Research

NIH Grant Aims to Boost Newborn Screening Accuracy
11/6/22
“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.
App May Help MS Patients Fight Cognitive Decline
10/14/22
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.
Groundbreaking Multiple Sclerosis Researcher Honored
7/29/22
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.
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.
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.
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.
Students Present Their Summer Research Projects
9/13/21
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.
Rayhill Says New Treatments Can Help Migraine Sufferers
8/5/21
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.
Feltri Receives Funding to Develop Therapy for MS
5/24/21
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).

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