Diversity and Inclusion Fund

Lab of Microbiology & Immunology Professor Terry Connell.

This fund provides financial resources that support and promote excellence through diversity in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

The Diversity and Inclusion Funds may support a variety efforts throughout the school, including a student scholarship, programs for individuals from underrepresented groups, and other initiatives to advance justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

At the medical school, we strive to attract, integrate, and engage a diverse community of faculty, residents, students, staff and health care professionals, as we work together to improve health equity for all.

Here, diversity is an active commitment to nurturing future physicians who are dedicated to eliminating health care disparities and helping those most in need. We promote diversity in part by recruiting students who appreciate and learn from each other’s differences while collaborating toward a common goal—namely, delivering exemplary care to all.

Our students’ diverse perspectives are helping them evolve not only into physicians who are fully equipped to meet the health care needs of a pluralistic society, but leaders who will develop the most creative solutions to the complex challenges facing 21st century medicine.

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News from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  • Neuroscientist Wins Travel Award to ACNP Meeting
    12/22/23

    Sergio Dominguez-Lopez, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, received a travel award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) to attend its annual meeting Dec. 3-6 in Tampa, Florida.

  • Jacobs School Bolstering Faculty at Historic Rate
    10/25/23

    The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo has hired more than 100 new faculty members since the beginning of 2023 — a record amount that shows the school’s commitment to contribute to UB’s long-range strategic goal of being recognized among the Top 25 public research universities in the nation.

  • Samudrala, Falls Get Funding for Various Research Projects
    4/4/23

    Ram Samudrala, PhD, professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and chief of its Division of Bioinformatics, and Zackary M. Falls, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, have been involved in research that has resulted in four recent successful funding projects — three grants and a challenge.

  • Future of Health Care Taking Shape at the Jacobs School
    10/26/23

    The 2023 State of the School address by Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, was titled “Shaping the Future of Health Care” and focused on how the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences continues to play a leading role in improving the health of the Western New York community and beyond.

  • Powerlifting Champion Tyler is Also Top-Flight Researcher
    8/11/23

    Panayotis Thanos, PhD, senior research scientist in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, only knew of John Tyler as a student researcher in his lab who liked to work out when Tyler asked him for some time off in May.

  • Popescu Recipient of NINDS Research Program Award
    5/3/23

    Gabriela K. Popescu, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is the first SUNY-affiliated recipient of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Research Program Award (R35).

  • 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.