Published November 13, 2020
Nine faculty members and a staff member from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were among those honored for notable achievement and service at the 17th annual University at Buffalo Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
This highest State University of New York rank recognizes exceptional faculty merit and outstanding academic contributions.
M. Laura Feltri, MD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and neurology
Elad I. Levy, MD
SUNY Distinguished Professor and L. Nelson Hopkins III, MD, Professor and Chair of neurosurgery; and professor of radiology
This award honors faculty members who make extraordinary contributions to their fields.
Sanjay Sethi, MD
Professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Andrew H. Talal, MD
Professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
This honor acknowledges faculty who have made sustained and wide-ranging service contributions to a broad array of university constituents.
Steven L. Dubovsky, MD
Professor and chair of psychiatry
This award recognizes faculty who recently achieved an exceptional milestone: completing 50 years of service to UB.
Daniel J. Kosman, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of biochemistry
This honor recognizes unprecedented accomplishment and a distinguishing body of work with enduring importance.
Ira J. Blader, PhD
Professor of microbiology and immunology
Marc S. Halfon, PhD
Professor of biochemistry
Bruce R. Troen, MD
Professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
This award honors members of the professional staff whose extraordinary service contributions have significantly enriched the university.
Elizabeth A. O’Brocta
Assistant to the chair of biochemistry