Infectious Diseases

  • Awards Honor Outstanding Clinical Rotation Teachers, Role Models
    7/17/13
    Six outstanding University at Buffalo medical residents and fellows have been honored with 2013 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards.
  • Medicine Department Research Day Awards Include Four-Way Tie
    6/28/13
    Award-winning participants in the Department of Medicine’s inaugural Research Day are studying diverse topics, including burnout, cold medications, a new-found anti-bacterial agent and a better leukemia treatment.
  • Event Showcases Novel Technologies, Pilot Studies
    4/26/13

    The UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute showcased award-winning studies and novel technologies developed jointly by UB researchers and collaborators.

  • 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.