UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has celebrated a major milestone in the construction of its new downtown medical school building: the signing and raising of one of the structure’s final steel beams.
In recognition of their academic excellence and commitment to the profession, 32 medical trainees and one faculty member were inducted into the University at Buffalo’s chapter of the national honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha.
Jordan Katz, a fourth-year student in the medical education program, has completed a six-month learning collaborative that enabled him to practice “hot spotting,” an innovative model of health care delivery.
A collaboration between the departments of Medicine and Neurology has been granted status as the Center for Excellence for Alzheimer’s disease in Western New York (CEAD WNY) through a five-year, $2.35 million state grant.
The University at Buffalo’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) has been named a local chapter of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA).
John M. Sullivan, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology, has received three grants totaling over $2.5 million to continue research that could lead to gene therapies for hereditary retinal and macular degenerations.
The student-run Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic is broadening its array of services and upgrading its equipment through collaboration and fundraising efforts.
Andrew H. Talal, MD — professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition — has established a liver biorepository at the University at Buffalo’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Richard M. Gronostajski, PhD, professor of biochemistry, has been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to study neural stem cell (NSCs) therapies for a variety of brain insults and injuries.
Research by a group including Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), marks the first national study of severely obese teenagers following weight-loss surgery.
Twelve faculty members with varied research and clinical expertise have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during the past several months.
Aspiring physician-scientists showcased 38 original research projects at the 2016 Medical Student Research Forum. The displays showed work they conducted at the University at Buffalo, its partner health care agencies and institutions nationwide.
Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, has been awarded a $2.4 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study how implementing self-regulation helps prevent prediabetes patients from becoming diabetic.
Marc S. Ernstoff, MD, a renowned melanoma expert, has been appointed professor and chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine.
Noreen Williams, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, has received a four-year, $1.15 million grant to further examine a unique preribosomal complex she has identified occurring in the parasite causing African sleeping sickness.
For the 10th consecutive year, the Department of Ophthalmology has received an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness to support research on visual processes and disease.
As it prepares to move downtown, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has been and is recruiting and retaining distinguished faculty, attracting high-caliber students and establishing itself as a hub for bench-to-bedside research.
The University at Buffalo is strengthening education for medical residents who care for patients who are addicted or are at risk for addiction by focusing more training on safe prescribing practices and safe pain management.
Ralph H. Benedict, PhD, professor in the Department of Neurology, has been named the 2016 recipient of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Mid-Career Award.
Clinical trials conducted by Arie L. Weinstock, MD, clinical professor of neurology, are exploring the safety and effectiveness of medical marijuana treatments for epilepsy patients.
Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics, has authored new research showing that revising children’s restaurant menus successfully encourages long-term healthier eating habits.
Two students in the University at Buffalo’s medical education program have founded a nonprofit organization to provide clothing to victims of frostbite.
Zhen Yan, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, has been awarded a three-year, $540,000 private foundation grant for her work on novel therapeutic strategies for autism.
John J. Leddy, MD, clinical professor in the Department of Orthopaedics, is conducting a study emphasizing moderate exercise that may dramatically alter the standard of care for acute concussion.
A study led by Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, has demonstrated that men with Type 2 diabetes who have low testosterone levels can benefit significantly from testosterone treatment.
Zhen Yan, PhD, professor of physiology and biophysics, has received a five-year, $2 million grant to explore the impact of stress on cognition and mental function.
A team of investigators led by Jian Feng, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, has developed a new way to ramp up the conversion of skin cells into dopamine neurons — research that could help patients with Parkinson’s disease.
