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Indigenous middle school, high school and college students got a varied and detailed hands-on look at health care careers during the third annual 7th Generation Operation event July 23 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Nineteen faculty members representing seven departments have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during the past few months.

Ellen E. Lutnick, MD ’21, a PGY-4 resident in the Department of Orthopaedics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, had two studies showcased at the recent annual American Orthopaedic Association conference in June. 

UB researchers have launched a novel clinical trial that aims to overcome the food insecurity-obesity paradox. 

An NIH-funded study will aim to determine whether the circadian clock present inside each cardiac cell can be a viable therapeutic target for treatment of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and life-threatening arrhythmias.

An endowed chair in the Department of Psychiatry at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo will honor Emeritus Professor Barry S. Willer, PhD.

Gil I. Wolfe, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of neurology, is lead author on a New England Journal of Medicine editorial discussing a recent clinical trial aimed at treating the neurologic disorder myasthenia gravis (MG). 

A new study provides a detailed structure of a human enzyme critical for antiviral defense and platelet function.

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.