Honors and Awards

Richard B. Bankert, VMD, PhD, professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Zhen Yan, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, have received 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD, and Daniel J. Kosman, PhD, have been named State University of New York Distinguished Professors.

The undergraduate and graduate biomedical sciences commencement for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences took place May 9 at the Center for the Arts.

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.

Three graduate students in our school are among the five recipients of UB’s annual Sigma Xi research awards.

Sara Zimmer, PhD, has received a highly competitive fellowship to research diseases caused by kinetoplastids.

UB’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities has awarded funding to six students conducting research in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

Seven faculty were recognized for excellence and innovation at an event held during Inauguration Week.

The award honors Ruyechan's academic accomplishments and his international reputation in research.