News

  • Media Advisory: UB maternal health forum celebrates the life of Pearl Young with keynote talk by Barbara Ross-Lee
    9/26/23

    Improving maternal health outcomes is the focus of “A Mother Pearl Young Legacy Forum on Hope and Healing: Advancing Key Maternal Health Policies,” which will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

  • ‘Million Hearts’ initiative promotes heart health
    8/18/23

    For Susan Grinslade, community engagement coordinator in the School of Nursing, the Million Hearts initiative is more than a snappy, well-meaning slogan.

    Since 2016, when she was a member of the African American Health Equity Task Force, Grinslade has been an activist and advocate for helping people in underserved communities become more aware of heart problems.

  • Murphy Family gift to Address Health Inequity
    8/15/23

    UB will continue its commitment to addressing adverse social determinants of health in the community through its cutting-edge Community Health Equity Research Institute, thanks to support from Timothy and Vicki Murphy.

    Murphy, SUNY Distinguished Professor and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and his wife, Vicki, recently provided a generous donation to fund pilot studies in the Community Health Equity Research Institute and scholarship opportunities in mental health nursing in the School of Nursing, from which Vicki is a graduate.

  • Susan Grinslade selected as AAN Fellow
    7/11/23

    The American Nurses Association announced the induction of University at Buffalo School of Nursing clinical professor Susan Grinslade into its 2023 class of fellows.

    Grinslade, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, is the associate director of UB’s Community Health Research Institute. She is also the School of Nursing’s community engagement coordinator.

  • Prioritizing Minority Mental Health
    7/3/23

    Mental health matters! Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, act, handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is just as important as physical health throughout our lives.

  • CAS announces 2023-24 Distinguished Visiting Scholars
    5/26/23

    Ten highly accomplished scholars and artists will come to UB this fall as members of the newest cohort of the year-long Distinguished Visiting Scholars (DVS) program in the College of Arts and Sciences. Their work will help elucidate social inequality and advance social justice within the university and Buffalo community.

  • Community Violence Intervention Focus of Pediatrics Event
    5/17/23

    UB faculty member Sarah J. Ventre opened the second Community Advocacy Conference by talking about the first such event, which took place last year.

    She talked about how pediatric residents, faculty and students connected with members of community organizations, and about the ideals they discussed and the “high hopes” they had for mitigating health care disparities in Western New York through engagement and collaboration.

  • Remembering May 14
    5/1/23

    Mayor Byron Brown announces the schedule of remembrance events for the “5/14 Remembrance Weekend: Reflection, Healing & Hope.”

  • National Minority Health Month 2023
    4/13/23

    Every April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) observes National Minority Health Month to highlight the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities and reducing health disparities.