Department News

A large crowd of inductees and their families and friends were in attendance for UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society induction.

A celebratory mood was evident as the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences community gathered April 12 to recognize the winners and honorable mentions in the 2023 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

People who maintained their drinking habits had lower prevalence of mental health issues compared to those who abstained or whose drinking patterns changed.

Ram Samudrala, PhD, professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and chief of its Division of Bioinformatics, and Zackary M. Falls, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, have been involved in research that has resulted in four recent successful funding projects — three grants and a challenge.

Thirteen faculty members with a variety of clinical and research experience — representing 11 medical school departments — have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.

Jennifer L. Haak, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, has been honored by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for her displays of humanism in her work with underserved and vulnerable populations.

A promising alternative to opioids being developed in the Buffalo and Rochester regions is one step closer to meeting a critical need in pain management, thanks to a pivotal business partnership and exclusive licensing agreements with the University at Buffalo.