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An addition to the curriculum this year gives all UB medical students a close-up look at the human toll of medical errors.

Timothy Murphy, MD, and Thomas Russo, MD, professors in the Department of Medicine, are contributors to the newly published Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 18th Edition.

The inaugural Combined Summer Undergraduate Research Day featured the research of talented students who came to UB and HWI from around the country to participate in summer programs.

UB medical student Vanessa Sarfoh is one of 13 students nationwide to receive the $10,000 award.

If confirmed, the findings could represent the first significant new treatment for type 1 diabetes since patients started taking insulin in the 1920s.

UB’s addiction medicine residency is one of the first of its kind to be accredited by the American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation.

Timothy F. Murphy, MD, senior associate dean for clinical and translational research, has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor.

The UB Chapter of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section has won two state-wide awards.

Three faculty in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have been named UB Distinguished Professors for 2011.

Less Sleep Increases Risk of Developing Diabetes

Sandeep Dhindsa, MD, has received a three-year $400,000 Junior Faculty Award from the American Diabetes Society to study the effects of low testosterone levels in young men with type 2 diabetes.

Researchers at UB have developed a novel technology that is expected to have implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis and other lung diseases.

A paper published by William Ruyechan, PhD, is being reviewed by Faculty of 1000 (F1000), a service that identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications.

Paresh Dandona, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence.

Thomas Melendy, PhD, received an award for best overall presentation at the International Papillomavirus Conference.

A UB MD/PhD candidate is lead author on a paper describing how drug-resistant viruses may be thwarted by a potent, immune-boosting payload delivered to cells by gold nanorods.

Vietnam War-era veterans exposed to Agent Orange appear to have significantly more Graves’ disease, a thyroid disorder, than veterans with no exposure.

UB medical students “passed the hat” and organized events to raise funds for Haiti in the aftermath of the massive earthquake in January 2010.

The Cystic Fibrosis Center at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, a UB-affiliated teaching hospital, is the first U.S. site to begin recruiting patients for a study of a promising investigational treatment for cystic fibrosis.