Research News

Although some may believe that improving symptoms of mental illness is more likely to lessen the risk for future episodes of violence, a new UB study suggests that reducing substance abuse has a greater influence in reducing violent acts by patients with severe mental illness.

The Gender Institute will celebrate Gender Week with a sumposium that explores the myriad ways in which interpretations of gender and color infuse human consciousness.

A UB study has shown that high doses of steroids exert pro-inflammatory effects despite their use over the past six decades as anti-inflammatory drugs.

UB faculty member Lynn Kozlowski will address the public health debate over the safety of vaping and e-cigarettes when he delivers the 26th Annual J. Warren Perry Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 9.

Rep. Brian Higgins has introduced legislation that would incrementally increase funding for the National Institutes of Health over the next seven years. 

UB biostatistician Marianthi Markatou has been appointed to serve on the National Institutes of Health's Biostatistics Methods and Research Design study section.

The effects of media violence on children and what parents and teachers can do about it is the focus of this year’s annual conference sponsored by the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention.

UB faculty member Xuefeng Ren has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the mechanisms of arsenic carcinogenesis — the process by which exposure to arsenic transforms normal cells into cancer cells.

The discovery by UB and Harvard researchers of a sleep-promoting circuit located deep in the primitive brainstem may lead to new therapies for sleep disorders, including insomnia.

UB faculty member Wilma Hofmann has received a nearly $600,000 federal grant to study cellular processes that cause high levels of unsaturated fats to increase the metastatic potential of prostate cancer cells.