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UB names Joyner chair of pediatrics
8/9/24
Benny L. Joyner, Jr., MD, has been appointed the A. Conger Goodyear Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the Jacobs School.
UB awarded $3.6 million NIH grant to address health inequities in Western New York
8/5/24
The new UB Center of Excellence in Investigator Development and Community Engagement will facilitate research by early career-faculty to address root causes of health inequities in Buffalo communities.
Media Advisory: UB, elected officials, community partners to make major announcement regarding health inequities in WNY
8/5/24
The announcement will occur at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
UB, Kaleida Health neurosurgeons perform first-of-its-kind surgery in Western New York
7/31/24
Procedure called stereotactic cingulotomy has relieved debilitating pain for a 58-year-old patient with advanced cervical cancer.
New online graduate pharmacometrics program accommodates working professionals
7/31/24
Asynchronous program includes study of how drugs move through the body and how the body responds to specific drugs.
UB receives $500,000 grant for nursing student scholarships
7/24/24
The funding, from Helene Fuld Health Trust, will be matched with $200,000 from the SUNY University Center Endowment Match.
New curriculum gives Jacobs School students opportunities to experience the world of medicine ‘well beyond’ the classroom
7/19/24
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is introducing its new Well Beyond curriculum this month.
UB announces first round of seed funding for health projects integrating AI
7/18/24
Four UB projects spanning multiple disciplines that are using artificial intelligence to enhance health care have received interdisciplinary seed funding for AI research in health care.
$2.5 million NIH grant to help UB researchers remove guesswork from drug discovery
7/16/24
The lab of David Heppner will try to answer fundamental questions about the time-consuming and costly drug discovery process.
UB pharmacy professors developing antibiotics to fight resistant bacteria
7/16/24
$4 million NIH grant awarded to overcome growing number of health care infections.