Stephen J. Paolini, M.D. Memorial Fund

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences students in the classroom and lab for the gross anatomy lab class in the Medical School Building.

Medical students who exemplify compassion and empathy receive awards through this fund.

Established by Erie County Medical Center Medical-Dental staff and alumni gifts, this fund provides an annual award to a University at Buffalo medical student who has demonstrated an exceptional level of caring for others.

The purpose of the Stephen J. Paolini, M.D. Memorial Fund is to encourage humanitarian concern for patients throughout a student’s training and professional career.

Dr. Paolini, who earned his medical degree from UB, was an associate clinical professor at UB and a physician at ECMC, where he served on numerous committees. He also served as a medical officer in the Air Force. He died in 1992. 

In the world of medicine, there is always more that we can do. More physicians we can train. More discoveries we can make. More lives we can save. Now, even as we celebrate all we have recently achieved, we continue to look forward to the possibilities ahead. Bold ambitions require big investments—and generous support. Together, we will continue to build on our shared success and lead the way toward the future of medicine.

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News from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  • Research Community Gathers at Microbiology Conference
    6/12/23

    The microbiology research community in Western New York and beyond gathered for the 33rd annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis, hosted by the Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology.

  • D-Link Resumes In-Person Meets for Teens With Diabetes
    10/6/23

    After a multi-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the D-Link diabetes support group has resumed in-person monthly meetings for teenagers with diabetes.

  • Long White Coat Ceremony Celebrates New Doctors
    7/12/23

    New doctors at the University at Buffalo donned their long white coats for the first time during an early morning ceremony June 30 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building in downtown Buffalo.

  • Sullivan Awarded RO1 Grant to Further RNA Research
    9/15/23

    John “Jack” M. Sullivan, MD, PhD, professor of ophthalmology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a four-year National Eye Institute RO1 grant to continue research in RNA therapeutics.

  • UB, MSU Students Reflect on Mass Shootings
    5/22/23

    Almost a year to the day after the May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, a group of 18 medical students gathered for lunch and conversation in the annex of the Hopewell Baptist Church on Fillmore Avenue. The students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University were all familiar with the universal struggles that go along with attending medical school. But that wasn’t the only thing they had in common. 

  • 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.

  • Family Medicine Doctors Handle Home Birth in Blizzard
    1/19/23

    In the midst of one of the worst blizzards in Buffalo’s history, a group of physicians from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences played vital roles in a special Christmas Day delivery.