Research News

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  • Genetic variant may be key to some kids' heart failure
    12/12/25

    The findings of a study strongly suggest that genetic testing should be done on all children with heart failure and myocarditis.

  • Promoting data equity for food equity
    1/28/25

    With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a UB team is exploring the connections between data equity and food equity.

  • UB project to study climate adaptation in Alaska
    1/27/25

    The project could inform strategies for Buffalo and NYS by evaluating housing in a part of the country where climate change is occurring faster.

  • Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals
    1/27/25

    UB researchers identified a strain that can also break down some of the toxic byproducts.

  • UB researcher contributes to report on alcohol and health
    1/24/25

    The National Academies report examined linkages to cancer and seven other health outcomes.

  • Dickinson book tops multiple best-books lists for 2024
    1/23/25

    Co-edited by retired UB English professor Cristanne Miller, the book has also received significant critical attention and glowing reviews.

  • NIH awards UB $28.4 million
    1/17/25

    With the CTSA funding, UB will build on its strong success improving health outcomes and addressing health disparities in WNY.

  • Logan-Greene to be inducted as SSWR fellow
    1/17/25

    The Social Work professor is the third faculty member from the school to be so honored by the Society for Social Work and Research.

  • Study suggests pot may be viable alterative to opioids
    1/14/25

    UB research shows payments from opioid manufacturers to physicians decrease where doctors can prescribe pot for chronic pain and other ailments.

  • Study aims to better understand UTI
    1/14/25

    UB researcher Chelsie Armbruster is looking at how the urinary tract defends against infection and how understudied pathogens bypass these defenses.

  • Funding for new therapeutic target for Krabbe disease
    1/10/25

    A grant from the Rosenau Family Research Foundation will examine how an enzyme deficiency in the brain leads to this fatal disease in young children.