MD/PhD Allen Chung.
Impressive MD-PhDs
11/19/18

Cancer Research editors called Allen Chung’s study on colon cancer "striking." It led to a patent application and an invitation to be part of a multisite national clinical trial.

A lab in UB's Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Translational Science Institute
5/16/18

Benefit directly from our Clinical and Translational Science Institute. It offers innovative research tools and faculty dedicated to collaborative translational research.

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Student researcher.
Freedom to focus
11/29/17

We guarantee you a full-tuition scholarship and a stipend so that you can concentrate on your research throughout both your MD and PhD studies.

Research samples in a research lab.
Diverse research opportunities
1/26/18

Explore widely with us. You can earn your PhD in the traditional sciences, in engineering, or in cancer research at the world-renowned Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Laurie Read, PhD and Rachel Simpson, MD/PhD student.
Mentoring and Advising
11/29/17

Our program’s selectivity and small size—we have fewer than 30 students—ensures that you receive individual faculty attention and have a wide choice of thesis mentors.

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Research Highlights

  • Scans of a brain showing atrophy.
    Avonex
    2/9/12
    The drug most prescribed to people with relapsing multiple sclerosis.
  • Dietrich Jehle, MD.
    Bedside Emergency Ultrasound
    2/9/12
    Trauma-patient evaluation that revolutionized emergency room care in the U.S.
  • James Garvey, PhD with bioblower.
    BioBlower
    2/9/12
    Air sterilization technology that destroys everything from pollen to airborne pathogens.
  • Timothy Murphy and Sanjay Sethi.
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    12/5/11
    Discoveries made by UB researchers have fundamentally altered our understanding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
  • Kenneth Krackow, MD.
    Computer-Assisted Total Knee Replacement
    2/9/12
    A more precise method for aligning instruments, cutting bone and placing knee implant components.
  • Piero Bianco.
    DNA Repair Captured in Real Time
    12/5/11
    A UB microbiologist was the first to film a DNA motor protein “unzipping” a double-strand of bacterial DNA in real time.
  • Robert Lifeso and Michael Landi.
    Dual Radiation Targeting System
    2/9/12
    A UB medical student and professor invented technology used worldwide to increase surgical accuracy while reducing radiation exposure.
  • infasurf baby.
    Infasurf
    2/9/12
    Lung surfactant therapy administered to premature babies to assist breathing in the first critical hours after birth.
  • Early pacemaker.
    Internal Pacemaker
    2/9/12
    The first successful implantable pulse generator—and the lithium battery used to extend its longevity.
  • Lippes Loop device.
    Lippes Loop
    2/9/12
    The first double-S intrauterine contraceptive device, and the standard against which other IUDs came to be compared.
  • Resident and newborn.
    Partial Liquid Ventilation
    2/9/12
    UB researcher developed a technique to treat respiratory distress syndrome in extremely premature infants, increasing their chance of survival.
  • PKU test administered to infant.
    PKU Test
    2/9/12
    Infant screening to detect phenylketonuria, a genetic disorder that can cause severe mental retardation.
  • Bradley Fuhrman, MD.
    Portable Patient Ventilator
    2/9/12
    A medical device that introduces into hospital intensive care units the same powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the operating room.
  • Thenkurussi Kesavadas and Khurshid Guru.
    Simulator for Robotic Surgery Training
    2/9/12
    One of the world’s first simulators to closely approximate the “touch and feel” of the da Vinci™ robotic surgical system.
  • Smart pill.
    SmartPill
    2/9/12
    An ingestible diagnostic-sensing capsule that measures how the gastrointestinal tract is functioning.
  • Traffic Light Diet
    2/9/12
    A diet widely prescribed by pediatricians today to counteract childhood obesity.
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