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Jacobs School Hosts Trailblazing Health Activist
3/5/25
David Ansell, MD, MPH, was the featured speaker at the fifth annual Beyond the Knife lecture series, where he discussed efforts to mitigate health disparities in Chicago and beyond.
Poor Health Outcomes and Access to Healthy Foods
11/19/24
A UB study found that heart disease and Type 2 diabetes were more common in redlined areas with reduced access to healthy foods.
Living in Redlined Neighborhood Risk Factor for Early Death
10/10/24
People living in redlined neighborhoods in 1940 didn’t live as long as those living in neighborhoods with access to credit and home loans.
35 Faculty Members Join 10 Medical School Departments
10/1/24
Thirty-five faculty members representing 10 departments have joined the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during the past few months.
Conference Addresses Environmental Health Equity
9/27/24
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.
UB Awarded NIH Grant to Address WNY Health Inequities
8/6/24
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.
Egede Honored With NIH Award for Epidemiology Work
7/12/24
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.
Jacobs School Hosts First Black MS Summit
4/24/24
The summit exploring topics affecting African Americans with MS was described by organizers as “a day of education, empowerment and community.”
Neighborhood Revival Talk Attracts Enthusiastic Crowd
3/7/24
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.
Medical Students’ Outreach Celebrates Black History
3/6/24
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students visited a Buffalo charter school Feb. 29 to help celebrate Black History Month.
Exploring What Maintains the Racial Inequality Status Quo
2/26/24
Deadric T. Williams, PhD, uses racial stratification and critical race theory as a framework to understand persistent racial inequality.
Confronting Gun Violence
2/21/24
A year after a mass shooting at MSU, Jacobs School students and faculty reflect with their peers at the inaugural MSU-UB Remembrance Conference.
Research Forum Showcases 95 Medical Student Projects
2/1/24
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.
Changing the Black East Side: Pilot Initiative Will Tackle Social Determinants of Health
12/14/23
A coalition of community groups and activists is coming together with UB planners and researchers to radically transform one Black East Side neighborhood, and to do it sooner rather than later.
Ending Race-Based Health Disparities
10/27/23
The Igniting Hope conference has matured into a movement aimed at bringing lasting change to the region by ending race-based disparities and their devastating impacts.
Addressing Maternal Mortality Crisis
10/18/23
Jacobs School event was held in memory of Tops massacre victim Pearl Young.
Henrietta Lacks’ Family to Speak at Igniting Hope
9/22/23
The UB conference has become Buffalo’s primary forum for discussing, addressing and trying to mitigate the social determinants of health.
Murphy Family Gift to Address Health Inequities
7/12/23
The endowment from Timothy and Vicki Murphy will support the Community Health Equity Research Institute and scholarships for nursing students.
Gayle’s Harrington Lecture Offers Insights on Buffalo, Education, Global Health
6/20/23
Buffalo native Helene Gayle, MD, MPH, an internationally-known expert on health and humanitarian issues, spoke on a wide range of topics during the 2023 Harrington Lecture June 3 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Event Stresses ‘Need to Heal’
5/18/23
Panelists at the “Racism, Racial Literacy and Mental Health” conversation tackled tough questions at an event marking the one-year anniversary of the Tops racist shooting.

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