Department News

  • Online Counseling Aimed at Improving Oral Health Habits
    4/1/19

    Motivational interviewing is at the center of a new University at Buffalo study that aims to use the technique as a new approach to improve oral health practices among the public.

  • Psychiatry Expert: Shame Quiets Sexual Assault Victims
    3/18/19

    During an era when sexual misconduct allegations are turning up in every corner of society, Dori R. Marshall, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry, says it’s extremely common for people who have experienced sexual assault — especially young women —  to stay silent for a long time.

  • Landmark Concussion Study May Change Standard of Care
    2/27/19

    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers have published results of the first randomized clinical trial of a treatment in the acute phase after a sport-related concussion.

  • 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.