Department News

  • Vision, Neurology Experts Named UB Distinguished Professors
    7/15/14

    Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology and professor of biochemistry, and Lawrence Wrabetz, MD, professor of neurology and biochemistry, have been named University at Buffalo Distinguished Professors, effective Sept. 1.

  • Outstanding Neuroscience Scholars Win 2014 Bishop Fund Awards
    7/11/14

    A recent graduate, doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars in the University at Buffalo’s Neuroscience Program have received Beverly Petterson Bishop and Charles W. Bishop Neuroscience Fund Awards.

  • 8 Departments Welcome New Faculty
    5/21/14
    Eight faculty members with diverse backgrounds and expertise have joined the school’s faculty over the past several months. 
  • Trial to Test Promising Drug for Severe Nausea During Pregnancy
    5/19/14

    Building on a successful pilot study, Thomas J. Guttuso Jr., MD, associate professor of neurology and obstetrics and gynecology, will test the effectiveness of the anticonvulsant drug gabapentin in treating hyperemesis gravidarum, a rare but disabling condition of early pregnancy.

  • Magnetic Resonance Researcher Honored By International Society
    5/13/14

    In recognition of his outstanding early-career research, Ferdinand Schweser, PhD, assistant professor of neurology, has been named a junior fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM).

  • Clinical Residents, Fellows Can Earn Focused MBA in 3 Semesters
    5/9/14

    University at Buffalo graduate clinical trainees can simultaneously complete their residency or fellowship along with a new, specialized Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree — the first dual program of its kind in New York State and one of only a few in the nation.

  • Special Delivery: 7-Ton MRI to Aid Groundbreaking Research at UB
    4/17/14

    A 7-ton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner for biomedical research has been successfully delivered to its new seventh-floor home in the University at Buffalo’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

  • Talented Medical Teachers Honored With 2014 Siegel Awards
    4/17/14

    Thirteen medical school teachers and four residents received Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards during the School of Medicine and Biomedical Science’s 2014 Teacher Appreciation Day and award reception April 16.

  • 43 Honored for Humanism, Exemplary Professionalism, Care
    4/4/14
    Forty-three outstanding medical students, residents, fellows and faculty members have been inducted into the University at Buffalo’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS).