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.

  • UB expert weighs in on college athletes unionization ruling
    8/20/15

    It might appear that Northwestern football players lost the battle for representation, but they won the war, according to UB sports law expert Nellie Drew.

  • Economic security requires new measures of well-being
    8/20/15
    Economic well-being for low-income families in the U.S. is often determined by federal measures that establish basic requirements for essentials such as food, shelter and clothing, but a new study by a UB research team suggests that such a definition is unrealistically narrow.
  • Wilderness vs. captivity
    8/20/15

    Law professor Irus Braverman’s new book explores what it means to be captive and what it means to be managed.

  • NIH awards UB $16 million CTSA grant
    8/13/15

    UB has received a prestigious $16 million Clinical and Translational Science Award to speed the delivery of new drugs, diagnostics and medical devices to patients.

  • Big data’s role in transportation
    8/13/15

    Leaders in the emerging field of transportation informatics are gathering at UB for the first annual symposium aimed at addressing the role of big data in addressing critical transportation issues.

  • Humanities funding
    8/13/15

    UB is among 14 SUNY campuses awarded $160,000 for projects supported by the SUNY Arts and Humanities Network of Excellence.

  • Benefiting from clinical research
    8/13/15

    UB's new Clinical and Translational Science Award provides significant resources to help advance translational research by emphasizing partnerships with underserved communities in Western New York.

  • Race and Medicare Part D
    8/13/15

    A new study by UB faculty member Louanne Bakk is the first to examine how race and gender relate to the coverage gap in Medicare Part D.

  • Surprising fungus with ‘Trojan horse’
    8/10/15

    UB dental researchers are borrowing a famous strategy from Greek warfare — the Trojan horse — to fight a fungus that exists in the mouths and skin of nearly half of the world’s population.

  • Saving sponges
    8/10/15

    UB chemist Jason Benedict lands a prestigious NSF CAREER award to do research that could help extend the lives of light-activated crystal sponges.