Department News

  • Alcoholism Research Training Program Plans Expansion
    7/27/21

    The National Institute for Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA) has awarded $1.7 million to UB’s Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA) and the School of Public Health and Health Professions to expand the CRIA’s highly successful postdoctoral training program to include doctoral candidates as well.

  • PhD White Coat Ceremony Honors Student Advancement
    7/8/21

    The Office of Research and Graduate Education conducted its fifth annual white coat ceremony to recognize 19 students from the Class of 2020-2021 — 15 students in the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences (PPBS) and four MD-PhD students — who are matching to their doctoral laboratories.

  • Doctoral Student’s NIH Award Puts Him in Rare Company
    6/24/21

    A trainee in the doctoral program in neuroscience is one of 18 young researchers across the United States selected for an award that supports for up to six years a defined pathway across career stages for outstanding graduate students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in neuroscience research. 

  • Medical School Faculty, Staff Recognized for Excellence
    6/11/21

    An expert on neuropsychology and mutliple sclerosis and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2021 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.

  • UB Awards 278 Biomedical Science Degrees; 33 Earn PhDs
    6/7/21

    Thirty-three doctoral, 61 master’s and 184 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.