Health and Medicine

News about UB’s health sciences programs and related community outreach. (see all topics)

Xi Lu selected as AI Research Fellow by Computing Research Association
7/23/26
Information science professor designing AI health systems to better care for underserved communities.
To improve health equity on the East Side, more than $600,000 has been awarded to community groups, researchers
7/21/26
East Side community organizations and UB researchers have received funding from the Community Health Equity Research Institute for projects that help address social determinants of health.
Blue lights and textbook chemistry could help create complex drugs in fewer steps
7/10/26
Surprisingly simple tools let chemists modify two carbon atoms in a single reaction.
Trauma triage is challenging: A UB study assesses how AI might help improve accuracy
7/10/26
Researchers tested how artificial intelligence, specifically large language models, could be used to help improve the accuracy of initial emergency medical services information.
Phages could be key to antibiotic-resistant infections in cystic fibrosis patients
7/8/26
UB pharmacy professor working with researchers at NIH-funded center at Stanford University.
Study: With the help of AI, MS researchers can now see brain lesions they knew were there but couldn’t previously see on scans
7/7/26
MS researchers have found a way to use artificial intelligence to reveal otherwise invisible cortical lesions strongly implicated in disability and cognitive issues by reviewing existing MRI scans.
For patients with Afib and Type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 drugs outperform SGLT-2 drugs
7/1/26
Observational study of 18,000 patients finds 36% lower risk of premature death.
Millions of New Yorkers consume cannabis; far fewer understand details, such as content and dosage
6/29/26
UB researchers publish study revealing low recognition of cannabis labels.
Study: Three-in-one vaccine shows promise against ‘tripledemic’
6/26/26
University at Buffalo researchers are developing a single shot for flu, COVID-19 and RSV.
UB physician Willie Underwood sworn in as president of American Medical Association
6/25/26
An oncologist, Underwood is the second UB physician in the past 20 years to serve in this nationwide leadership role.