Health and Medicine

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

UB School of Social Work part of statewide collaboration to build sustainable village in Haiti
9/25/17
Faculty members from the UB’s School of Social Work will join colleagues from 10 SUNY campuses in various disciplines and five not-for-profit organizations to work on an innovative project to create a sustainable village and learning community in the town of Arcahaie, Haiti.
UB’s Prasad wins three national awards for pioneering work in nanotechnology, photonics
9/21/17
The honors come from the American Chemical Society, IEEE and the Optical Society.
What babies eat – before and just after birth – can impact them for life, says new book
9/20/17
A new book co-edited by a University at Buffalo researcher discusses how the path to obesity may start before birth or during infancy and how an individual’s metabolism can be permanently reprogrammed by overfeeding early in life. The book discusses just how early interventions may need to be implemented in order to significantly reduce obesity.
Managing negative emotions can help pregnant smokers quit
9/19/17
A new study by scientists in UB’s Research Institute on Addictions has shown that pregnant smokers are more likely to quit if they can learn to manage negative emotions that lead to smoking.
UB launches webpage to highlight medical school’s move downtown
9/15/17
Faculty and staff will start moving into new offices and laboratories in November.
New director of admissions at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
9/15/17
Marshall has been a member of the medical school’s admissions committee since 2011.
Type 2 diabetes medication benefits patients with Type 1
9/14/17
A majority of patients with Type 1 diabetes who were treated with dapagliflozin, a Type 2 diabetes medicine, had a significant decline in their blood sugar levels, according to a new study by a University at Buffalo researcher.
UB receives funding to bolster cancer epidemiology training for PhD students
8/30/17
Five-year grant is a reflection of the recognition UB has received from the National Institutes of Health for the program’s outstanding record of cancer epidemiology training.
Children of unintended pregnancies may experience depression as young adults
8/29/17
Children from unintended pregnancies tend to experience more depressive symptoms in early adulthood compared to children from intended pregnancies, however there’s little evidence of a causal relationship, according to a new UB study.
UB pharmacy professor awarded $1.5 million to silence chatter among cancer cells
8/28/17
With the support of a new $1.58 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), University at Buffalo researchers aim to develop a targeted treatment to prevent communication between cancer cells.

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