News

Jan

• 1/2/24 In Memoriam: Frederick Sachs, PhD
• 1/3/24 Turning Spotlight of Hamlin Injury Onto Increasing CPR/AED Training
• 1/3/24 In Memoriam: M. Laura Feltri, MD
• 1/8/24 11 Faculty Members Join 8 Medical School Departments
• 1/5/24 UBMD Physicians’ Group Launches UBMD Primary Care
• 1/12/24 UB Startup Gets $2.9 Million From NIH to Develop Blood Test for Brain Aneurysms
• 1/16/24 Art of Diversity: A (Much) Larger-Than-Life Mural Takes Shape
• 1/18/24 Health Disparities at Beginning of Life Focus of UB Study
• 1/19/24 Study Explains How Memory Works at the Cellular Level
• 1/22/24 Opioid treatment program expands linkage to lifesaving care, rolls out ‘no stigma’ vending machines
• 1/30/24 In Memoriam: Robert N. Taylor, MD, PhD
• 1/31/24 Curtis Set to Receive the 2024 Dr. Carolyn McCue Award

Feb

• 2/6/24 Residents Take Top Spots in Cardiology Innovation Contest
• 2/1/24 Research Forum Showcases 95 Medical Student Projects
• 2/14/24 Public Health Delegation From Uzbekistan Visits UB
• 2/16/24 Spotlight on Gender Equity, Belonging at DoctHERS Event
• 2/22/24 Jacobs School Welcomes Completed ‘Celebration of Diversity’ Mural in Atrium
• 2/21/24 Confronting Gun Violence
• 2/25/24 Study: ‘Hexaplex’ Vaccine Aims to Boost Flu Protection
• 2/26/24 Exploring What Maintains the Racial Inequality Status Quo
• 2/26/24 Determined to Improve Cancer Care in Uganda

March News

• 3/6/24 Medical Students’ Outreach Celebrates Black History
• 3/7/24 NFL Physicians Society Honors Bisson’s Research
• 3/7/24 Neighborhood Revival Talk Attracts Enthusiastic Crowd
• 3/12/24 Elkin to Assume ACTS Board of Directors Role in April
• 3/13/24 Cancer and Nutrition Talk Wins Prize at 3MT Event
• 3/15/24 Match Day 2024
• 3/14/24 Jacobs School Appoints Nationally Known Health Disparities Researcher as Chair of the Department of Medicine
• 3/22/24 UB’s AΩA Chapter Celebrates 100th Induction Ceremony
• 3/20/24 UB Ophthalmologist Shares Excitement, Cautions About Total Solar Eclipse in Buffalo
• 3/22/24 In Ghana, UB Infectious Disease Physicians Embarked on Unique Medical Mission
• 3/26/24 UB Physicians Will Staff Post-Eclipse Eye Clinic on April 8
• 3/29/24 18 Faculty Members Join 12 Medical School Departments

April News

• 4/3/24 Dubocovich’s Contributions to Translational Workforce Diversity, Inclusion Honored
• 4/4/24 JAMA Paper: In People with Opioid Use Disorder, Telemedicine Treatment for HCV was More Than Twice as Successful as Off-Site Referral
• 4/9/24 UB Medical Students Providing Education About Female Genital Cutting
• 4/12/24 Siegel Awards Recognize Educators’ Admirable Traits
• 4/17/24 Gold Humanism Honor Society Celebrates 20th Anniversary
• 4/8/24 A Decade of Backing Women in STEM
• 4/16/24 Murphy Among Three to Receive UB President’s Medal
• 4/19/24 Acclaimed Neuroscientist Featured at Brody Lecture
• 4/16/24 LMSA Brings First-Place Award Home From Conference
• 4/18/24 Scholars Popescu and Russo Elected AAAS Fellows
• 4/22/24 Kaleida Epilepsy Centers Achieve Level 4 NAEC
• 4/11/24 New Study Probes Macrophages’ Role in Pulmonary Fibrosis
• 4/16/24 Assessing Effectiveness of ‘Food-is-Medicine’
• 4/24/24 Orthopaedics Resident Left Soaring Examples in Her Life
• 4/24/24 Pediatric Neurologist’s Family Hosts Tree Planting Event
• 4/24/24 Jacobs School Hosts First Black MS Summit
• 4/29/24 Exploring the Intersection Between the Body and Mind
• 4/29/24 Nielsen Recognized in Obama Presidency Oral History
• 4/30/24 Medical School Awards Diplomas to 169 Graduates
• 4/30/24 Honors Convocation Fetes Class of 2024 MD Candidates

