News & Events

  • Rare Disease Research to Be Showcased at Virtual Event
    2/15/23

    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are hard at work studying rare diseases and caring for the many patients suffering from them. UB will hold an event recognizing rare disease patients, their clinicians and the researchers working to discover causes — and ultimately cures — for these conditions.

  • Finding Core Solutions for Gun Violence Crisis
    2/10/23

    Brian H. Williams, MD, a Black, Harvard-trained trauma surgeon, would love to put himself out of a job so he never has to tell another mother their child has died due to gun violence.

  • Toxic Metals in Baby Food ‘Concerning’ for Researchers
    2/3/23

    Rice cereal, formula, purees and puffs. They’re among the most popular products purchased from the baby food aisle. And they share one more thing in common: They likely contain toxic metals.

  • Omicron Caused Fewer Cases of MIS-C in Kids Than Delta
    1/19/23

    A new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences study conducted at Oishei Children’s Hospital is one of the first to reveal that there were fewer cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) during the omicron wave of the pandemic than the delta wave.

  • Gun Violence, Racism Topics of ‘Beyond the Knife’ Lecture
    1/13/23

    “I don’t feel that we can talk about gun violence in this country without talking about race,” he said. “Why do I say that? We need to look at who is harmed by gun violence and who is protected. Which stories are elevated and which are minimized.”

  • NEJM Publishes Two Major Papers by Pediatrics Faculty
    12/19/22

    Getting a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a career-crowning achievement for any medical researcher. This fall, within one week, it happened to two members of the Department of Pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, both of whom also happen to be Jacobs School alumnae.

  • 19 Faculty Members Join 6 Medical School Departments
    12/16/22

    Nineteen faculty members with clinical and research experience have joined the departments of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedics, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Pediatrics, and Physiology and Biophysics.

  • COVID-19 and the Holidays: Advice on How to Stay Safe
    12/14/22

    As the holiday season kicks into high gear, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences physicians and scientists have recommendations for how people can stay safe and healthy this holiday season amid some increasingly concerning signs.

  • Dramatic Weight Loss in Trial for Teens With Obesity
    11/30/22

    For teens who have struggled with obesity, it probably sounded too good to be true: a weekly injection that could help them control their eating and lead to weight loss. But the results of the clinical trial on the drug semaglutide, released earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the discipline’s major conference, Obesity Week, turned out to be better than anything the participants — or even the researchers — expected.

  • Pediatric Respiratory Infections, Flu Cases Surging
    11/28/22

    The request by children’s hospitals nationwide this month that the federal government declare a formal state of emergency given the surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu cases was no surprise to Oscar G. Gómez, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics.

  • SUNY Diversity in Medicine Award Goes to Jarvis, Milling, Perez
    11/28/22

    Three members of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty have been honored with SUNY Diversity in Medicine Mentoring Awards.

  • Pediatric Diabetes Research Team Lauded for its Work
    11/22/22

    Kathleen E. Bethin, MD, PhD, clinical professor of pediatrics and her research team have been lauded by the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium (PDC) for their contributions to the PIONEER TEENS clinical trial sponsored by the Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.