Health and Medicine

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

For teens, online bullying worsens sleep and depression
5/9/19
Teens who experience cyberbullying are more likely to suffer from poor sleep, which in turn raises levels of depression, found a University at Buffalo study.
When preemies are too fragile for their parents to hold, a new invention may be the next best thing
5/9/19
A UB pediatrician has developed an incubator matrress that will provide the most fragile premature infants with the benefits of direct bodily contact with their parents.
Antibiotics in wastewater: UB chemist investigates a disturbing trend
5/6/19
Diana Aga works with partners including the WHO to understand how antimicrobial drugs are finding their way into rivers and lakes worldwide.
UB researcher to discuss benefits of telemedicine in treating opioid use disorder and HCV
5/6/19
The National Academy of Medicine invited Talal to share his successes using telemedicine to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients who are in opioid treatment.
Demystifying clinical trials with Circuit Clinical
5/2/19
The Buffalo startup and UB partner is making clinical trials easier for patients, doctors and drugmakers.
National physician licensing organization elects UB’s Milling to executive board
5/1/19
The election is testimony to his leadership in medical education and a major point of pride for the Jacobs School.
Providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug
4/30/19
UB researcher also authored first paper to survey pharmacy students about their knowledge of and attitudes toward pre-exposure prophylaxis.
UB joins the Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
4/30/19
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and UB's Clinical Research Institute on Addictions are among more than 100 organizations that have joined the national effort.
UB holds first annual Women’s Vascular Summit
4/30/19
To better understand how gender may affect women’s vascular health, physicians and surgeons at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are holding a Women’s Vascular Summit May 3-4.
Preventing bloodshed in Brooklyn: UB medical school alum to discuss his public health approach to curbing street violence
4/25/19
Robert J. Gore, a UB alumnus, will discuss KAVI, the ambitious violence-prevention initiative he founded, aimed at supporting young people of color in his Brooklyn community.

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