UB Public Health News

UB Physician, UCLA Colleague Criticize TV Ad Campaign

2008-05-14T00:00:00-04:00

A "direct-to-consumer" advertising (DTCA) campaign shown on network television over the past six months touting the benefits of a specific stent device used to prop open clogged arteries should be viewed as "potentially deceptive," asserts a commentary co-authored by a University at Buffalo cardiologist in the current on-line issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Study Describes Mechanism Linking Alcohol with Risk of Breast Cancer

2008-04-30T00:00:00-04:00

The known association of alcohol consumption with an increased risk of breast cancer has been linked by researchers at the University at Buffalo to a process that causes genes that promote normal cell growth to produce proteins that precipitate unregulated cell growth, an action known as hypermethylation.

Common Plant Component Shows Potential as MS Treatment

2008-04-17T00:00:00-04:00

Plant sterols, known to help reduce high cholesterol, also may be effective in treating the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS), novel research by University at Buffalo investigators has shown.

Restricting Kids' Video Time Reduces Obesity, Randomized Trial Shows

2008-03-03T00:00:00-04:00

Entrenched sedentary behavior such as watching television and playing computer video games has been the bane for years of parents of overweight children and physicians trying to help those children lose pounds. University at Buffalo researchers now have shown in a randomized trial that by using a device that automatically restricted video-viewing time, parents reduced their children's video time by an average of 17.5 hours a week and lowered their body-mass index (BMI) significantly.

Collins Named Associate Dean at University at Buffalo

2008-02-04T00:00:00-04:00

R. Lorraine Collins, Ph.D., a prolific researcher in the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) for 22 years, has been appointed associate dean for research in the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions and a professor in its Department of Health Behavior.

3 Faculty Members, Former Dean Named SUNY Distinguished Professors

2007-12-06T00:00:00-04:00

Three University at Buffalo faculty members and a former dean have been named SUNY Distinguished Professors -- the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system -- by the SUNY Board of Trustees. Of the eight Distinguished Professors appointed by the trustees at their meeting last week, four have ties to UB.

Researchers Investigate Effect of PTSD on Brain Function

2007-12-06T00:00:00-04:00

Police officers hold the second most stressful job (inner-city high school teacher is first), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This comes as no surprise to the University at Buffalo's John Violanti, a former member of the New York State Police and principal investigator on a pilot study of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police officers.

Severely Restricted Diet Linked to Physical Fitness into Old Age

2007-10-22T00:00:00-04:00

Severely restricting calories leads to a longer life, scientists have proved. New research now has shown for the first time that such a diet also can maintain physical fitness into advanced age, slowing the seemingly inevitable progression to physical disability and loss of independence.

Kozlowski Named Interim Dean of School of Public Health and Health Professions

2007-09-24T00:00:00-04:00

Lynn T. Kozlowski, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Health Behavior in the University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, has been named interim dean of the school effective Sept. 24.

Trevisan to Head University of Nevada Health Sciences System

2007-08-17T00:00:00-04:00

Maurizio Trevisan, founding dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo, has been named executive vice chancellor and chief executive officer of the University of Nevada Health Sciences System, the Nevada System of Higher Education.