As the only physician at an Antarctic research station, Shawn Vainio, MD ’03, was a one-man medical team. He recounted his decades of wilderness medicine experience at a UB Global Health Grand Rounds talk.
A paper published today explains why there needs to be a shift in cannabis policies to a public health approach as opposed to the prevailing, more punitive approach that pushes abstinence instead of public education.
A University at Buffalo research program that is investigating what causes some people with multiple sclerosis to experience severe and aggressive disease is beginning to shed light on how their disease differs from those with mild to moderate MS.
An initiative led by PhD student and social justice fellowship recipient Rhonda Drewes aims to save lives by registering AEDs, especially in underserved areas.
Updated results from a phase 3 clinical trial are expected to change the way advanced stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma is treated in newly diagnosed adolescents and adults.
During the DoctHERS Annual Symposium at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, featured speaker Donnica Moore, MD ’86, called upon physicians and medical students alike to be good communicators in an age of medical misinformation.
UB's new Aging and Resilience Research Center on The Brothers of Mercy Wellness Campus in Clarence, N.Y., is dedicated to identifying the factors that contribute to healthy, resilient aging.
Jennifer A. Surtees, PhD, professor of biochemistry and associate dean of undergraduate education and STEM outreach in the Jacobs School, is principal investigator on a $2.45 million NIH grant funding DNA research and diversity enhancement.
The 17th annual Neuroscience Research Day at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences on Sept. 26 was filled with an aura of warmth and positivity.
During the seventh annual Igniting Hope conference on Sept. 21, one message was made clear: Now is the time to confront health disparities rooted in environmental injustice.
Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA, will present results of the clinical trial that assessed the safety of Synchron’s endovascular brain-computer interface in people with severe paralysis at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Kateryna Murlanova, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, received a 2024 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) travel grant from the antibody distributor Proteintech.
UB research has identified the genetic elements responsible for turning classical Klebsiella pneumoniae into a hypervirulent version, which can infect otherwise healthy people in the community.
A UB psychiatrist who has played a critical role in getting mental health screening and treatment integrated into routine care for cystic fibrosis (CF) has been awarded $3 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to focus on the mental health of children with the disease.
