Center Spotlights

The Canon Stroke Research Center center is a quintessential example of multidisciplinary cooperation and partnership. Within the facility, faculty in the basic sciences and from diverse clinical specialties—including radiation physics, biomedical and aerospace engineering, polymer chemistry, neuroradiology, neurology and neurosurgery—contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of stroke prevention and treatment.

The Center for Pediatric Behavioral Medicine was established by Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, who is one of the world’s foremost experts in the area of childhood obesity.

The Center for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine is an interdisciplinary research center directed by John M. Canty Jr., MD, Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Chair in Cardiovascular Disease, who has led pioneering studies on the mechanisms involved in sudden cardiac death.

The COPD Studies Unit is home to the longest-running prospective study of COPD in the world.

The Diabetes-Endocrinology Center of Western New York is led by endocrinologist Paresh Dandona, MD, UB Distinguished Professor of Medicine, who has garnered an international reputation for his research findings that challenge the long-held belief that use of insulin leads to atherosclerosis, heart attacks and strokes.

The Pediatric Endocrinology Diabetes Center is directed by Teresa Quattrin, MD, an internationally known physician-scientist who is professor and chair of pediatrics at UB and pediatrician-in chief at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.