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MS Is More Aggressive in Children but Slower to Cause Disability than in Adults 11/16/09 Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in childhood show that pediatric onset multiple sclerosis is more aggressive, and causes more brain lesions, than MS diagnosed in adulthood, researchers at the University at Buffalo have reported.
Three UB Students Receive Fulbright Student Scholarships for 2009-10 View Photo 11/11/09 Three University at Buffalo students were awarded Fulbright student scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year and are abroad studying and contributing to the health and education systems of other countries.
UB Researcher is Part of $13 Million Grant from NCI to Cornell University to Establish a New Microenvironment and Metastasis Research Center View Photo 10/26/09 Gail Seigel, PhD, research assistant professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Physiology and Biophysics, will be part of a group of researchers taking part in the new National Cancer Institute-funded Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Cornell University.
Nancy Nielsen Elected to the Institute of Medicine View Photo 10/14/09 Nancy H. Nielsen, M.D., Ph.D., senior associate dean for medical education and a clinical professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo, has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. IOM membership is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
Neurologists Investigate Possible New Underlying Cause of MS View Photo 10/14/09 Neurologists at the University at Buffalo are beginning a research study that could overturn the prevailing wisdom on the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). The researchers will test the possibility that the symptoms of MS result from narrowing of the primary veins outside the skull, a condition called "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency," or CCSVI.
Bessette Named AVP for Health Sciences at UB 10/09/09 Russell W. Bessette, MD, a former executive director of the New York State Agency for Science Technology & Academic Research (NYSTAR), has been named associate vice president for health sciences and director of health information technology at the University at Buffalo.
$7 Million Grant to UBMD Will Develop Health Care Informatics System Targeting Kidney Disease in WNY 10/07/09 UBMD, the University at Buffalo's 450-member physician practice plan, has received a $7 million grant from the New York State Department of Health HEAL NY initiative to implement a novel electronic records system to track and manage treatment of chronic kidney disease in real time, with the goal of reducing the number of patients in Western New York who develop end stage kidney disease (ESRD).
Women & Children's Hospital, The Children's Guild Foundation and UB Create the Autism Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence View Photo 10/02/09 Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and The Children's Guild Foundation, along with the University at Buffalo, have announced the formation of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence, funded by a $585,000 grant from the foundation.
UB Hero the Right Person, Right Researcher to be on the Scene Yesterday View Photo 09/04/09 Dietrich Jehle, M.D., the University at Buffalo professor of emergency medicine, who helped save lives on the scene of the 6-car accident on the I-190 expressway on Thursday, coincidentally is particularly knowledgeable about the dangers of car crashes.
UB 2020 Symposium Highlights "Chemical Biology in the 21st Century" 08/31/09 Some of the most influential new ideas -- and the scientists who developed them -- in the emerging field of chemical biology are coming to the Sept. 12 symposium on "Chemical Biology in the 21st Century" sponsored by the University at Buffalo and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.


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Three UB Students Receive Fulbright Student Scholarships for 2009-10 View Photo 11/11/09 Three University at Buffalo students were awarded Fulbright student scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year and are abroad studying and contributing to the health and education systems of other countries. UB Researcher is Part of $13 Million Grant from NCI to Cornell University to Establish a New Microenvironment and Metastasis Research Center View Photo 10/26/09 Gail Seigel, PhD, research assistant professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Physiology and Biophysics, will be part of a group of researchers taking part in the new National Cancer Institute-funded Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis, which will be headquartered at Cornell University. Nancy Nielsen Elected to the Institute of Medicine View Photo 10/14/09 Nancy H. Nielsen, M.D., Ph.D., senior associate dean for medical education and a clinical professor of medicine at the University at Buffalo, has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. IOM membership is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Neurologists Investigate Possible New Underlying Cause of MS View Photo 10/14/09 Neurologists at the University at Buffalo are beginning a research study that could overturn the prevailing wisdom on the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). The researchers will test the possibility that the symptoms of MS result from narrowing of the primary veins outside the skull, a condition called "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency," or CCSVI. Bessette Named AVP for Health Sciences at UB 10/09/09 Russell W. Bessette, MD, a former executive director of the New York State Agency for Science Technology & Academic Research (NYSTAR), has been named associate vice president for health sciences and director of health information technology at the University at Buffalo. $7 Million Grant to UBMD Will Develop Health Care Informatics System Targeting Kidney Disease in WNY 10/07/09 UBMD, the University at Buffalo's 450-member physician practice plan, has received a $7 million grant from the New York State Department of Health HEAL NY initiative to implement a novel electronic records system to track and manage treatment of chronic kidney disease in real time, with the goal of reducing the number of patients in Western New York who develop end stage kidney disease (ESRD). Women & Children's Hospital, The Children's Guild Foundation and UB Create the Autism Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence View Photo 10/02/09 Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and The Children's Guild Foundation, along with the University at Buffalo, have announced the formation of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Center of Excellence, funded by a $585,000 grant from the foundation. UB Hero the Right Person, Right Researcher to be on the Scene Yesterday View Photo 09/04/09 Dietrich Jehle, M.D., the University at Buffalo professor of emergency medicine, who helped save lives on the scene of the 6-car accident on the I-190 expressway on Thursday, coincidentally is particularly knowledgeable about the dangers of car crashes. UB 2020 Symposium Highlights "Chemical Biology in the 21st Century" 08/31/09 Some of the most influential new ideas -- and the scientists who developed them -- in the emerging field of chemical biology are coming to the Sept. 12 symposium on "Chemical Biology in the 21st Century" sponsored by the University at Buffalo and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.	UB student Katherine Cumberland is teaching in Taiwan on a Fulbright scholarship. She previously worked three years in Lima, Peru working with Food for the Hungry International. 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