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New research reveals that triggering a cell’s DNA damage response could be a promising avenue for developing novel treatments against several rare but devastating viruses for which no antiviral treatments exist.

Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA, has been awarded the Ralph G. Dacey Jr. Medal for Outstanding Cerebrovascular Research.

The accolades for the work being done at the “La Bodega” hepatology clinic at the Erie County Medical Center continue to roll in.

The University at Buffalo has been awarded a highly competitive, $3.6 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to train early-career faculty members to address health inequities in Western New York.

Two doctoral candidates at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have received 2024 predoctoral fellowships with two years of funding from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Procedure called stereotactic cingulotomy has relieved debilitating pain for a 58-year-old patient with advanced cervical cancer.

Students and faculty from UB’s health sciences units introduced middle and high school students to a wide range of health care professions.

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is among the nation’s most diverse medical schools, according to the 2024-2025 America’s Best Graduate School rankings released July 23 by U.S. News & World Report.

The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is introducing its new Well Beyond curriculum this month.

Four UB projects spanning multiple disciplines that are using artificial intelligence to enhance health care have received interdisciplinary seed funding for AI research in health care. 

Times Higher Education Impact Rankings recognize UB for the impact of its global health research, climate action and clean energy pursuits.

UBReUSE and UB HEALS have teamed up again to give used goods new life for those in need.

Telemedicine referrals for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) can be a more effective way than an in-person emergency department visit to get patients to start and stay with medication assisted treatment through an outpatient clinic.

Sarah X Zhang, MD, has been named a UB Distinguished Professor.

Leonard E. Egede, MD, the Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, has been honored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with its 2024 Robert S. Gordon Jr. Award for Epidemiology.

Gil I. Wolfe, MD, is senior author of an op-ed in Neurology that responds to an earlier NEJM paper that raised questions about thymic removal.

Allison Brashear, MD, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Association for American Medical Colleges (AAMC). 

Moriah Martindale is one of just 29 medical students nationwide who were chosen to participate in the third year of the NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative.

Underrepresented students at the Jacobs School recently explored the world of orthopaedic surgery at UB's world-class training facility.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $3 million grant to Remi M. Adelaiye-Ogala, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, to continue studying treatment  mechanisms of treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancers.