Health and Wellness
Creating and promoting a healthy WNY community
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Helping patients quit smoking UB dental students use nonjudgmental tobacco counseling to encourage their patients to quit.| Learn more -
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Aiding with accident aftermath UB clinic helps victims with the anxiety of motor vehicle accidents. | Learn more -
Treating anxiety disorders Clinic helps to help people suffering from anxiety. | Learn more -
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Investing in medical research UB is pioneering a new generation of cancer diagnostics and treatments based on nanotechnology | Learn more -
Sharing medical knowledge with the community Each year the Mini Med School provides several hundred community members with lecturers by the school’s teachers and researchers on subjects ranging from coronary disease to sleep apnea. -
Treating children with ADHD and their parents through summer camp UB’s innovative Summer Treatment Program for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has effectively treated more than 2,500 children and families. | Learn more
Creating a New Generation of Health and Medical Practitioners
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Educating WNY’s health providers UB graduates make up the majority of licensed medical professionals in Erie County: 92.6 percent of dentists, 67.5 percent of pharmacists and 28 percent of physicians hold degrees from UB. -
Teaching the next-generation of physicians UBMD physicians are training next-generation physicians while serving over 100,000 patients per year -
Advancing the education of health care professionals Each year over 30,000 medical, dental and pharmacy professionals in WNY register in continuing education activities at UB. -
Keeping Pediatricians in WNY The medical school at University at Buffalo and Women and Children's Hospital play key roles in recruiting and retaining pediatricians in the region, atypical to a national trend of medical school graduates passing over primary care in favor of more lucrative practices.
Serving our community
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Keeping mouths healthy More than 120,000 community members receive free or reduced cost dental services through UB and affiliated dental clinics. -
Preventive health In partnership with Kaleida Health and the Catholic Health System, UB provides health screenings and flu shots that served more than 1,500 community members in 2006. -
Treating addiction and illness UB social work students provide services at more than 250 locations around the region in schools, addiction treatment centers and hospice programs. -
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Practicing wellness UB pharmacy students participate in wellness clinics to provide blood pressure screenings, blood tests and important health information to residents in underserved communities. -
Providing underserved communities with access to care The Jefferson clinic offers medical care to a neighborhood with limited access to medical | Learn more
Helping those in need
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Volunteering expertise During the 2005-06 academic year, UB medical school students volunteered over 4,479 hours at four clinics across the region that serve thousands of patients annually, including homeless women and children, refugees and the uninsured. -
Giving children and their parents a reason to smile Each year, Western New York children who do not have access to dental care receive free dental treatment from UB’s dental school on national Give Kids a Smile Day. | Learn more -
Providing free medical treatment to those in need UB’s Lighthouse Free Clinic on Buffalo’s East Side and Refugee Health and Cultural Awareness Program provide health services to more than 1,500 patients every year. -
Taking care of your body and mind
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