Infectious Diseases

  • Immune Pathways Suggest Target for Treating Acute Lung Injury
    2/14/13

    UB researchers have identified specific roles for two innate immune pathways that drive acute lung injury—findings that may lead to the first treatment or preventive strategy for the condition.

  • UB Scientists Receive $1.6 Million to Create Ear Infection Vaccine
    1/24/13

    UB researchers will use a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop the first vaccine against an understudied bacterium that causes at least 10 percent of middle ear infections in children.

  • Immunodeficiency Clinic Wins State Department of Health Award
    1/24/13

    The AIDS Center/Immunodeficiency Services Clinic at Erie County Medical Center has won the 2012 New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Award for Excellence in Quality Performance.

  • Faculty in Four Departments Honored for Academic Excellence
    10/30/12

    Faculty in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, Anesthesiology and Pharmacology and Toxicology were recognized at the Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.

  • Researchers Find Genes Essential to Growth of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
    10/15/12
    Biomedical researchers have discovered a novel, previously unrecognized set of genes essential for the growth of potentially lethal drug-resistant bacteria.
  • T35 Grant Funds Summer Research Training for Six UB Med Students
    7/18/12

    A T35 training grant from the NIH is providing stipends for UB medical students to participate in mentored research projects this summer at UB and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

  • Siegel Awards Recognize Excellence in Teaching
    4/19/12

    Teachers in pediatrics, pathology and anatomical sciences, family medicine and surgery received Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards at this year’s ceremony.

  • Hypervirulent Bacteria Strain May Be Next Superbug, Scientists Say
    3/1/12

    Thomas Russo and colleagues are studying a hypervirulent strain of a common bacterium that has the potential to become a superbug.

  • Sethi, Russo Receive Funding to Further COPD, Pathogen Research
    1/26/12

    Sanjay Sethi is researching better drugs for COPD; Thomas Russo is exploring new targets for a multidrug-resistant pathogen.