Department News

  • Documentary on Physician Suicide Elicits Discussion
    1/15/19

    When he heard about the first National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, Christian R. DeFazio, MD, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine and director of the emergency medicine residency program, wasn’t sure what to make of it.

  • NIH Extends Study of Military Members’ Health Outcomes
    1/14/19

    University at Buffalo researchers have received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue their study of health outcomes among members of the military.

  • Underrepresented Student Numbers Up at Jacobs School
    1/8/19

    The number of students from underrepresented groups in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Class of 2022 is nearly twice that of the previous year’s class.

  • Grant Helps Assess Risks of Combined AUD, Opioid Use
    12/11/18

    Kenneth E. Leonard, PhD, professor of psychiatry and director of the UB Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA), and Peter L. Elkin, MD, professor and chair of biomedical informatics, have been awarded a two-year, $386,013 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to assess what risks may occur for people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) who use prescription painkillers.

  • Dean’s, Nader Recipients Have Varied Research Interests
    11/19/18

    The recipients of this year’s Dean’s and Nader Research Fellowships have a wide range of research interests and knowledge.

  • 20 New Faculty Join 9 Medical School Departments
    11/16/18

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

  • Study: No Evidence of EOD in 21 Retired NFL, NHL Players
    10/11/18

    Research by John J. Leddy, MD, clinical assistant professor of orthopaedics, and Barry S. Willer, PhD, professor of psychiatry, did not find evidence of early-onset dementia (EOD) in a study of retired National Football League and National Hockey League players.