Department News

  • Jacobs School Researchers Collecting COVID-19 Data
    6/26/20

    Researchers in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences continue to spearhead a number of projects related to the COVID-19 global health pandemic.

  • Siegel Awards Acknowledge Teaching Excellence
    6/26/20

    Fourteen Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences teachers, seven residents, four medical students and three staff members received 2020 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards or honorable mentions for excellence in teaching.

  • 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.

  • Calkins, Logue Awardees Honored
    6/23/20

    A fellow and a resident share the 2020 Evan Calkins, MD, Community-Based Research Fellowship.

  • 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.

  • Cain Named to Regional Panel Monitoring COVID-19
    6/4/20

    Michael E. Cain, MD, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been appointed to serve on the Western New York Control Room, which monitors statistics related to COVID-19 in the region.

  • 4 New Faculty Members Join 3 Medical School Departments
    5/29/20

    Four faculty members with a variety of clinical and research experience — representing three medical school departments — have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.

  • Researchers Testing Alternative to Ventilators
    5/28/20
    Initially spurred by fears of a shortage of mechanical ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients, researchers have been developing a low-cost way of mechanizing resuscitators that are commonly found in ambulances and emergency rooms.
  • Curtis Presents on ICD Use in HRS Science 2020 Series
    5/26/20

    Stark disparities based on sex and race in the use of life-saving implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) interventions suggest potential bias in care pathways implemented by electrophysiologists, according to results of a clinical trial presented by researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

  • UB Awards 277 Biomedical Science Degrees
    5/21/20

    Twenty-seven doctoral, 58 master’s and 192 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May 17 virtual commencement ceremony.