Department News

James Wyche, PhD, provost and chief academic officer at Howard University, was honored speaker at the undergraduate and graduate biomedical sciences commencement.

UB’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is rapidly becoming one of the most highly sought opportunities in the U.S. for undergraduates interested in exploring biomedical research.

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.

Timothy F. Murphy, MD, has been named director of the UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute, scheduled to open this May on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Six UB medical students will be able to participate in a 10-week summer research project supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Thomas Melendy, PhD, says the HPV vaccine is safe and effective.

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.

Awards presented at the Undergraduate and Graduate Biomedical Sciences Commencement on May 12, 2011.

Timothy F. Murphy, MD, senior associate dean for clinical and translational research, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor.

Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD, received a Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities in recognition of his “consistently outstanding scholarly and creative productivity.”