Health and Medicine

UB is one of the nation’s top five institutions for research on and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and two of its faculty are top experts in their fields, according to a national ranking based on detailed reviews of scientific publications.

Federal funding is still the gold standard for biomedical research but during the past decade and especially as a result of sequestration, many young investigators are conducting research that is supported largely by private, not government, organizations.

UB scores a perfect 10 on NIH grant application and is awarded multi-million dollar grant to study bacterium.

Leonard H. Epstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo’s Department of Pediatrics, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

UB gets NIH grant to fund study of cognitive behavior therapy delivered by bedside nurses.

Michael Frone, PhD, senior research scientist at the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions, has been named a Fellow of the Society of Addiction Psychology.

The awards, given to early-career investigators, illustrate the value that recent hires bring to UB.

Studies on Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia have long focused on what’s happening inside the brain.

Michelle A. Van Gheem, research compliance and compliance manager of GE Healthcare, General Electric Co. in Wauwatosa, Wis., has been named director of research compliance.

Obesity may alter the way we taste at the most fundamental level: by changing how our tongues react to different foods.