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We strive for an environment that not only provides students the necessary skills and knowledge to be a scientist, but one that also helps students develop their scientific identity. For every scientific discovery, there’s an aspect of self discovery that goes along with it. Our programs and mentors are prepared with your scientific development in mind.

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Dr. Parker has a smaller research group and this fit well with my personality. His enthusiasm for his work really led me to seek a position in his lab.

11/5/24

Clayton Brady
MD-PhD student

“The diversity of research and all the opportunities I’d have stood out to me with the Jacobs School.”

4/23/21

Katherine Sortino
Doctoral student in microbiology and immunology

“The training you receive as a graduate student in microbiology and immunology is vigorous and sets you up to be a great scientist.”

4/23/21

Essi Tchalla
Doctoral student in microbiology and immunology

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Whether you’re focused on a specific question or field of research, or you’re looking to explore multiple disciplines, we have a program that will cater to your curiosity.

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Faces & Voices

The students and faculty in the MD-PhD program are very supportive of each other.

11/5/24

Yuhao (Tom) Shi
MD-PhD student

The opportunity to work with exceptional mentors in an innovative research environment and gain clinical experience within Buffalo’s diverse hospital system attracted me to UB’s MD-PhD program.

11/5/24

Elliot Kramer
MD-PhD student

“My mentor has really helped me increase my scientific skills across a broad spectrum. He’s helped me become a better presenter and a better scientist.”

4/23/21

Taylor Glausen
Doctoral student in microbiology and immunology

“UB taught me to look past the educational setting and learn what I need to do to become a better professional and independent researcher.”

4/23/21

Mohamed Sharif
Doctoral candidate in biochemistry

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11/20/24
A dramatic reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, according to results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Study Results of First Permanently Implanted Brain-Computer Interface Will be Presented at CNS
9/26/24
Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA, will present results of the clinical trial that assessed the safety of Synchron’s endovascular brain-computer interface in people with severe paralysis at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
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12/19/23
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Students Partake in Innovative Research on Dysautonomia
12/18/23
A number of medical students are gaining valuable clinical research experience studying autonomic disorders under the direction of Svetlana Blitshteyn, MD, a clinical associate professor of neurology at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.