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Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, has been honored by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) as the 2024 recipient of its Award for Contributing to the Diversity and Inclusiveness of the Translational Workforce.

UB ophthalmologists and medical residents in ophthalmology will hold a post-eclipse eye clinic from 4-9 p.m. on April 8. 

Earlier this year, a group of UB infectious disease physicians traveled to Ghana. It was part of an effort to reframe global health trips.

Leonard E. Egede, MD, chief of the Division of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and director of its Center for Advancing Population Science, has been appointed chair of the Department of Medicine. 

Sabrina Orsi, a student in the doctoral program in pharmacology and toxicology, won the People’s Choice Award at UB’s eighth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Peter L. Elkin, MD, professor and chair of biomedical informatics, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS).

Leslie J. Bisson, MD, the Buffalo Bills medical director and the June A. and Eugene R. Mindell, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics, has received the top research award from the NFL Physicians Society.

Several hundred people from Buffalo and UB filled the M&T Auditorium in the Jacobs School to capacity to launch a grassroots movement creating a bold, new vision for the Black East Side. 

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students visited a Buffalo charter school Feb. 29 to help celebrate Black History Month.

Deadric T. Williams, PhD, uses racial stratification and critical race theory as a framework to understand persistent racial inequality.

UB senior Rachel Esther Sanyu aims to earn a medical degree and change the way cancer patients are treated in her native country.

Tests show the recombinant vaccine outperforming existing vaccines in some areas.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the completion of the massive, larger-than-life-sized “Celebration of Diversity” mural in the atrium of the Jacobs School.

A year after a mass shooting at MSU, Jacobs School students and faculty reflect with their peers at the inaugural MSU-UB Remembrance Conference.

Gender equity, belonging and retention took center stage at the UB DoctHERS Annual Symposium, celebrating women in medicine while tackling persistent challenges.

The group was picking the brains of UB’s public health professionals in advance of developing the country’s national public health capabilities. 

A pair of internal medicine residents won the top two prizes in the 2023 Shark Tank Challenge sponsored by the New York State Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.

Ninety-five original research projects from aspiring physician-scientists were on display at the 2024 Medical Student Research Forum at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Anne B. Curtis, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been chosen to receive the 2024 Dr. Carolyn McCue Award for Woman Cardiologist of the Year.

MATTERS, an opioid treatment and referral service, is expanding its services throughout New York State and beyond.