Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, UB’s vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been elected to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans Administrative Board.
Gil I. Wolfe, MD, UB Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and Rosemary Smith Chair of the Department of Neurology, is involved in trials of FcRn (neonatal FC receptor) antagonists that offers a new approach to treating myasthenia gravis (MG).
A team of Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers has published a paper that provides novel guidelines for clinicians when discussing brain atrophy with their multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
“Your baby has a genetic disease.” It’s one of the most terrifying things that new parents can hear. Yet it frequently turns out not to be true because, while newborn screening is extremely accurate for many common conditions, screening accuracy rates for rare — even fatal — conditions can be abysmal, according to genetics specialists.
Fifteen faculty members and three staff members from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievements and service at the 19th annual University at Buffalo Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients may be better equipped to stave off the cognitive decline that the disease can cause by using a smartphone-based app now under development at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Svetlana Blitshteyn, MD ’02, clinical associate professor of neurology, has been named the winner of Dysautonomia International’s 2022 Physician of the Year Award.
To his colleagues in neurology in the 1980s and ’90s, the late Lawrence Jacobs, MD, was a brilliant and visionary biomedical researcher whose research changed forever how multiple sclerosis was treated around the world.
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences celebrated scientific achievements and outstanding service and teaching contributions during the 2022 Faculty and Staff Recognition Awards event.
Seven of the 20 UB faculty and staff members who have been named recipients of the 2022 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence have connections to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Import medical school events to your personal calendar. Customize by selecting different event categories and receive automatic reminders of the school events that matter most to you.