May News

• 5/15/24 Borowitz Oversaw Key CF Research Breakthroughs
• 5/8/24 UB Contributing to Dramatic Results in CF Care, Research
• 5/22/24 Love, Tenacity Guide Family Journey Through Disease
• 5/8/24 Jacobs School Students Feted for Academic Excellence
• 5/2/24 WNY Medical Scholarships Give Two Jacobs School Grads More Reason to Celebrate
• 5/3/24 Four Jacobs School Faculty Members Named SUNY Distinguished Professors
• 5/6/24 Medical Student Receives Academic Integrity Award
• 5/9/24 Fun and Music in the Mix at UB Drone STEM Competition
• 5/9/24 Anesthesia Conference Finds New Life at Jacobs School
• 5/10/24 Neurology Educator Honored With AAN Innovation Award
• 5/17/24 Poster Session Among GME Research Day Highlights
• 5/13/24 Ranibizumab is Safe for Treating Retinopathy of Prematurity
• 5/14/24 Creating Tool Set for Oxygen Metabolism Mapping
• 5/16/24 EDI Collaboration Builds Off Feltri’s MS Drug Research
• 5/17/24 Medical Students Develop Course to Train Their Peers in Trauma-Informed Care
• 5/22/24 UB Neurosurgery to Host DEI/URM Summer Scholar
• 5/28/24 GGB Research Day Showcases Work of Students and Labs
• 5/29/24 UB Awards 320 Biomedical Science Degrees; 35 Earn PhDs
• 5/28/24 Study: RNA Editing Sites Likely Play a More Significant Role in Genetic Disease
• 5/30/24 Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute to Join UB
• 5/30/24 In Belize, a Team of UB Medical Students Taught Rural Farmers How to Stop the Bleed

June News

• 6/6/24 Outstanding Medical School Faculty, Staff Honored in 2024
• 6/4/24 Medical Student’s Cardiology Research Earns AHA Award
• 6/3/24 PhD White Coat Ceremony Honors Student Advancement
• 6/3/24 GLP-1RA Medications for Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity May Lower Risk of Acute Pancreatitis
• 6/3/24 Kayler, Stachowiak Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
• 6/6/24 Feng Named 2024 Stockton Kimball Award Winner
• 6/6/24 Collaboration Key Theme of 2024 Harrington Lecture
• 6/7/24 New Technique Could Alter How Stem Cells Fare After Being Injected Into the Brain
• 6/18/24 Patel Awarded Funding to Study Corneal Eye Disease
• 6/13/24 UB Neurosurgery One of Few Programs in U.S. to Receive Prestigious NREF Grant
• 6/14/24 ARVO Foundation Bestows Top Honor Upon Fliesler
• 6/24/24 Adelaiye-Ogala Awarded NCI Grant to Study Prostate Cancer
• 6/24/24 UB Medical Students Making it Easier to Find Gender-Affirming Care in Buffalo
• 6/24/24 Study: Researchers Use Big Data to Establish Long COVID Subtypes Based on More Than 250,000 VA Patients
• 6/28/24 Researchers’ Journal Article Amongst Top 10 Cited in 2023
• 6/25/24 Intro to Orthopaedic Surgery
• 6/26/24 Jacobs School Student: Working With the Bills This Summer Will Be a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity’
• 6/28/24 5 Faculty Members Join 4 Medical School Departments
• 6/28/24 Brashear Appointed to the AAMC Board of Directors

July News

• 7/10/24 Benefits of Thymectomy in Treating Myasthenia Gravis Discussed
• 7/12/24 Egede Honored With NIH Award for Epidemiology Work
• 7/15/24 Renowned Researcher Named UB Distinguished Professor
• 7/15/24 Jacobs School, Dental School Welcome 199 New Residents
• 7/16/24 Study: Telemedicine Referral May Be More Effective for OUD Patients Than ED Visit
• 7/17/24 Ceremony Marks Significant Turning Point in Training
• 7/17/24 Helping Out People Experiencing Homelessness
• 7/17/24 UB Ranked Nation’s Best for Impact of Global Health Research
• 7/18/24 UB Announces First Round of Seed Funding for Health Projects Integrating AI
• 7/22/24 Jacobs School Unveils New Medical Curriculum
• 7/23/24 Jacobs School Ranks Among Top 20 Public Medical Schools in the Country for Diversity
• 7/23/24 Class of 2028 Welcomed Through White Coat Ceremony
• 7/31/24 Two Doctoral Candidates Receive AHA Fellowships
• 7/25/24 Event Allows Indigenous Students to Learn More About Possible Health Care Careers
• 7/31/24 UB and Kaleida Health Neurosurgeons Perform First-of-Its-Kind Surgery in WNY

August News

• 8/13/24 Martinez Receives Global Honor for Hepatitis Work
• 8/6/24 UB Awarded NIH Grant to Address WNY Health Inequities
• 8/9/24 Jacobs School Names Joyner Chair of Pediatrics
• 8/19/24 Levy Awarded Dacey Medal for Cerebrovascular Research
• 8/14/24 Jacobs School Names Parker New Chair of Anesthesiology
• 8/21/24 Global Health Scholars Track Offers Unique Experiences
• 8/21/24 Researchers Find That Cellular DNA Damage Response Pathways Might Be Useful Against Some Disease-Causing Viruses
• 8/29/24 How Exercise Influences Addiction Recovery is Focus of UB Research

Sept News

• 9/3/24 Orientation Acclimates New Biomedical Graduate Students
• 9/5/24 Lecture Focuses on Treating Depression in Primary Care
• 9/10/24 Study Targets Aggressive Form of Kidney Cancer
• 9/9/24 New Undergraduate Students Welcomed to Jacobs School
• 9/10/24 Community Engagement Fair Creates Buzz, Partnerships
• 9/9/24 New Treatment for Alzheimer's
• 9/11/24 Student’s ‘Crazy’ Idea Creates Opportunity for Children of Makhanda
• 9/12/24 UB Appoints Michael Oldani Executive Director for IPE
• 9/16/24 Jacobs School Names Daniel Woo New Chair of Neurology
• 9/16/24 Mental Health Challenges Faced by Children With CF Focus of Multi-Site Study
• 9/20/24 Student Training to Become Leader in Family Medicine
• 9/18/24 Russo Study Identifies Likely Culprit That Turns Classical Klebsiella Pneumoniae Into Raging, Drug-Resistant Killer
• 9/20/24 Researcher Receives Travel Grant for SfN Conference
• 9/25/24 UB CAT Announces R&D Collaboration Awards to Eight Life Sciences Companies
• 9/26/24 Study Results of First Permanently Implanted Brain-Computer Interface Will be Presented at CNS
• 9/27/24 Conference Addresses Environmental Health Equity

Oct News

• 10/1/24 35 Faculty Members Join 10 Medical School Departments
• 10/3/24 Feltri’s Legacy on Full Display At Neuroscience Research Day
• 10/3/24 Guttuso Study Looks at Lithium Aspartate Dosing Levels for Long COVID
• 10/7/24 UB, Medical Community Mourn Loss of Hopkins
• 10/10/24 Grant Funds DNA Replication Research, Diversity Program
• 10/10/24 Living in Redlined Neighborhood Risk Factor for Early Death
• 10/11/24 New Study Seeks to Find Ways to Repair Salivary Glands
• 10/17/24 DoctHERS Highlights Women’s Health and Media Impact
• 10/17/24 Several Jacobs School Faculty Honored at MSCE’s Gala Event
• 10/30/24 Lowering Cardiovascular Disease Risk for African Americans Focus of Study
• 10/17/24 What’s The Secret to Resilient Aging? Innovative UB Center Aims to Find Out
• 10/18/24 Breakthrough Clinical Trial Reveals Better Treatment for Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma
• 10/22/24 Where Are Western York’s AEDs?
• 10/23/24 UB’s Work on Lead Poisoning, Other Health Disparities Focus of Community Research Event
• 10/23/24 Severe MS: UB Researchers Report Findings on Patients With Rare Form of Disease
• 10/24/24 Alumnus Thrives on Wilderness Medicine
• 10/23/24 Researchers Show Why Cannabis Policies Should Shift to a Harm Reduction, Health Promotion Approach

Nov News

• 11/8/24 Students Explore Downtown Campus, Grad Programs
• 11/6/24 Transforming Community Focus of Jacobs School Efforts
• 10/29/24 Gene Could Aid Muscle Function After Traumatic Nerve Injuries
• 11/11/24 Faculty Members Receive Aging Seed Funding
• 11/7/24 Jacobs School Faculty Member Saves Concertgoer
• 11/13/24 UB’s Proposed Genetic Counseling Degree Program Moves Closer to Accreditation
• 11/13/24 UB Research Reveals How Low-Dose Ketamine Can Alleviate Depression Symptoms Within Hours
• 11/26/24 Event Highlights Research Resources, Roswell Partnership
• 11/20/24 Baizer Recognized With Teaching, Mentoring Award
• 11/19/24 Alevriadou elevated to fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society
• 11/19/24 Poor Health Outcomes and Access to Healthy Foods
• 11/20/24 UB Team Gains Funding to Study Hospital Complications in Children With Special Health Care Needs
• 11/20/24 NEJM Study: For Chronic Subdural Hematomas, Blocking the Artery Supplying the Brain Covering Reduced Re-Operations Threefold
• 11/25/24 Maternal Health in Focus at Indigenous Health Symposium
• 11/27/24 Alumnus Encourages Students To Focus on Joy in Medicine

Dec News

• 12/10/24 Fellow Receives Awards for Clinical Research Studies
• 12/6/24 Leveraging AI to Analyze Social Determinants of Health
• 12/12/24 Jacobs School Immunologists Win Big at Society Meeting
• 12/9/24 UB Expert Part of FDA Committee That Looked at AI-Enabled Medical Devices
• 12/17/24 Study Focused on Aiming to Better Understand UTI
• 12/12/24 Two UB Studies on MS Patients Reveal How Paramagnetic Rim Lesions Evolve and What They Mean for Disease Progression
• 12/18/24 On the Driven to Discover Podcast, Henry-Louis Taylor Explains How Transforming Neighborhoods Will Improve Health Outcomes