Health and Medicine

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PCORI-funded project leverages WhatsApp to center African immigrants in health research
11/13/25
UB health equity researcher is a co-PI on the project with the African Immigrant Health Research Collaborative.
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.
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.
Study: It’s not just chronic pain. It’s how many places it hurts that may affect the brain
11/10/25
Findings suggest that pain experienced in more than one site is strongly associated with a faster decline later in life in areas such as memory, reasoning and attention tasks.
UB researchers receive $3 million NIH grant to test innovative sexual assault prevention measure
11/7/25
Friend-based motivational interview takes into consideration the effects drinking may have on an individual’s ability to recognize and respond to risk.
UB study tracks evolution of human saliva back to primates
11/6/25
Oral biology, biological sciences researchers publish findings in evolution journal.
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.
University at Buffalo launches new quantum institute
11/5/25
The initiative will harness UB’s wide-ranging research expertise and unlock advancements in computing, medicine, semiconductors and more.
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.
Study: State social policies reduce joint pain prevalence
10/24/25
More benefits and easier access to care mean fewer people living in pain, researcher says.

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