Research

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.

Fifty-seven original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2022 Medical Student Research Forum.

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.

Forty-three student-scientists presented projects during the 10th Annual Buffalo Summer Research Conference, an interdisciplinary forum marking the culmination of their summer research in Buffalo.

Melissa L. Rayhill, MD, clinical assistant professor of neurology, highlighted the many advancements being made to help people suffering from migraine headaches in an editorial she co-authored that was published in June in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Research by M. Laura Feltri, MD, that seeks to design and develop a therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) — leveraging a novel drug target discovered by Feltri’s team — has received a $250,000 investment from the Empire Discovery Institute (EDI).

Forty-eight oral and poster presentations were showcased at the 14th annual Buffalo Neuroscience Research Day of the neuroscience program and the Buffalo Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).

A pair of research studies led by Fraser J. Sim, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, reveal important new findings as to how regeneration of myelin in multiple sclerosis (MS) fails and, potentially, more efficient ways to treat it.

The research projects, from 48 aspiring physician-scientists, were presented at the 2021 Virtual Medical Student Research Forum.