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Nursing wet lab equipped to carry out FDA-approved screen for Alzheimer’s
11/25/25
The lab, led by Carleara Weiss, explores the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and biomarkers of neurodegeneration, sleep disturbances and cognitive decline.
‘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.
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.
Those helping the homeless are hurting too, according to study
11/19/25
Paper by UB researcher links homeless services workers’ burnout to adverse childhood experiences.
AI that addresses ALS, mental health, refugee flow predictions
11/18/25
University at Buffalo faculty expert Rohini Srihari develops AI tools that help people with motor neuron diseases communicate and more.
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.