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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.

Two Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members have been named SUNY Distinguished Professors, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system.

A lot of medical students at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences conduct research during the summer after their first year of medical school, but not many get to be co-authors of an article in a peer-reviewed journal as a result.

Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has received the Virginia Kneeland Frantz ’22 Award for Distinguished Women in Medicine from her alma mater.

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 been honored with the 2025 Schroepfer Medal from the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS).

Samantha Schwarz, a doctoral candidate in the neuroscience program at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a highly competitive, two-year fellowship from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Highlighting the many ways the University at Buffalo is going about improving the health care of the community was the theme of the 2025 Harrington Lecture as part of UB’s Alumni Weekend.

A study strengthens the growing link between hearing loss and dementia as people age.

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, was the recipient of a 2024-2025 Faculty/Staff Distinction in Academic Integrity Award during an April 28 ceremony on UB’s North Campus.

UB researchers have compiled a list of words physicians should never say to patients with complex, chronic disorders that are often dismissed or misdiagnosed.

Beth A. Smith, MD, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, has been chosen as a 2025-2026 fellow for the prestigious Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program.

A powerful clinical AI tool developed by biomedical informatics researchers has demonstrated remarkable accuracy on all three parts of the United States Medical Licensing Exam (Step exams).

A UB study found that the vaccine platform, proven effective for COVID-19, could be key in responding to evolving bird flu strains.

A Jacobs School doctoral student led efforts to make AEDs instantly searchable on map apps so that searching for AEDs is as easy as finding the closest Tim Hortons.

Ryan Hunter, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, recently created a device to study anaerobic bacteria alongside oxygenated cells, simulating microenvironments within the body.