Health and Medicine

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  • RIA Takes the Challenge on Reducing College Student Substance Use
    9/20/12
    No longer considered an innocent rite of passage, binge drinking among college students contributes to approximately 1,800 deaths and nearly 600,000 injuries each year.
  • Grand Opening of UB's Clinical and Translational Research Center Marks Move Downtown of UB Medical School Researchers
    9/20/12
    The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences today held the grand opening of its Clinical and Translational Research Center in the joint UB-Kaleida Health building at Goodrich and Ellicott streets in downtown Buffalo.
  • Discovery of Essential Genes for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Reveals New, High-Value Drug Targets
    9/14/12
    By studying A. baumannii under "clinically relevant" conditions, the researchers have a more precise understanding of how the bacteria infects humans -- and how best to fight it.
  • UB Researchers to Develop Scientific Approach to Assess Return to Play After Concussion
    9/11/12
    University at Buffalo sports medicine researchers have been awarded $100,000 from NFL Charities to develop the most objective, scientific method of determining when an athlete who has had a concussion can safely return to play.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY; U.S. Navy Rear Admiral 'Comes Home' to Speak at UB on 9/11
    9/10/12

    The University at Buffalo School of Nursing will host a presentation by Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle on Sept. 11 from noon to 1 p.m. on UB's South Campus.

  • Media Advisory: UB Concussion Management Clinic to Announce Important National Grant
    9/10/12
    UB's concussion researchers will announce an important grant from a major, national sports organization.
  • Favorite TV Reruns May Have Restorative Powers, says UB Researcher
    9/6/12
    We hear all the time that we need to get off the couch, stop watching TV and get moving.
  • Drug Addiction, Anti-Bullying Programs and Gambling Are on the Agenda at UB Psychiatry Conference
    9/5/12
    Internationally renowned speakers from several fields in mental health will be featured at the Eighth Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry to be held Sept. 6-7, at The Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls. Sponsors are the Department of Psychiatry in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Western New York Psychiatric Society.
  • Class of 2016 Participates in UB's Pharmacy Practice White Coat Ceremony
    9/4/12
    One hundred and twenty-six students took their first, public step toward becoming pharmacists when they participated in the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual White Coat Ceremony 2012 in the Lippes Concert Hall on Aug. 23
  • UB Nursing Dean Selected for Prestigious Leadership Program
    8/28/12
    Marsha Lewis, PhD, RN, professor and dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing was selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for its inaugural class of nursing deans and senior faculty to participate in the first AACN-Wharton Executive Leadership Program.