With its move to a state-of-the-art facility on UB’s Downtown Campus, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will put superior medical education, clinical care and pioneering research in close proximity, anchoring Buffalo’s evolving comprehensive academic health center in a vibrant downtown setting.
CREATE state-of-the-art learning and research facilities that will encourage prospective students to study—and eventually practice—in Buffalo
ATTRACT world-class faculty to teach tomorrow’s practitioners, and to pioneer new medical treatments and technologies
IMPROVE patient care in the region through the availability of much-needed clinical services as well as innovative treatments
INCREASE the school’s enrollment, thus training
more physicians, especially in high-demand specialties such as
cardiology, endocrinology and biomedical informatics
GROW the university’s presence in downtown Buffalo and promote more collaboration with partner institutions on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
| LOCATION: | Main and High streets, Buffalo, N.Y. |
| GROSS SQUARE FEET: | 628,000 |
| OPENING: | 2017 |
| COST: | $375 million |
| PEOPLE: | 2,000-plus faculty, staff and students |
| PUBLIC TRANSIT: | New NFTA-Metro Allen/Hospital station integrated into building |
