Health and Medicine

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Rudin is named SPIE Fellow for advancing medical physics
5/2/18
Stephen Rudin, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Radiology, has been named a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics.
Drug-filled, 3-D printed dentures could fight off infections
4/25/18
University at Buffalo researchers have developed 3-D printed dentures filled with antifungal medication to better treat oral fungal infections.
UB pharmaceutical researcher receives $500,000 NSF CAREER award
4/24/18
Juliane Nguyen, University at Buffalo assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, the agency’s most prestigious honor for early-career faculty.
UB receives $1.1 million to improve study of Zika, dengue, HIV, hepatitis and other viruses in Jamaica
4/24/18
The University at Buffalo has received a $1.1 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center to lead the training of 15 scientists from Jamaica and the Caribbean in viral infection research.
Study highlights need for strength training in older women to ward off effects of aging
4/23/18
Study looked at 46 women across two different age ranges, 60-74 and 75-90, to learn how physical activity affects frailty differently in the two groups
Study: IBS patients obtain robust, enduring relief from home-based treatment program--and physicians agree
4/23/18
In the largest federally funded non-drug clinical trial for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), patients with the most severe and persistent symptoms achieved robust and sustained relief by learning to control symptoms with minimal clinician contact.
UB hosting 5th annual Refugee Health Summit on April 20
4/18/18
Summit aims to improve access to culturally and linguistically appropriate services, efficient clinic and transportation systems and operations, and available economic opportunities.
This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster
4/18/18
Light causes crystal lattice to swell, opening new possibilities for artificial muscles, tiny electronics.
UB event to decode ethics behind the ownership of DNA, genetic property
4/17/18
The University at Buffalo will host a public screening of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" followed by a panel discussion on the ethical concerns surrounding research consent, privacy and ownership of DNA.
Open House will highlight UB students’ research in addiction sciences
4/17/18
The UB Research Institute on Addictions will host its third Student Research in Addiction Sciences Open House on April 25 to showcase the collaborative addictions research work conducted across many disciplines at UB.