2013

Two PhD candidates and a recent graduate of UB’s Neuroscience Program have won Bishop Fund Neuroscience Awards.

Research at UB’s Hunter James Kelly Research Institute has provided proof of principle for how a genetic mutation leads to some neuropathies.

An online grocery store created by Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, will provide   evidence on how price and nutrient profiling affect food purchase decisions.

Paul R. Knight III, MD, PhD, and Daniel J. Kosman, PhD, have been named State University of New York Distinguished Professors.

The undergraduate and graduate biomedical sciences commencement for the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences took place May 9 at the Center for the Arts.

Forensic psychologist Daniel Antonius, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has observed that the Tsarnaev brothers suspected of planting the Boston Marathon bombs share characteristics with others who have participated in terrorist acts.

Richard V. Lee, MD, professor of medicine, died suddenly May 7 at his home in Orchard Park, N.Y. He was 75.

UB researchers have found that a protein complex in human breast milk can force drug-resistant bacteria to respond to antibiotics again.

The School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences graduated 149 medical students during its 167th commencement ceremony May 3, 2013.

Outstanding members of the Class of 2013 were honored during the medical school's Awards Convocation, held May 3 at the UB Center for the Arts.

The legacy of the Women’s Health Initiative, the landmark women’s health study and the largest clinical trial undertaken in the United States, lives on at UB 20 years after the university received its initial grant to play a key role in the initiative.

Feeding infants foods high in carbohydrates immediately after birth programs them for lifelong increased weight gain and obesity, according to the results of a UB rat pup study.

Michael E. Cain, MD, vice president for health sciences, has been honored with a Leadership Buffalo Value Award for inclusion.

UB researchers helped develop and test a successful curriculum for robotic surgery, according to a study published in Urology.

Alexandra Corrine Keller, who earned her master’s degree in pharmacology and toxicology in September 2012, has won the 2013 Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Master’s Thesis Award.

The UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute showcased award-winning studies and novel technologies developed jointly by UB researchers and collaborators.

UB researchers have identified defects in a mechanosensitive ion channel leading to a hereditary anemia.

Eleven medical school teachers and five residents received 2013 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards during an April 17 ceremony.

Alexander D. Diehl, PhD, assistant professor of neurology, is helping to develop ontologies related to immunology and infectious disease.

The New England Journal of Medicine published results of a major trial led by Anne Curtis, MD, showing benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Yijun Sun, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, is using a $519,000 award from the National Science Foundation to develop novel analytic methods for the study of microbial communities.

UB researchers and colleagues will use advanced imaging tests to reveal why behavioral changes help relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

James D. Bangs, PhD, has been installed as the Grant T. Fisher Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

Five students will be selected annually to receive the Zannoni Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, which encourages careers in pharmacological or pharmaceutical sciences and aims to help undergraduates gain research experience.

The University at Buffalo's new downtown medical school is designed to foster interaction among researchers, clinicians and medical students.

UB has unveiled the dramatic design for its new medical school on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in downtown Buffalo.

Jun-Xu Li, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, is studying a family of receptors as targets for treatment of chronic pain.

Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of medicine, is studying liraglutide, potentially a major new treatment for Type 1 diabetes.

Richard J. Quigg Jr., MD, was installed as the inaugural Arthur M. Morris Professor and Chief of the Division of Nephrology during a March 7 ceremony.

Jane Elberg, MD, co-chief fellow in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, has been named a Laughlin Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists (ACP).

The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences was one of five institutions to receive the largest portion of a $10.6 million New York State Department of Health grant promoting medical training in ambulatory settings.

With support from Research to Prevent Blindness, ophthalmology faculty are generating new knowledge about visual processes and disease.

Forty-two residents, fellows, faculty and medical students were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and one student received the Goldstein scholarship during a March ceremony.

UB researchers found that aerobic exercise may help restore normal cognitive function in patients who have suffered a concussion.

Daniel Kosman, PhD, has joined a worldwide body of experts who select and evaluate the most significant articles from biomedical research publications.

Thanks to a donation of land from First Niagara, UB will acquire the last piece of real estate needed for its new downtown medical school.

Virginia Havel, a PhD student in microbiology and immunology, has received an American Heart Association Founders Affiliate predoctoral fellowship.

Sarah X. Zhang, MD, is studying a possible mechanism underlying retinopathy and testing a novel protective agent to thwart it.

Thirty-two individuals were inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha and two received the John Naughton award during a ceremony in Butler Auditorium.

Fifty percent more graduates of the University at Buffalo’s medical school chose a UB residency program this year than last.

Nine faculty members received awards for their contributions to the university and the field of psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry’s annual faculty appreciation event.

The Office of Graduate Medical Education announced the Evan Calkins, MD, Fellowship for Community-Based Research, an award for residents and junior faculty members who conduct community-based research or quality improvement projects.

Frederick Sachs, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of physiology and biophysics, has won the 2013 Kenneth S. Cole Award from the Biophysical Society.

Match Day festivities took place March 15 at First Niagara Center’s Harbour Club 200 in downtown Buffalo, where students, their families and faculty gathered to celebrate.

UB and Toronto researchers have developed a contrast agent that can be used jointly to create ultrasound and photacoustic tomography images.

A paper by senior author Gabriela K. Popescu, PhD, has been selected and evaluated by the Faculty of 1000, placing her work in its library of the top 2 percent of articles in biology and medicine.

Sixteen faculty members with diverse backgrounds and expertise have joined the school’s faculty during the past several months.