Expert Tip Sheets

"My first reaction is, it’s not a surprise," says Natalie Simpson, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Operations Management and Strategy in the UB School of Management.

David Holmes, MD, has plenty of advice on how to ride out the storm safely. 

The request by children’s hospitals nationwide this month that the federal government declare a formal state of emergency given the surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu cases was no surprise to Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte, MD, PhD. 

Both parties have some soul-searching to do,  Jacob Neiheisel says.

Twenty states must start screening newborns for Pompe disease, a rare and often fatal genetic disorder that weakens the heart and muscles, says UB clinical pharmacist Mary Riedy.

‘Long term, this would mean less consumer choice,’ says Christine Bartholomew, a University at Buffalo law professor and antitrust scholar.

The move, being employed in the opioid crisis, is a shift away from previous ‘drug wars,’ David Herzberg says.

The legislation could draw attention to wage discrimination and other inequities, according to experts Jerry Newman and Kate Bezrukova.

If the NFL's concussion protocol was not followed correctly, questions of liability for injury and professional responsibility must be pursued, Helen A. 'Nellie' Drew says.

Tagovailoa is at higher risk for a more prolonged and complicated recovery after the concussion he sustained Thursday night, Dr. John Leddy says.