2011

The fourth annual Arts in Healthcare Clinical Practice Intensive will be held Aug. 1-12 at the Center for the Arts.

Abdolnabi Sabouri, MD, won the best poster presentation at the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists meeting of residents and fellows.

Pregnancy appears to have a positive effect on long-term disability in women with two types of multiple sclerosis, UB neurology researchers have found.

Glenna Bett, PhD, will use her Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a device that could reduce perinatal deaths worldwide.

Three members of our faculty received the 2011 Didaskalos Award for mentoring from UB’s Campus Ministries Association.

Three faculty in our school have received UB’s Exceptional Scholar or Teaching Innovation Awards for 2011.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest and most well-known academic honor society.

This year, the school conferred 140 degrees.

The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Awards Convocation was held at 9 a.m., Friday, April 29, 2011, at the Center for the Arts. Students receiving these awards were also recognized at the school’s 165th annual commencement ceremony, held at 2 p.m. the same day.

President Satish K. Tripathi has announced that UB plans to use its share of the first round of NYSUNY 2020 funding as a down payment for a new downtown home for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Three faculty in our school were honored at the Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence on April 21.

Megan Murray, a fifth-year student in UB’s MD-PhD Program, has been invited to attend the Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar.

Stephen Koury, PhD, has received the 2011 master’s teaching award from the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS).

Students around the world are using waterpipes to smoke tobacco at “alarmingly high” rates, according to a study published this month by UB researchers.

New Academy of LIfe Sciences will help fill a regional gap in pre-college preparation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).

April 29th event will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Herbert A. Hauptman’s Nobel Prize.

Nancy Nielsen, MD ’76, PhD, has been named to two new health policy leadership roles, at UB and in Washington, D.C.

New research by UB neurologist Robert Zivadinov has found that chronic cerebral venous insufficiency may be the result of multiple sclerosis, not a cause.

Three undergraduate seniors in our school have been recognized for their ability to integrate outstanding academic achievements with accomplishments in other areas.

PhD candidate Shannon Clough and postdoctoral associate Anthony Hutchinson, PhD, received travel awards to attend a prestigious conference on translational research in addiction.

Thomas Rosenthal, MD, chair of the Department of Family Medicine, receives national award for his career accomplishments.

The annual Wellness Fair, held March 16, promoted a healthy lifestyle among UB medical students.

Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, PhD, is a recipient of the first annual UB Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research and Creative Activity.

Research led by Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, shows that a low dose of insulin suppresses the expression of proteins involved in Alzheimer’s disease.

Elad Levy, MD, professor of neurosurgery and radiology, talks about state-of-the-art care for stroke patients.

Harry L. Metcalf, MD ’60, will be presented the Dr. Richard T. Sarkin Award for Excellence in Teaching on April 8.

UB Medical School's Class of 2011 learned where they'll train in residency at Match Day, a rite of passage for prospective physicians.

Two UB medical students—Joshua Balderman and Mojdeh Kappus, Class of 2013—are currently serving as Sarnoff Fellows.

Two UB students are currently completing a one-year fellowship in the Clinical Research Training Program at the National Institutes of Health.

New members of Alpha Omega Alpha were inducted on March 16, 2011, in a ceremony that was held in Butler Auditorium.

The UB Chapter of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section has won two state-wide awards.

Third-year medical student Stephanie Solazzo, has been awarded a highly competitive scholarship from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

Elie A. Akl, MD, PhD, is first author on the paper that has major implications for the way that medical information is presented to healthcare providers, patients and policymakers.

To help meet workforce needs in our region, UB professors have begun a biomedical sciences' pipeline program for high schools students interested in exploring careers in science.

Clara M. Ambrus, MD, research professor in the Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, died Feb. 26 in Erie County Medical Center at age 86.

Nine fellowship and residency programs have received GME Outstanding Accreditation Awards.

Joint construction of Kaleida Health’s Global Vascular Institute and UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Biosciences Incubator is 50 percent complete.

Three faculty in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have been named UB Distinguished Professors for 2011.

Medical Acoustics distributes the Lung Flute, a hand-held device that employs sound waves to break up mucus in the lungs of patients suffering from respiratory illnesses.

Anne B. Curtis, MD, chair of medicine, contributed to new guidelines for physicians that incorporate the latest research on the best way to treat patients with atrial fibrillation.

UB medical students expressed their creative side—and their deepest emotions—while making homemade valentines at an event sponsored by the Student Wellness Committee.

Throughout the university and the Western New York research community, Holm was widely appreciated for his ability to successfully navigate the widely divergent realms of scientific research, business and federal funding.

Two high-powered mass spectrometers—an FTICR-MS and an ICP-MS— have been purchased by UB with federal stimulus dollars.

Award will support a five-year investigation of the effects of prenatal ethanol (alcohol) exposure on later behaviors associated with an increased risk for addiction.

“The Heart of Women’s Health” is the topic of an educational program being presented by the UB Medical Alumni Association on Saturday, February 12.