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John C. Hu, MD, PhD, clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is a co-senior author on a recently published study on secondary bacterial pneumonia following viral infections.

Medical student Joshua Kent recenty received an American Society of Hematology award for a year-long fellowship to study a rare form of skin cancer.

With a new grant from the American Diabetes Association, Raphael Fraser, PhD, will study how glucose monitoring could enhance diabetes prevention. 

Automated scan takes less than a minute and produces AI-powered, clear 3D images.

Alexsandra Peyton Lenhard, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the doctoral program in microbiology and immunology, has received an Olga Lindberg Scholarship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Buffalo branch.

In recognition of her leadership, research achievements, and educational excellence, Teresa L. Danforth, MD ’07, has been named to the American Urological Association (AUA) 2025-26 Leadership Class. 

UB scientists Ram Samudrala, PhD, and Zackary M. Falls, PhD, talk about the new platform to make drug discovery faster and less expensive while also being safe and effective. 

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences had a strong showing at this year’s American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 annual conference in San Francisco in May, where a team of researchers shared findings on pulmonary rehabilitation and mortality rates. 

Chantazia “Shay” Bronson, MPH, program operations manager at the Community Health Equity Research Institute, was recognized by Business First of Buffalo.

The Department of Ophthalmology’s annual Buffalo Ophthalmology Symposium at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences featured both a glance back at the department’s history and an eye to its future.

A new book edited by Leonard E. Egede, MD, takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to explore the structural factors underlying health disparities.

This spring, Leslie J. Bisson, MD, the June A. and Eugene R. Mindell, MD, Professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedics, received multiple accolades recognizing his commitment to health equity and advancing women in orthopaedics. 

The annual Remembrance Conference focused on the role medical schools and health care in general can play in reducing firearm injuries and deaths. 

The fourth annual Jonathan D. Daniels, MD, Memorial School Drive: The Next Generation of Transformational Leaders is underway. 

A molecule developed by Jacobs School researchers acts like a long-lasting anesthetic, with a single, local injection providing pain relief for up to three weeks.

Sofia Khan, DO, a first-year trainee in the otolaryngology residency program at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been recognized for her research that resulted in a first-author publication in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Team awarded $2.5 million grant to develop system for inserting tiny light-emitting fibers directly into tumors.

After a multi-year process of development and garnering approvals, the new Genetic Counseling Graduate Program at UB has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling (ACGC), the field’s national accrediting organization. 

Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of ophthalmology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received the 2025 Stockton Kimball Award in recognition of outstanding scientific achievement and service.