Department News

  • COPD, Sleep Disorders Studies Involving Veterans Funded
    9/20/19

    A pair of projects led by researchers in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine involve studies of veterans with chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD) and sleep disorders, respectively.

  • Summer Research Projects Presented at Annual Event
    9/17/19

    Eighty-four student-scientists presented projects during the Ninth Annual Buffalo Summer Research Conference, an interdisciplinary forum marking the culmination of their summer research in Buffalo.

  • UB’s Center for Successful Aging Funds Pilot Projects
    9/11/19

    The UB Center for Successful Aging (CSA) has awarded its first round of research funding for projects aimed at improving the lives of senior citizens through its UB Seeds for Innovation in Successful Aging program.

  • 1st-Years Can Save Lives Thanks to Narcan Training
    9/10/19

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences continues to be at the forefront in combating the opioid overdose crisis.

  • Outstanding Jacobs School Faculty, Staff Earn Honors
    8/26/19

    An innovative researcher and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2019 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.

  • Students Present Genomics, Bioinformatics Projects
    7/22/19

    Hundreds of students presented their work at a capstone event that was part of a project designed to expand opportunities for students from groups underrepresented in science and technology fields.

  • Prestigious Fulbright Seminar Addresses Opioid Crisis
    7/22/19

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and UB’s Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA) played host to a prestigious Fulbright Enrichment Seminar on the opioid epidemic that brought 79 Fulbright Foreign Students from 51 countries to downtown Buffalo.

  • Celebration of Scholarship Showcases Top Research
    7/18/19

    Two faculty members, two medical fellows, one medical student and one postdoctoral associate earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the first General Medical Education Celebration of Scholarship (formerly Scholarly Exchange Day).

  • Primary Care Physicians Must Grasp Youth Drug Use Trends
    7/12/19

    Shifts in illicit substance use among American youth will compel primary care physicians to monitor new products and how they are used, according to a study by Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers published in American Family Physician.

  • Medical Student Participating in NIH Research Program
    6/21/19

    Medical student Esha Chebolu has been selected to participate in a yearlong residential program that trains the next generation of clinician-scientists and biomedical researchers on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

  • 47 Physicians, Trainees Feted by Gold Humanism Society
    6/7/19

    UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) has inducted 47 exemplary medical students, residents, fellows and faculty members for 2019.

  • UB Joins Collaborative on Countering Opioid Epidemic
    5/30/19

    Two institutions within the University at Buffalo have joined the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic.

  • Talented Teachers Honored With 2019 Siegel Awards
    5/21/19

    Eight medical school teachers, a fellow, four residents and three medical students received 2019 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching.

  • Medical Errors, Polypharmacy in Elderly: Team Alice Cause
    4/11/19

    On many occasions since the death of her mother in 2009 from medical errors, Mary Brennan-Taylor has recounted her story to groups of students in separate segments of the health care industry.

  • Online Counseling Aimed at Improving Oral Health Habits
    4/1/19

    Motivational interviewing is at the center of a new University at Buffalo study that aims to use the technique as a new approach to improve oral health practices among the public.

  • Medical Students’ Research Work Highlighted at Forum
    3/4/19

    Thirty-four original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2019 Medical Student Research Forum.

  • Students Partake in Global Medicine Outreach in Haiti
    2/19/19

    Eight medical students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences spent their winter break sharpening fundamental skills while seeing hundreds of patients in a makeshift clinic in rural Haiti.

  • NIH Extends Study of Military Members’ Health Outcomes
    1/14/19

    University at Buffalo researchers have received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue their study of health outcomes among members of the military.

  • Collaboration Enhances Primary Care Training
    12/7/18

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is using a New York State Department of Health grant to support the expansion of primary care residency and medical student training in ambulatory settings throughout Western New York.