Department News

Pioneering MS Study Explores Question That Haunts Patients
4/21/22
This spring, a group of Western New Yorkers with multiple sclerosis (MS) will begin helping University at Buffalo researchers break new ground in the study of this unpredictable, neurodegenerative disease that affects nearly 3 million people around the globe.
Schwaitzberg, Wolfe Receive SUNY’s Highest Honor
3/29/22
Two Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members and department chairs have been granted the rank of State University of New York Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.
Two Doctoral Students Win SUNY GREAT Awards
3/11/22
Two doctoral students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are among the recipients of the state’s second annual Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) awards.
Wolfe Appointed to FDA Advisory Committee
2/22/22
Gil I. Wolfe, MD, UB Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and Rosemary Smith Chair of neurology, has been appointed to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee.
Forum Showcases 57 Medical Student Research Projects
2/8/22
Fifty-seven original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2022 Medical Student Research Forum.
Potential Alzheimer’s Link to Infectious Diseases Studied
2/4/22
Mark D. Hicar, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a $100,000 Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease Grant by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation to explore a potential link between infectious diseases and Alzheimer’s disease.
22 Faculty Members Join 7 Medical School Departments
12/7/21
Twenty-two faculty members with a variety of clinical and research experience — representing seven medical school departments — have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.
Stopping Older MS Patients’ Medications Worsens Disease
12/2/21
A study published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders has provided evidence that discontinuing medications in older and previously stable patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) results in new disease worsening/progression.
10 Medical School Awardees Honored for Excellence
11/3/21
Nine faculty members and a staff member from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievement and service at the 18th annual University at Buffalo Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
Startup’s AI-Based Software Complements Medical Imaging
11/1/21
A company founded by University at Buffalo researchers is looking to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to improve treatment of vascular lesions in the brain, starting with intracranial aneurysms.

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