Department News

  • 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.

  • Grant Establishes Fellowship in Benign Blood Disorders
    5/20/19

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has been awarded a grant aimed at addressing a shortage of physicians in the region who specialize in treating non-malignant blood disorders.

  • Urging Discussions About End-of-Life Care Wishes
    5/8/19

    The idea behind National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) acknowledges that some of life’s most important discussions are the hardest to undertake.

  • Cardiologist Honored by Prestigious Journal
    5/7/19

    Umesh Sharma, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, has been named an Emerging Investigator by Circulation: Heart Failure, a high-impact medical journal.

  • Jacobs Faculty Members Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
    5/6/19

    Four Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members have been selected as recipients of 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

  • Innovative Instruction Technology Grants Awarded
    5/1/19

    Two teams of researchers — one led by Stuart D. Inglis, PhD; and one co-led by Richard L. Lamb, PhD — have been awarded SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG).

  • Dandona Research Influences European OK of Diabetes Drug
    4/24/19

    Pioneering research conducted and advanced by Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, played a key role in the European Commission’s decision to approve dapagliflozin for patients with Type 1 diabetes.

  • Milling Elected to NBME Executive Board
    4/23/19

    David A. Milling, MD, senior associate dean for student and academic affairs and associate professor of medicine, has been elected an at-large member of the executive board of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).

  • 18 Faculty Members Join 5 Medical School Departments
    4/18/19

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

  • Campagnari Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
    4/17/19

    Anthony A. Campagnari, PhD, senior associate dean for research and graduate education, and professor of microbiology and immunology and medicine, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.