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  • 10/20/20 Our Services
  • 1/27/22 Our Projects
  • 5/18/23 Recent Initiatives
  • 6/21/25 News and Announcements
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  • Recent Initiatives
Learn more about our most recent initiatives below:
  • Karen Frank.
    Karen Frank joins UB’s Jacobs School as chair of pathology and anatomical sciences
    12/22/25

    Frank has been chief of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center since 2018.

  • Baird Point at sunset.
    2025: A look back at UB’s research and creative activities
    12/18/25

    From bird flu vaccines to Grammy-winning musical compositions, UB scholars are dedicated to creating a safer, healthier and brighter future.

  • Venu Govindaraju (left) and Chancellor John King seated at a table, talking.
    2025: University at Buffalo solidifies leadership in AI, data science
    12/18/25

    UB is tapping AI’s incredible power to address global challenges by advancing education, research and outreach.

  • Empire AI computer servers.
    Empire AI powers bold new research at UB, from surgery to climate science
    12/15/25

    New wave of projects push innovation in these high-stakes challenges.

  • MRI image of brain showing with white arrow location of paramagnetic rim lesion.
    Clinicians now have powerful new tools to diagnose MS earlier, thanks in part to UB research
    12/11/25

    Extensive study by UB researchers into an MRI marker in the brain called paramagnetic rim lesions is helping lead to faster, more effective diagnosis of MS.  

  • Sathy Balu-Iyer pictured in his lab.
    UB’s Sathy Balu-Iyer named 2025 fellow in the National Academy of Inventors
    12/11/25

    Pharmacy professor’s research work, numerous patents lead to inclusion in prestigious organization.

  • Two pharmacy students seated at a table in a Tops Friendly Market.
    UB pharmacy students working to reduce illness, increase immunizations in partnership with Tops Markets
    12/9/25

    Third-year students provide education and screenings at select Tops pharmacies.

  • Kevin McGee (left), with UBMD, Josh Lynch (center), with JSMBS, and Amanda Martinez, a nurse practitioner with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office, pictured in front of the Erie County Holding Center.
    How to ensure people with opioid use disorder released from prison stay on the recovery path? A solution takes root in Buffalo
    12/9/25

    A partnership between the MATTERS Network, UB, and the Erie County Sheriff’s Office is working to ensure that upon release from prison people who need medication for addiction treatment, linkage to treatment programs and support continue to receive it without interruption.

  • Concept of genetic heart disease featuring an anatomical illustration of a heart and strands of DNA.
    Study: A genetic variant may be the reason why some children with myocarditis develop heart failure, which could be fatal
    12/5/25

    A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — at higher risk of developing heart failure, which can be fatal, according to a new study.

  • Concept of Instacart shopping featuring a phone that looks like a paper grocery bag with food and a reciept sticking out of the top.
    Study: Family grocery purchases improved when online grocery carts were preloaded with healthy ingredients
    12/3/25

    UB researchers have shown that preloading Instacart online grocery carts with healthy ingredients could be a useful tool for improving the diets of families with young kids at risk for obesity. 

  • A person walking into a polling place.
    UB study reveals shift in pharmacy students’ perceptions of patients with mental illness
    12/1/25

    Published study indicates that presenting facts can influence views, reduce stigmas.

  • Illustration of the human pancreas and detail of a cluster of cells.
    UB pharmacy researcher makes diabetes breakthrough in $3.5 million funded study
    12/1/25

    Discovery featured on cover of Analytical Chemistry could potentially slow progression to full-blown diabetes.

  • Troy Woodard.
    UB’s Jacobs School names Troy Woodard chair of the Department of Otolaryngology
    12/1/25

    Troy D. Woodard, MD, section head of rhinology, sinus and skull base surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, has been appointed chair of the Department of Otolaryngology in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and president and chief executive officer of UB Otolaryngology.

  • A medical professional examines a woman with a large bruise on her head.
    ‘We can’t wait until 2042’ writes UB expert about implementing new guidelines for treating concussion/mild TBI
    11/24/25

    A UB expert wrote an editorial accompanying the new clinical practice guidelines for treating adults with concussion or mild traumatic brain injury and geared toward primary care providers.

  • Close up of a person wearing a continuous glucose monitor and the phone app.
    Study explores AI-enhanced wearable devices for Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes care
    11/20/25

    UB researchers have published the first comprehensive meta-review of AI-enhanced wearables for people with prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. 

  • Medical training dummy simulates infant CPR procedure, showing hands performing chest compressions.
    New pediatric basic life support guidelines seek to improve outcomes, optimize care, says UB co-author
    11/12/25

    Significantly improving survival odds after sudden cardiac arrest in children and adolescents is the goal of the 2025 Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care for pediatric patients. 

  • Lucy Mastrandrea standing in white coat.
    UB professor elected to the American Pediatric Society
    11/11/25

    Lucy D. Mastrandrea, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been elected to membership in the American Pediatric Society.

  • Synaptic cleft changes.
    Study: UB research overturns prevailing assumptions about NMDA receptor calcium signals
    11/6/25

    Surprising findings published in PNAS have implications for understanding and treating neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. 

  • A physical therapist working with a patient.
    Western New Yorkers were significant contributors to major NEJM study that confirmed exercise and PT help ease knee pain
    10/29/25

    More than half the participants in a national study on exercise and PT for knee pain were UBMD Ortho patients. 

  • View of exterior of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science with surrounding buildings reflected in the glass façade.
    To boost the number of physicians serving Buffalo, the Jacobs School is launching the Buffalo Primary Care Initiative
    10/23/25

    The goal of the new, three-year MD program with full scholarships is to increase the number of primary care physicians in Buffalo’s East and West side neighborhoods.

  • A group of sugeons in an operating room.
    In a first at an ambulatory surgery center, UB neurosurgeons placed a carotid artery stent and the patient was discharged the same day
    10/20/25

    The neurosurgeons say this marks a paradigm shift in how complex neurovascular interventions can safely be delivered. 

  • Alison Brashear.
    Allison Brashear is elected to the National Academy of Medicine
    10/20/25

    Election to the academy, considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. 

  • Megan DeAngelis is pointing to an image of the macula on a slide that is projected on the wall behind her.
    Is age-related macular degeneration different in women? UB ophthalmology researchers are investigating
    10/15/25

    Researchers have received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to study sex-specific mechanisms for AMD. 

  • Anthony Martinez is standing in the clinic with a poster about hepatitis C on the wall.
    Fatty liver disease is a growing, silent epidemic, especially among younger patients, says UB physician
    10/14/25

    Once almost exclusively seen in older adults, fatty liver disease, which can be fatal if untreated, is now one of the world’s fastest-growing diseases. And it’s increasingly occurring in young people as well. 

  • Joshua Lynch delivers a presentation about MATTERS.
    Joshua Lynch accepted into national drug abuse program for innovators
    10/9/25

    Johns Hopkins recognizes emergency medicine professor for his pioneering opioid treatment program.

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