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Jun Xia, PhD, has received a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new, portable breast-imaging system that has the potential to better identify breast cancer.

Oscar G. Gomez, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and chief of its Division of Infectious Diseases, has completed the genomic analysis of a specific strain of Shiga-toxin E. coli (STEC) that can cause severe disease outbreaks and is increasingly common. 

The impact of the global health pandemic on the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is far-reaching in terms of its medical education program, residency and fellowship training programs and its research endeavors.

CLIMB, an innovative and comprehensive diversity program at the University at Buffalo that provides intensive mentoring experiences for biosciences students from undergraduate through postdoctoral levels, has received an award from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.

Celebrating Halloween during the pandemic needs to be different this year, but it’s still possible to have fun while staying safe, according to pediatrics infectious diseases specialists at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Jennifer A. Surtees, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, is leading an effort to track the genomics of COVID-19 in Western New York.

The findings from a recent study by a Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researcher and others could prove to be a game-changer for men with Type 2 diabetes and the syndrome of hypogonadism.

Research led by Zhen Yan, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of physiology and biophysics, describes a sensitive and reliable new protocol for assessing social deficits in animal models of autism and certain psychiatric conditions.

Two studies by Asher Weiner, MD, could help increase safety and minimize expense for patients undergoing glaucoma surgery.

A startup company with roots at the University at Buffalo is setting a new course that could eventually help organizations around the world better navigate return-to-work plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Along with international co-authors, Praveen K. Chandrasekharan, MD, has outlined the best approaches for handling the delivery of newborns in cases where the mother tests positive for COVID-19 or is suspected of having the virus.

New research reveals that certain studies — clinical trials on drugs that appeared not to benefit patients with Alzheimer’s disease — should now be reanalyzed in light of recent discoveries about a gene called CHRFAM7A.

Women whose partners are problem drinkers are the focus of a clinical trial being conducted by principal investigator Robert G. Rychtarik, PhD, senior research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry.

Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD, professor of neurology and director of the Jacobs Multiple Sclerosis Center for Treatment and Research, has received the 2020 Stockton Kimball Award for outstanding scientific achievement and service.

Adeline “Addie” Fagan, MD, a graduate of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Class of 2019, died Sept. 19 due to COVID-19 complications. She was 28.

Three Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty members and one staff member have been selected as recipients of 2020 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence.

The COVID-19 global health pandemic may have forced educational institutions to alter the way they present instruction, but the atmosphere was already ripe for innovation.

Historians will likely look back at the COVID-19 global health pandemic and the Black Lives Matter social protests as a unique period in the history of the world.

A paper published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that children with dilated cardiomyopathy — a common cause of heart failure in children — who have an elevated heart rate are at a higher risk of death than children with the condition who do not have an elevated heart rate.

The University at Buffalo is continually updating its COVID-19 Dashboard as information about new cases within the UB community is reported.