The children of the late Amin Tjota know their father would have been thrilled with the new home of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Seventy-five student-scientists presented projects during the Eighth Annual Buffalo Summer Research Conference, an interdisciplinary forum marking the culmination of their summer research in Buffalo.
New research led by Panayotis (Peter) K. Thanos, PhD, a senior research scientist specializing in behavioral neuropharmacology at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, shows that exercise can help prevent relapse into cocaine addiction.
John R. Fudyma, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine and chief of general internal medicine, was honored with the Laureate Award from the New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP).
Research led by Fraser J. Sim, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, has identified a new drug target for remyelination in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Imagine a pathogen that infects completely healthy people and can cause blindness in one day and flesh-eating infections, brain abscesses and death in just a few days. Now imagine that this pathogen is also resistant to all antibiotics.
Twelve projects and their researchers were recognized as best in their respective categories during the Department of Medicine’s sixth annual Research Day.
One hundred eighty-nine new doctors donned their long white coats for the first time during a ceremony at the new home of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in downtown Buffalo.
Researchers in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine have found that low levels of vitamin D may impair stamina and performance over time.
Twelve faculty members with varied research and clinical expertise — representing four medical school departments — have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences over the past several months.
Researchers at the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute (HJKRI) have been awarded a pair of grants for the investigation of mechanisms underlying axonal degeneration in certain neurological disorders.
Research led by Paresh Dandona, MD, PhD, has shown that adding liraglutide to insulin treatment for patients with Type 1 diabetes provides health benefits.
Newly published research led by Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, professor of neurology, finds novel indicators for predicting worsening conditions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
Researchers and their mentors in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology were honored for their in-depth studies presented at the 2018 Experimental Biology meeting and related forums.
Jack Tseng, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and anatomical sciences, is senior author on a study that looked at fossilized feces to confirm the diet of extinct ‘bone-crushing’ dogs.
Decades of work on chronic obstructive pulmondary disease (COPD) at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System have yielded extraordinary information about the bacterial pathogen that does the most harm to patients.
A study co-led by Ruogang Zhao, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, details a new technique that allows glass microscope slides to measure the temperature of mounted specimens.
Research by Ruogang Zhao, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, could streamline the drug-testing process for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.
Six medical residents were honored with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award during the16th annual Student Clinician Ceremony.
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers have found barley may be used as an edible contrast agent to show doctors what’s happening inside their patients’ bodies.
Erie County Medical Center’s (ECMC) annual “Doctor’s Day” celebration honored John K. Crane, MD, PhD, and Prescription for Warmth (P4W), a nonprofit organization run by Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students.
Alison Treichel is the first Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical student to receive an award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) Clinical Research Mentorship program.
Thirteen students from the Class of 2017-18 in the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences (PPBS) took part in a white coat ceremony to recognize the completion of their first year in the program and celebrate their moving on to a research laboratory match.
Noreen Williams, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, has received the 2018 Stockton Kimball Award for outstanding scientific achievement and service.
The Office of Inclusion and Cultural Enhancement recognized staff, students, trainees and faculty during the 2018 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards ceremony.
A groundbreaking researcher and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2018 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.
Department of Psychiatry students are the beneficiaries of two grants for internships and scholarships totaling $494,250 from the Patrick P. Lee Foundation.
Gratitude, reverence and respect were in evidence throughout a touching ceremony as more than 600 family members of individuals who donated their bodies to medical science gathered for the UB Anatomical Gift Program Memorial Service.
Graduate Medical Education Awards of Excellence have been presented to the physician who directs the pediatric anesthesiology fellowship program and the administrator of the child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) fellowship program.
Two Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences students are among 10 statewide recipients of the new Diversity in Medicine scholarship funded by the New York State Legislature.
Stephen Rudin, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of radiology and director of radiation physics, has been named a fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD, senior associate dean for health policy, has received the Henry I. Fineberg Award for Distinguished Service from the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY).
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has approved the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ new medical residency in radiology.
Technologies designed to track and eventually improve staffing levels in hospital emergency departments must be judiciously chosen, according to a new study published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing.
Research on neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) by Pinaki Sarder, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and anatomical sciences, is featured in Scientific Reports.
Twenty doctoral, 42 master’s and 173 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.
UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded new grants that support promising translational research projects in Western New York.
Eight students presented on their experience in laboratories from within the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during UB’s Research Institute on Addiction’s (RIA) third annual Student Research in Addiction Sciences Open House.
Collaboration and a sense of community were on display at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during a daylong event to address Buffalo’s African-American health disparities.
A new fossil hamster species unearthed in Tibet has been named after the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty member who discovered it in 2010.
