyn: "Only the people who used with him knew" [El Confidencial]
1/2/22
El Confidencial, a Spanish online newspaper, quoted Tildabeth Doscher, assistant clinical professor of family medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, in a story on the death of a Brooklyn man due to opioid misuse. “The thing about opioids is that, in the brain, there are different kinds of receptors that latch onto opioids. Let’s say they fill up,” said Doscher. “To relieve pain, to relieve yourself on opioids, you have to take more and more, more and more. This is called tolerance. The more tolerance you have, the more you need.”
Hooked on Primary Care with Patrick D. Glasgow, MD [Healio]
11/4/21
Healio published a piece by Patrick Glasgow, clinical assistant professor of family medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, describing why and how he chose family medicine as his specialty, in a series on primary care.
UB Partners With Jericho Road to Open New Family Medical Center [Buffalo Rising]
8/20/21
Jericho Road has announced the official opening of its new Community Health Center, located at 182 Breckenridge Street in Buffalo. The new medical center is made possible thanks to a mutually beneficial partnership with the Jacobs School’s family medicine residency program. “This partnership with UB is really big for us,” says Myron Glick, MD, Jericho Road’s founder and CEO. Roseanne C. Berger, MD, senior associate dean for graduate medical education and associate professor of family medicine, said, “Jericho Road is a sought after training location for UB residents and students. Their work fulfills the desire to provide humanistic care and make a difference.”