Department News

  • Award to Medical Residents Emphasizes Direct Patient Care
    3/1/18

    Members of the internal medicine residency program in the Department of Medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have been awarded a grant to advocate for medical residents to play a larger patient care role.

  • 13 New Faculty Join Medical School
    2/21/18

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

  • 3 Jacobs School Faculty Perform Live Cases Broadcast to VIVA
    2/6/18

    Three Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members performed surgeries that were broadcast live to the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) Conference in Las Vegas.

  • Team Approach Highlighted in Dealing With Opioid Epidemic
    12/11/17

    The value of interprofessional collaboration in dealing with the opioid crisis was highlighted as students and staff from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences joined other UB schools of study during a forum on opioid dependence.

  • 24 New Faculty Join Medical School
    11/30/17

    Twenty-four faculty with varied research and clinical experience from 10 different departments have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.

  • Curtis Co-Author on New Practice Guideline for Sudden Cardiac Death
    11/15/17

    Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, is a member of the committee that has issued a new practice guideline for treating sudden cardiac death (SCD).

  • GEM Awards 3rd Round of Funding for Microbiome, Genomic Research
    11/8/17

    Four studies focused on improving our understanding of the human genome and microbiome have been awarded funding through the third round of research pilots supported by the Community of Excellence in Genome, Environment and Microbiome (GEM).

  • 11 Medical School Awardees Honored for Achievement, Service
    11/6/17

    Six faculty, three retired faculty and two staff members from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievement and service at the 14th annual University at Buffalo Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.

  • Complementology Conference Explores New Findings in Field
    10/19/17

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (JSMBS) hosted a conference to discuss recent progress and future trends in the rapidly evolving field of complementology.

  • Global Study Finds Dapagliflozin Benefits Type 1 Diabetic Patients
    10/12/17

    A global study led by Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, found a majority of patients with Type 1 diabetes who were treated with dapagliflozin, a Type 2 diabetes medicine, had a significant decline in their blood sugar levels.