The Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences has some of UB's top faculty with expertise in the areas of Global Biomedical Sciences.
Biomedical Research Building UB South Campus
Gale R. Burstein MD, MPH
Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Email: grb4@buffalo.edu
Raymond Cha, BS, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Email: rcha@buffalo.edu
John K. Crane MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Micro & Immunol. and of Pharmacol & Tox.
Department of Medicine Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Email: jcrane@buffalo.edu
Robin DiFrancesco
Research Associate Professor
UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: rda@buffalo.edu
Peter Elkin, MD, MACP, FACMI, FNYAM
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics & Professor of Internal Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Email: elkinp@buffalo.edu
Joseph Gambacorta
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Email: jeg9@buffalo.edu
Samuel Gavi
Project Staff Assistant
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: samuelga@buffalo.edu
Akua Gyamerah, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Email: akuagyam@buffalo.edu
Mark Hicar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Email: markhica@buffalo.edu
Jill Hochreiter
Senior Research Support Specialist
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Email: jsh6@buffalo.edu
John Hu, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Jeffrey Lombardo, PharmD
Research Assistant Professor
Translational Pharmacology Research Core, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: jcl2@buffalo.edu
Qing Ma PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Clinical and Translational Therapeutics
Department of Pharmacy Practice School of Pharmacy
Email: qingma@buffalo.edu
Donald Mager, PharmD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy
Email: dmager@buffalo.edu
Supriya D. Mahajan PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Email: smahajan@buffalo.edu
Kinzer M Pointer
Adjunct Faculty, Liberty Missionary Baptist Church
University at Buffalo
Email: kinzermpointer@gmail.com
Paras N. Prasad, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine and Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo
Email: pnprasad@buffalo.edu
Gina M. Prescott PharmD
Clinical Professor and Director of Global and Community Outreach, Division of Outcomes and Practice Advancement
Department of Pharmacy Practice School of Pharmacy
Email: gmzurick@buffalo.edu
Sarahmona Przybyla PhD, MPH
Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Public Health Programs
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Email: mona@buffalo.edu
Teresa Quattrin, MD
UB Distinguished Professor; Associate Dean for Research Integration
Department of Pediatrics Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Email: quattrin@buffalo.edu
Mary Reid, BSN, MSPH, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Social and Preventative Medicine, School of Public Health
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Email: mary.reid@roswellpark.org
Stanley Schwartz, MD, PhD
UB Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Microbiology & Immunology, University at Buffalo Division Chief, Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology Chief of Medicine, Kaleida Health;
Email: sasimmun@buffalo.edu
Satish Sharma MD,FACS
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, You First Services; Research Associate Professor of Urology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Email: ss466@buffalo.edu
Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah
Chair, CIGBS Sustainable Development Leadership Committee, Director, Center for Global Impact, School of Management
University at Buffalo
Email: dasamoah@buffalo.edu
Yijun Sun, PhD
Professor of Bioinformatics, Associate Director of AI and Health Science
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Email: yijunsun@buffalo.edu
Dr. Rolanda L. Ward, MSW, MDiv
Associate Professor
State University of New York; Niagara University
























