MD-PhD News

The University at Buffalo is one of five universities nationwide that has been awarded an important grant from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) that supports teaching health sciences students how to dispel medical disinformation.

Seven of the 20 UB faculty and staff members who have been named recipients of the 2022 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence have connections to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Twenty-eight doctoral, 62 master’s and 205 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

A trainee in the MD-PhD Program has published a first-author paper in the Journal of Cell Science and was featured in one of the journal’s “First Person” interviews to highlight the study.

The surprise induction of Michael E. Cain, MD, outgoing dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and vice president for health sciences, into UB’s Richard Sarkin Medical Emeritus Faculty Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) highlighted this year’s ceremony.

The Office of Research and Graduate Education conducted its fifth annual white coat ceremony to recognize 19 students from the Class of 2020-2021 — 15 students in the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences (PPBS) and four MD-PhD students — who are matching to their doctoral laboratories.

An expert on neuropsychology and mutliple sclerosis and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2021 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.

Thirty-three doctoral, 61 master’s and 184 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.

Fifteen students in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored for outstanding achievements at the University at Buffalo’s 2021 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence.