Recent Publications and Grants

Engaged in diverse basic, translational and clinical research, our faculty routinely publish in prestigious journals and successfully compete for major grants from national funders.

Recent Publications

Kougias P, Dosluoglu HH, Carson J, Shipra A, Nelson, P, Sarosi G, Scrymgeour A, Calais L, Ollison J. (2023) Transfusion Trigger after Operations in High Cardiac Risk Patients (TOP) Trial Protocol. Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Transfusion Strategy Trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. (May)
Celli BR, Fabbri LM, Aaron SD, Agusti A, Brook RD, Criner GJ, Franssen FME, Humbert M, Hurst JR, Montes de Oca M, Pantoni L, Papi A, Rodriguez-Roisin R, Sethi S, Stolz D, Torres A, Vogelmeier CF, Wedzicha JA. (2023) Differential Diagnosis of Suspected Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in the Acute Care Setting: Best Practice. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (May), 207(9): 1134-1144.
Lucasti C, Scott MM, Slowinski J, Maraschiello M, Clark LD, Kowalski JM. (2023) Early Surgical Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fractures With Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Scores Less Than 4. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (May), 31(9): e481-e488.
Pasnoor M, Bril V, Levine T, Trivedi J, Silvestri NJ, Phadnis M, Katzberg HD, Saperstein DS, Wolfe GI, Herbelin L, Higgs K, Heim AJ, Statland JM, Barohn RJ, Dimachkie MM. (2023) Phase 2 trial in acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive myasthenia gravis of transition from intravenous to subcutaneous immunoglobulin: The MGSCIg study.
Chang M, O'Brien-Irr M, Montross B, Dosluoglu HH, Harris L, Dryjski M, Rivero M, Khan SZ. (2023) Impact of Statins on Survival and Limb Salvage in Patients Undergoing Peripheral Endovascular Intervention for Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia. Annals of Vascular Surgery (Apr)
Zaphiros NH, Nie J, Chang S, Shah V, Kareem S, Zaaroura A, Kayler LK. (2023) Broad organ acceptance and equitable access to early kidney transplantation. Clinical transplantation (Apr), 37(4): e14916.
Zaphiros NH, Nie J, Chang S, Shah V, Kareem S, Zaaroura A, Kayler LK. (2023) Broad organ acceptance and equitable access to early kidney transplantation. Clinical transplantation (Apr), 37(4): e14916.
Johal G, Jonnala V, Pourafkari L, Sedghi S, Jafarsis S, Fernandez S, Iyer V, Nader ND. (2023) Energy loss index as a predictor of all-cause mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A long-term follow-up. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (Apr), 40(4): 327-334.
Turco GM, Gupta A, Monteleone P, Kelly KM, Klein RD, Wiltsie L, Barth M. (2023) An institutional review of genomic sequencing in pediatric solid tumors. Pediatric blood & cancer (Apr)e30324.
Vettese E, Sherani F, King AA, Yu L, Aftandilian C, Baggott C, Agarwal V, Nagasubramanian R, Kelly KM, Freyer DR, Orgel E, Bradfield SM, Kyono W, Roth M, Klesges LM, Beauchemin M, Grimes A, Tomlinson G, Dupuis LL, Sung L. (2023) Symptom management care pathway adaptation process and specific adaptation decisions. BMC cancer (Apr), 23(1): 350. doi:10.1186/s12885-023-10835-0
Ebrahimi Chaharom F, Ebrahimi AA, Feghhi Koochebagh F, Babalou Z, Ghojazadeh M, Aghebati Maleki L, Nader ND. (2023) Association of IL-17 serum levels with clinical findings and systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index. Immunological medicine (Apr)1-7.
Imdad A, Pandit NG, Zaman M, Minkoff NZ, Tanner-Smith EE, Gomez-Duarte OG, Acra S, Nicholson MR. (2023) Fecal transplantation for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. (Apr), 25(4): CD012774. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD012774.pub3
Patel KD, MacDonald MR, Ahmed SF, Singh J, Gulick AM. (2023) Structural advances toward understanding the catalytic activity and conformational dynamics of modular nonribosomal peptide synthetases. Natural product reports (Apr).
Parisi R, Patel RR, Rood G, Bowden A, Turco G, Korones DN, Andolina JR, Comito M, Barth M, Weintraub L. (2023) Multi-institution analysis of tumor mutational burden and outcomes in pediatric central nervous system tumor patients. Pediatric blood & cancer (Mar), 70(3): e30139.
Bouchard EG, Prince MA, McCarty C, Vincent PC, Patel H, LaValley SA, Collins RL, Sahler OJZ, Krenz T, Kelly KM. (2023) Understanding social network support, composition, and structure among cancer caregivers. Psycho-oncology (Mar), 32(3): 408-417.

Research Grants

NIH NCATS ASPIRE Design Award. Ram Samudrala (Principal Investigator). NIH. $100,000. 9/1/2019-1/1/2030.
NIH NCATS ASPIRE Reduction-to-Practice Award. Ram Samudrala (Co-Principal Investigator). NCATS. $1,220,000. 8/1/2021-1/1/2030.
VA Merit Review, 2IO1BX002659, Preventing and Reversing Interstitial Fibrosis in HFpEF. John Canty, Jr. (Principal Investigator). Department of Veterans Affairs. $709,984. 7/1/2020-6/1/2028.
NIH/NIAID (Morse) HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Unit. Andrew Talal (Co-Principal Investigator). 12/1/2013-4/1/2028.
Mid-scale RI-2: Compact X-ray Free-Electron Laser Project. Thomas Grant (Co-Investigator). National Science Foundation. $91,000,000. 3/1/2023-2/1/2028.
Epigenetics-Based Autism Treatment with Animal Models and Human Stem Cells. Zhen Yan (Principal Investigator). NINDS/NIH. $3,088,565. 2/1/2023-1/1/2028.
A Ribozyme Rescue Strategy for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration. John Sullivan (Principal Investigator). VA Central Office. $330,000. 1/1/2025-12/1/2027.
Exercise Reset for Concussion - Modifying the Buffalo Concussion Protocol for Application in a Military Environment. John Leddy (Principal Investigator). Department of Defense (CDMRP). 1/1/2023-12/1/2027.
NIH Application R01-HD108253-01A1 “The Impact of Hormonal Modulation on Systemic Inflammation and Central Sensitization”. Robert Taylor (Co-Investigator). NICHD. 11/1/2022-12/1/2027.
Modulation of oligodendrocyte development by voltage-operated calcium channels. Pablo Paez (Principal Investigator). National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). $1,993,750. 12/1/2021-11/1/2027.
Transcriptomic and Circuitry Aberrations in Alzheimer’s Disease. Zhen Yan (Principal Investigator). NIA/NIH. $3,710,395. 12/1/2022-11/1/2027.
Exercise Reset: Application of the Buffalo Concussion Protocol for the military. Barry Willer (Co-Principal Investigator). Department of Defence; Defence Health Agency. $7,601,790. 9/1/2022-10/1/2027.
Epigenetic Mechanisms That Drive Genetic Risk for Juvenile Arthritis. James Jarvis (Principal Investigator). NIH/NIAMS. $3,047,449. 10/1/2022-9/1/2027.
UB Family Medicine Residency Didactic Training in Behavioral Health. Linda Kahn (Co-Investigator). HRSA. $2,500,000. 12/1/2022-9/1/2027.
Primary Care Training and Enhancement - Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health. Sarah Abdelsayed (Principal Investigator). Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA). 12/1/2022-9/1/2027.

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