Department of Rehabilitation Science Scholarship Fund

Scholarships available through this fund provide critical financial support to underserved students.

Scholarships can make an extraordinary difference for students in need — including those who are the first in their families to attend college. This fund supports scholarships for students in the Department of Rehabilitation Science—part of the School of Public Health and Health Professions.

Rehabilitation science is about helping people live healthier, more active and independent lives. The field encompasses several disciplines—including occupational therapy and physical therapy—devoted to optimizing the quality of life for people whose functional capabilities are limited due to injury, disease, age or disability.

The department is dedicated to advancing knowledge through research in the disciplines of occupational therapy and physical therapy; developing students and practitioners in these and other health professions; and developing meaningful interdisciplinary collaborations in education, research and practice that promote and improve the health of people across the region, country and world.

The department’s programs have been recognized as among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of graduate schools.

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Other Public Health Funds

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Dr. Saxon Graham Epidemiology and Environmental Health Student Award
8/24/26
Given by the chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, the fund supports research activities that are conducted as part of a doctoral dissertation. Specifically, it includes a cash award to a graduating student for the best dissertation, and a research award given to a student to further their doctoral research.
Dr. Richard N. Schmidt Scholarship Fund
8/24/26
The Dr. Richard N. Schmidt Scholarship Fund recognizes Dr. Schmidt’s service to the University at Buffalo and the field of statistics, as well as his vital role in ensuring the ongoing success of the Department of Biostatistics and its students.
Alfred T. Caffiero Scholarship Endowment Fund
8/24/26
Throughout Al Caffiero’s distinguished career, he has displayed a caring attitude, altruism, creativity, clinical insight, dedication to the profession and an inspiring degree of optimism.
UB Fund for the School of Public Health and Health Professionals
8/24/26
UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions is one of only a handful of schools across the country that includes health-related professions as an integral component of the public health educational and research system.
School of Public Health and Health Professions Student Diversity Fund
8/24/26
The School of Public Health and Health Professions Student Diversity Fund offers critical financial support for students who will contribute to the diversity of the student body at the school.
Student Emergency Funds — School of Public Health and Health Professions
8/24/26
Emergencies involve circumstances which are beyond the student’s control, including a death in the family, accident, loss of property, loss of income or unanticipated educational expenses. These funds offer temporary one-time financial assistance for immediate and current emergency situations.
Epidemiology and Environmental Health Department Fund
8/24/26
This fund supports the Epidemiology and Environmental Health Department within UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions. Here, we focus on understanding the determinants and prevention of disease, the role of environmental factors in health and disease, and how the administration of health programs can help implement this understanding.
J. Warren Perry Endowed Scholarship Fund
8/24/26
Established in 1990 by Dr. J. Warren Perry and Dr. Charles D. Perry, this fund supports an annual scholarship for the benefit of upperclassmen or graduate students pursuing a degree program in the School of Public Health and Health Professions (formerly the School of Health Related Professions).
Department of Rehabilitation Science Scholarship Fund
8/24/26
Scholarships can make an extraordinary difference for students in need — including those who are the first in their families to attend college. This fund supports scholarships for students in the Department of Rehabilitation Science—part of the School of Public Health and Health Professions.
J. Warren Perry Lecture Fund
8/24/26
A prolific and accomplished scholar, administrator, author and lecturer, J. Warren Perry was founding dean of the University at Buffalo School of Health Related Professions (now the School of Public Health and Health Professions). He established this fund, along with his brother Dr. Charles D. Perry, to support an annual lecture at the school. The presenter of the lecture is typically someone of national stature and/or distinction in at least one significant area of interest to the allied health professions.
Susan E. Bennett Memorial Fund
8/24/26
Students in the Department of Rehabilitation Science receive support through this fund.
Lynn T. Kozlowski Community Health and Health Behavior Fund
8/24/26
This fund was named for the founding chair of the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, and former dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions, Dr. Lynn T. Kozlowski. Dr. Kozlowski’s longstanding impact on our University at Buffalo community through education, leadership, mentorship, and research advances in the field of public health will forever be remembered as we continue to support student academic success through this named fund. The fund provides resources for the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior.
Exercise Science Undergraduate Scholarship Award
8/24/26
Scholarships provide transformative opportunities for students in the exercise science program in the Department of Excercise and Nutrition Sciences — part of the School of Public Health and Health Professions. For underserved students (including those who are the first in their families to attend college), scholarships can be the deciding factor in choosing to attend UB, or being able to earn their degree.
Department of Biostatistics Scholarship Fund
8/24/26
The Department of Biostatistics Scholarship Fund offers transformative educational opportunities to UB students — including many who are the first in their families to attend college.
Women's Health Initiative Fund
8/24/26
The Buffalo-based Women’s Health Initiative is a nationwide research study of older women. For a quarter century, UB has been a key leader in this initiative, and our discoveries have transformed our understanding and helped benefit millions of women, here and worldwide.
Kathleen M. Shaffer Memorial Award Fund
8/24/26
The friends and family of Kathleen M. Shaffer established this fund in 2008 to honor her passion and skill. The fund supports an annual award to a fifth-year student who has displayed academic and clinical excellence and promise in the field of occupational therapy within the School of Public Health and Health Professions.

News from the School of Public Health and Health Professions

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SPHHP’s Athletic Training Program Receives Maximum Initial Accreditation
4/30/20
The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) has awarded University at Buffalo’s Athletic Training Program initial accreditation.
Heat illness expert urges caution for most vulnerable
7/15/22
The rate of heat-related deaths keeps increasing because people are not adequately informed, UB faculty member Riana Pryor says.
High School Statistics Competition Showcases Student Research Across Western New York
7/2/26
Twenty-five students from three Western New York high schools gathered at the University at Buffalo on May 28 for the annual High School Statistics Competition. The annual event is organized by the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Health Professions and sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s BERD Core.
SPHHP professor emeritus to receive distinguished alumni award
9/30/24
Gary Giovino, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, will be recognized on Thurs., Oct. 17, with the Distinguished Alumni Award for the School of Public Health and Health Professions.
SPHHP Faculty Gain Honors and Appointments
8/12/21
The expertise and work of several faculty in the School of Public Health and Health Professions have recently garnered recognition in their fields.
Doctoral Students' Research Published
2/26/21
Several doctoral students in SPHHP’s Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health have had work accepted and published recently.
2022
4/19/22