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Learn more about our most recent initiatives below:
  • Helene Gayle, MD.
    Helene Gayle, MD, president of Spelman College to give Jacobs School’s Harrington Lecture
    5/25/23

    One of Buffalo’s most prominent native daughters, Helene Gayle, MD, an internationally recognized expert on health and humanitarian issues, will give the 2023 Harrington Lecture on June 3.

  • Gloved hands washing someone's foot in foot bath.
    Media Advisory: Fruit Belt residents will get free foot care and health screenings at MOOT senior center
    5/23/23

    Residents of the Fruit Belt and surrounding neighborhoods can get expert care for their feet and critical health screenings on Saturday, June 3, at a free clinic at the MOOT Senior Center in Buffalo.

  • Map of New York State with the eight counties of Western New York highlighted and encircled by an Alzheimers awareness ribbon.
    UB’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center expands outreach to patients, caregivers and providers
    5/22/23

    UB's Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center is significantly expanding its geographic outreach to patients, families, caregivers and medical providers. 

  • UB logo.
    UB CIGBS to host Zimbabwe faculty development program
    5/18/23

    Effort will boost national university network in Zimbabwe.

  • Gene Morse, PharmD.
    UB Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences selected to host Zimbabwe Emerging Faculty Development Program
    5/18/23
    The University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB SUNY) has been selected to be the United States host for the Zimbabwe Emerging Faculty Development Program (ZEFDP). Through a grant funded by the U.S. Department of State to the Institute of International Education, a global non-profit organization facilitating international exchange, the program will bring nine faculty from different universities in Zimbabwe to UB for six weeks beginning in early June 2023. The programmatic areas include biomedical research, pharmacy, university administration, public health, and sustainable development. 
  • Zoom image: After leaving UB in 1999 just shy of getting her degree, Esmedelin Sippel re-enrolled in 2022 and will graduate with pride this weekend. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
    New UB grad finishes what she started 30 years ago
    5/17/23

    After leaving UB in 1999 just shy of getting her degree, Esmedelin Sippel re-enrolled in 2022 and will graduate with pride this weekend.

  • Still from Tammie Lee Demmler True Blue video.
    Demler’s True Blue pride never wanes
    5/11/23

    Commencement season holds special meaning for the three-time UB alum and pharmacy school faculty member.

  • A researcher does pipetting in a lab.
    UB dental school breaks into top 10 in U.S. dental research, NIDCR says
    5/3/23

    The School of Dental Medicine is now ninth nationwide, an improvement of five spots from the previous year.

  • Illustration of eye anatomy and macular degeneration.
    Novel disease mechanisms for AMD emerge from a decade's worth of systems biology research
    5/3/23

    The first genome-wide significant study of the epigenetics of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has yielded a trove of genetic mechanisms and pathways that are responsible for this disease.

  • David Milling standing in med school atrium, wearing suit jacket and tie.
    National Board of Medical Examiners names UB’s Milling treasurer
    4/28/23

    David A. Milling, MD, executive director of the Offices of Medical Education and senior associate dean for medical education at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been elected treasurer of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).

  • Lea Kyle (left) and Sydney Swedick.
    Two UB students named Goldwater Scholars
    4/25/23

    Lea Kyle and Sydney Swedick are recipients of the most prestigious research scholarship offered for undergrad STEM students.

  • Bronze bison statue.
    UB grad programs among top in U.S. News rankings
    4/25/23

    Dozens of schools and programs are among the nation's best, according to the latest rankings.

  • Tanya Verma Jimerson, left, and Meghan Murphy Cloutier were awarded WNY Medical Scholarships.
    WNY Medical Scholarships help keep the doctors UB trains close to home
    4/24/23

    Since it first started receiving donations in 2012, the WNY medical scholarship fund has raised more than $4 million from private donors, local hospitals and insurance companies and other businesses and has distributed scholarships to 31 Jacobs School students

  • aerial view of Jacobs School.
    Media Advisory: Jacobs School fellows present their social justice research
    4/18/23

    Medical students who are recipients of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ 2022 Fellowships in Social Justice, Equity Administration and Leadership will share their research findings at a symposium on Wednesday, April 19, from 5 to 8 p.m.

