6/24/22 UB Vice President for Health Sciences Issues Statement on the Supreme Court's Overturning of Roe v Wade

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UB Vice President for Health Sciences Issues Statement on the Supreme Court's Overturning of Roe v Wade
6/24/22
A woman’s right to the best health care includes the right to the best reproductive health care, Allison Brashear says.
PhD White Coat Ceremony Honors Student Advancement
6/24/22
The Office of Research and Graduate Education conducted its sixth annual white coat ceremony to recognize 19 students from the Class of 2021-2022 in the PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences (PPBS) who are matching to their doctoral laboratories.
In Memoriam: Claes E.G. Lundgren, MD, PhD
6/24/22
Claes E.G. Lundgren, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Physiology, Emeritus, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2022.
Hicar Authors Book Chapter on Vaccine Hesitancy Issue
6/16/22
Mark D. Hicar, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases, wrote a chapter titled “The Vaccine, Public Trust, and Doubt,” in the book “Playing With Reality: Denying, Manipulating, Converting, and Enhancing What is There.”
Researchers to Test Blocking ‘Hypermutations’ in Deadly Bacteria
6/16/22
UB receives $4 million from NIAID to develop new treatments that prevent 'hypermutations' in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Leading Concussion Expert Wins Stockton Kimball Award
6/15/22
John J. Leddy, MD ’85, clinical professor of orthopaedics and one of the foremost world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of concussion, has received the 2022 Stockton Kimball Award for outstanding scientific achievement and service.
Behind-The-Scenes of RNA Technology a Fascinating Tale
6/10/22
The scientist, who with a collaborator, invented and developed the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that is the basis for Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines, embodies the textbook definition of perseverance.
Symposium Tackles Challenges, Impact of COVID-19
6/8/22
UB’s Global Health Day Symposium brought together experts from WHO, NIH and UB to discuss the next stages of response to the pandemic.
Women’s Vascular Summit Shines Light on Disparities
6/7/22
The Women’s Vascular Summit, hosted at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, continues to shine a light on disparities in vascular care between men and women and to promote research and education to initiate change.
UB Awards 295 Biomedical Science Degrees; 28 Earn PhDs
6/7/22
Twenty-eight doctoral, 62 master’s and 205 baccalaureate candidates were eligible to receive degrees in biomedical science fields during the May commencement ceremony.
Remote Technology and Drug Courts
6/7/22
Linda S. Kahn, PhD, research professor in the Department of Family Medicine, examines the intersection of social, cultural, economic and political factors and their influence on health and risk behavior amongst vulnerable and complex populations. Her work integrates public health and criminal justice.
Jacobs School Marks Gun Violence Awareness Day
6/6/22
The school lit its atrium orange and encouraged its members to wear the color to honor those who have died or been injured by gun violence.
HSS Official Receives Overview of Buffalo MATTERS Program
6/6/22
Dara Kass met with UB and community partners about the innovative opioid treatment program developed by UB physicians.
Developing Better Therapies Focus of Parkinson’s Research
6/3/22
New research led by Jian Feng, PhD, professor of physiology and biophysics, has important implications for developing future treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD), a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement, often including tremors.
Bhattacharjee Selected to Serve on NIH Study Section
6/3/22
Arin Bhattacharjee, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, has been selected to serve on the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Neuropathy of Pain and Itch (NPI) Study Section for a four-year term.