11/22/23 Thanksgiving: A Time for Reflection and Gratitude

School News

Stem Cell Study Reveals How Infantile Cystinosis Causes Kidney Failure – and How to Potentially Cure It
12/7/23
UB research has identified how a misstep in the genesis of a key component of the kidney causes infantile cystinosis, a rare disease that significantly shortens the lifespan of patients.
Enhancing, Expanding Aging-Related Research
12/1/23
The kickoff event for the initiative features the acting director of the NYS Office for the Aging as the keynote speaker.
Institute’s Pilot Program to Address Health Inequities
12/1/23
UB’s Community Health Equity Research Institute is launching its first-ever pilot funding program to address health equities and adverse social determinants of health. The institute will fund two projects with a maximum budget of $40,000 each.
Surtees Named Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and STEM Outreach
11/29/23
Jennifer A. Surtees, PhD, professor of biochemistry, has been named associate dean for undergraduate education and STEM outreach at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Family’s Donation to Asthma Center Honors Loved One
11/21/23
A family’s untimely loss has resulted in a meaningful commitment to an annual donation to UB’s Child and Family Asthma Study Center.
Destigmatizing Menstrual Health Focus of Initiative
11/17/23
The medical student-run OB-GYN Interest Group is providing free sanitary products in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in order to instill a more supportive environment for everyone and to destigmatize menstrual health.
Team Alice Receives Grant to Continue Studying Medication Harm in Senior Citizens
11/17/23
Funding to support interdisciplinary research into older patients’ journey throughout health care system
Study: ADHD Drugs Delay Bone Healing in Children
11/13/23
Children taking psychostimulant drugs prescribed for psychiatric disorders who experience a common childhood fracture take longer to heal than children who don’t take these drugs.
PCORI Study: Telemedicine Treatment for HCV in People With Opioid Use Disorder Was More Than Twice as Successful as Offsite Referral
11/10/23
UB researchers found that more than 90 % of those in the telemedicine arm at an opioid treatment program were cured of HCV infection compared to 35.2% of participants referred to an offsite specialist.
Study Results Promising for Achondroplasia Treatment
11/9/23
Teresa Quattrin, MD, UB Distinguished Professor of pediatrics, is a co-author on a new global study that suggests a novel treatment option for children with achondroplasia — a form of severe short stature.
WNY Native Returns to Help Launch UB Master’s Program in Genetic Counseling
11/8/23
Lindsey M. Alico, a Western New York native who, until recently, was co-director of the genetic counseling program at Sarah Lawrence College, has been hired to implement and direct the genetic counseling program at UB.
Lancet Seminar Outlines New MS Diagnostic Criteria
11/8/23
Lead author Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, notes prospects are improving for those with MS but disease management in older adults is challenging.
UB Team Performs Rare, Lifesaving Surgery on 18-Year-Old Israeli
11/7/23
Neurosurgeons Elad I. Levy, MD, and Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, treated the patient suffering from a severe case of Moyamoya disease.
Internal Medicine Residency Receives DEI Training Grant
11/2/23
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has received a $40,000 grant from the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) for a novel addition to its internal medicine residency program.
Research by Aras Focuses on Role of Cardiac Obesity
11/1/23
The National Institutes of Health has continued the funding of research by Kedar Aras, PhD, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, to study cardiac obesity.