UB Medicine Podcast
Listen to the podcast where transformation meets innovation in health care. Broadcasting from the heart of downtown Buffalo, NY, this exciting series dives deep into the evolving landscape of health and wellness in Western New York.
Episode 16 – Frontlines in Pediatrics: Simulation, Innovation, and the Future of Child Health
In this episode of the UB Medicine Podcast, host Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and vice president for health sciences at the University at Buffalo, explores how the future of pediatric care is being shaped through innovation, collaboration, and a deep commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.
Joined by Benny Joyner, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Jacobs School, and Lucy Mastrandrea, MD, PhD, chief of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes, the conversation highlights how advances in technology, clinical care, and medical education are transforming pediatrics across Western New York and beyond.
Together, they explore the evolving landscape of pediatric medicine — from simulation-based training for high-acuity care to technologies transforming diabetes management. The episode also highlights the importance of integrating research, care, and education into cohesive, family-centered models.
At its core, this episode is about reimagining what’s possible in children’s health — and how science, collaboration and community-driven care are coming together to build a healthier future for children in the community and everywhere.
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Each episode of UB Medicine features candid, insightful conversations with the region’s most respected doctors, medical pioneers and wellness advocates who are redefining what it means to be healthy in today’s world.
Covering a range of themes, episodes of the UB Medicine podcast bring you stories that inspire, inform and empower. Whether you’re a health care professional or someone just looking to live better, this podcast offers real talk, expert opinions, a few surprises, and a local lens on the national health conversation.
Visionary leader Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, hosts the UB Medicine podcast. She is an internationally recognized neurologist, accomplished researcher and health science administrator. Brashear was appointed vice president for health sciences at the University at Buffalo and dean of the Jacobs School in December 2021.
She also leads the strategic integration of interprofessional education and practice, health sciences collaborative research, and clinical programs across the university’s health science schools — the Jacobs school, dental medicine, nursing, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, public health and health professions — as well as programs among our hospital and clinical affiliates.
Brashear is an internationally renowned researcher in movement disorders and an expert in ATP1A3-related diseases, a spectrum of rare neurologic disorders. Additionally, she is a powerful advocate for promoting diverse leaders in medicine and a lifelong champion of advancing women’s leadership in medicine.
She is committed to educating the next generation of medical doctors and research scientists, exploring areas of clinically impactful and cutting-edge discovery science, conducting impactful research, and cultivating relationships through community involvement.