  • Close up of a person receiving a vaccine in the arm.
    Big data study refutes anti-vax blood clot claims about COVID-19 vaccines
    4/14/23

    A study led by University at Buffalo researchers has confirmed that contrary to claims by anti-vaccine proponents, COVID-19 vaccines pose only trivial risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots. 

  • Eric Rubin.
    Media Advisory: New England Journal of Medicine editor-in-chief will be keynote speaker at Jacobs School commencement
    4/12/23

    The MD commencement ceremony for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will feature Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, editor-in-chief of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, as keynote speaker.

  • Health care and medical concept, featuring a globe and various healthcare-related icons.
    UB, partners receive $1.5 million NIH grant for infectious disease training program
    4/11/23

    The award will train 10 Jamaican scientists focusing on emerging and chronic viral infections.

  • Various aspects of treating type 1 diabetes including diet, medication, weight control, blood sugar monitoring.
    Global Type 1 diabetes burden high despite advances, reports Lancet overview of the disease
    4/11/23

    The past few years have seen numerous advances in the understanding of how Type 1 diabetes develops and how to manage it, yet the global disease burden remains high.

  • Dean Gary Pollack.
    A conversation with Dean Pollack
    4/5/23

    The dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences talked with his vision for the school and what brought him back to UB after earning his PhD here in 1984.

  • Jon Lovell stands inside his lab.
    Jonathan Lovell inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows
    3/27/23

    Lovell received the honor for his work on drug and vaccine delivery.

  • From left, Rep. Brian Higgins, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Satish K. Tripath, Brian Pilarski (SBCA Executive Director), Bryan Bollman (Buffalo Council Member).
    Federal funding to support mobile health unit
    3/24/23

    The unit will be based in Buffalo’s Seneca Babcock neighborhood and will also operate in other medically underserved communities in WNY.

  • Smartphone displaying an online grocery shopping app.
    UB and Instacart partner on project designed to make it easier for families to eat healthy
    3/24/23

    UB researchers who study what makes people buy and eat healthy foods are teaming up with Instacart to test nutrition intervention programs for families at higher risk for obesity.

  • UB neontaologist Praveen Chandrasekharan with his wife, Munmun Rawat, also a UB neonatologist, with their two young sons at Niagara Falls.
    UB pediatrician to receive Physician of the Year Award from WNY Perinatal Bereavement Network
    3/20/23

    A UB physician who specializes in caring for newborns will receive the Physician of the Year Award from The Western New York Perinatal Bereavement Network, Inc. (WNYPBN).

  • Aerial view of the exterior of the Jacobs School on Main St.
    Media Advisory: UB’s Jacobs School opens its doors to the city for its first Community Engagement Fair
    3/16/23

    A veritable who’s who of impactful community organizations will be sharing their wisdom on Thursday, March 23, when the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences hosts its first Community Engagement Fair. 

  • A sign on a grassy and treed area featuring a illusration of a tick reading, "Warning Ticks.".
    Western New York kids are eligible to get a Lyme disease vaccine through Pfizer clinical study conducted at UB
    3/15/23

    The study is being run through the Department of Pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. 

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About Us

  • 12/8/15 Our Mission
  • 2/3/21 Leadership
  • 1/28/21 Young Investigators
  • 1/28/21 Recent News
  • 9/1/20 Center Affiliations
  • 1/18/21 UB 2020
  • 9/7/22 About UB
  • 5/4/17 About Buffalo-Niagara
  • 3/8/18 Contact Us

What We Do

  • 7/25/17 Integrating Patient Communities
  • 1/28/21 Zimbabwe Center of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • 3/8/18 Global Translational Pharmacology and Drug Development
  • 1/27/22 SUNY Global Health Institute
  • 2/23/21 SUNY UWI (University of the West Indies)
  • 5/4/17 Western New York STEM Hub
  • 3/8/18 Empire State Patient Safety Assurance Network
  • 3/8/18 Global Cannabinoid Drug Development
  • 3/8/18 Indigenous Medicine, Natural Products and Nanomedicine
  • 5/4/17 Jamaica Center for Infectious Diseases Research
  • 4/6/18 Global Virus Network
  • 5/24/17 Zimbabwe International Nanotechnology Center

Partner Organizations

  • SUNY Global Health Institute
  • 1/28/21 Zimbabwe Center of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • WNY Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Hub
  • Global Virus Network
  • School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • 3/5/20 Translational Pharmacology Research Core

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