MD-PhD News

Study Focuses on Brain Lesions, MS Progression
2/24/23
Brain lesions — areas of brain tissue that show damage from injury or disease — are the biomarker most widely used to determine multiple sclerosis disease progression. But an innovative new study led by the University at Buffalo strongly suggests that the volume of white matter lesions is neither proportional to, nor indicative of, the degree of severe disability in patients.
Rare Disease Research to Be Showcased at Virtual Event
2/15/23
Researchers at the University at Buffalo are hard at work studying rare diseases and caring for the many patients suffering from them. UB will hold an event recognizing rare disease patients, their clinicians and the researchers working to discover causes — and ultimately cures — for these conditions.
Student-Run Research Day Highlights Graduate Students’ Work
1/18/23
From the time she heard about the inaugural Graduate Student Research Day, Taylor Wicks was thrilled with the opportunity to showcase her work.
Bae Receives Funding to Develop Drug for CVD
12/15/22
Yongho Bae, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and anatomical sciences, has received a $250,000 sponsored research award from the Empire Discovery Institute (EDI) to investigate the role a novel mechanotherapeutic target, discovered in his lab, may have on vascular and cardiac stiffening commonly associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Class of 2026 is Welcomed With White Coat Ceremony
8/18/22
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Class of 2026 celebrated entry into medical school with a traditional White Coat Ceremony Aug. 5 at Kleinhans Music Hall.
Grants Aim to Help Dispel Medical Misinformation
8/3/22
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.
Faculty, Staff Receive 2022 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
7/7/22
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.
UB Awards 295 Biomedical Science Degrees; 28 Earn PhDs
6/7/22
Twenty-eight doctoral, 62 master’s and 205 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.
MD-PhD Program Student Has Paper and Interview Published
11/17/21
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.
Cain is a Surprise Inductee Into Gold Humanism Society
10/13/21
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.