Contact Information
Department and Program Contacts
Tony Waleszczak
Graduate Program Coordinator
PPBS Program Director
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main St Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: 716-829-3696
Email: amgulick@buffalo.edu
Administrator, Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Beth O’Brocta
Assistant to the Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Director of Graduate Studies
955 Main St., Rm 4222 Department of Biochemistry Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-829-2767; Fax: 716-829-2725
Email: dfestrad@buffalo.edu
Assistant to the Chair
Joseph Vacanti
Assistant to Chair / Department Administrator
Biomedical Informatics
UB Downtown Gateway, 77 Goodell Street, Suite 540, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-888-4858
Email: vacanti7@buffalo.edu
Co-Director
UB Downtown Gateway Building 77 Goodell Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-816-7221; Fax: none
Email: digs@buffalo.edu
Co-Director, PhD Degree Program
Department of Biomedical Informatics 77 Goodell street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-881-8971
Email: ceusters@buffalo.edu
Co-Director, PhD Degree Program
Peter Elkin, MD, MACP, FACMI, FNYAM
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics & Professor of Internal Medicine
Administrator
Elizabeth White
Director, Graduate Enrollment
955 Main St., Room 6130, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-829-3399
Email: bethw@buffalo.edu
Program Director
Anyango Kamina, PhD
Assistant Dean, Student Development and Academic Enhancement; Director, Biomedical Sciences MS Program
Administrator
M. Sara Thomas
Administrative Assistant/Administrator
Department of Biochemistry/Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Program Director
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Office 5148 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-881-7569; Fax: NA
Email: mjbuck@buffalo.edu
Director, UB Medical Physics Program
Stephen Rudin, PhD, FAAPM, FSPIE, DABR
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Director, Division of Radiation Physics
UB-Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center 875 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-829-5408
Email: srudin@buffalo.edu
Graduate Program Administrator
Caroline Golach
Senior Staff Assistant
Microbiology and Immunology
Director of Graduate Studies
Assistant Director of Academic Administration
Elizabeth Marshall Metcalfe
Research and Communications Administrator
Program Director
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences Jacobs School Room 4258 955 Main St Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-829-3527; Fax: 716-829-2725
Email: kolega@buffalo.edu
Beatrice Harris
Administrative Assistant
Assistant to the Chair
Martin Pugliese
Assistant to the Chair
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Graduate Program Coordinator
Elizabeth Marshall Metcalfe
Research and Communications Administrator
Director of Graduate Studies
Assistant Director of Academic Administration
Kara Rickicki
Assistant Director of Academic Administration
Physiology and Biophysics
Director of Graduate Studies, Biophysics
Director of Graduate Studies, Physiology
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor; Professor of Physiology and Biophysics; Professor of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main St Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: 716-829-3696
Email: amgulick@buffalo.edu
Additional Resources
UB Financial Aid
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
955 Main St.
Room 7202
Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-645-8232 (choose prompt 2 or stay on the line.)
Email: UBFAs Contact Us Form
Walk-in office hours during the semester are Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 9 a.m.–12 p.m. and 2–4:30 p.m.
Jacobs School Security
Phone: 716-829-2352
UB Resources
UB Graduate School Resource & Service Directory
These additional resources will guide you to essential information and assist you in navigating graduate student life at UB.