When the Jonathan Daniels Chapter of White Coats for Black Lives (WC4BL) at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences was planning its inaugural event, it wanted to introduce the organization, honor its namesake mentor, and provide a fun and compelling program for participants to enjoy.
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students celebrated their multicultural backgrounds at the annual Taste of Culture event Dec. 2 at the Jacobs School building.
UB’s Visiting Future Faculty Program (VITAL) returned for an encore as six outstanding doctoral students visited the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as part of an initiative to increase the number of faculty at UB from traditionally underrepresented populations in North America.
A summer research program focused on providing undergraduate students from diverse groups guidance toward graduate and professional careers in the biosciences recently wrapped up a successful 2022 campaign.
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences celebrated scientific achievements and outstanding service and teaching contributions during the 2022 Faculty and Staff Recognition Awards event.
Ebony Omotola McGee, PhD, has seen bias in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) firsthand, and she talked about her experiences and solutions to fix the problem during a lecture and workshop April 7.
Recognizing and overcoming systemic barriers preventing Black men from becoming medical doctors was the focus of a documentary film screening and panel discussion at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) has announced that Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of pharmacology and toxicology, is the recipient of the 2022 Julius Axelrod Award in Pharmacology.
Last year, Taste of Culture was one of many events wiped out by COVID-19. This year, organizers of the event brought it back — and they made it even bigger and better than before.
The University at Buffalo has a number of successful programs that provide career and professional development and opportunities for underrepresented students to develop into successful scientists and health professionals.
A trainee in the doctoral program in neuroscience is one of 18 young researchers across the United States selected for an award that supports for up to six years a defined pathway across career stages for outstanding graduate students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in neuroscience research.
An expert on neuropsychology and mutliple sclerosis and others who have made significant contributions to their fields and to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored with 2021 Faculty-Staff Recognition Awards.
Maxine Hayes, MD, ’73, a graduate of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, gave a talk as the recipient of the Medical School Alumni Association’s 2021 Distinguished Alumna Award.
Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, has been named a 2020 fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) and a 2021 Scientific Achievement Award winner.
