• Health care provider extends two hands: one with marijuana buds, the other with opioid pills.
    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.

  • Chelsie Armbruster, pictured in a lab setting holding a petri dish.
    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.

  • Daesung Shin.
    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.

  • Concept of immigrants participating in American democracy.
    PPE receives $500,000 Mellon grant
    1/9/25

    The Philosophy, Politics and Economics progran will use the funding to analyze the effect of immigration on local democratic norms.

  • Gloved hand holding a small vial near lab equipment.
    Understanding forever chemicals’ effects on the brain
    1/8/25

    A study by UB researchers uncovers molecular clues about the neurotoxic effects of PFAS.

  • Turquessa Francis.
    OT professor explores power of literacy
    1/7/25

    A new book by Turquessa Francis offers a roadmap for clinicians to empower their clients through literacy-based interventions.

  • Charlotte Lindqvist, Forest Service archeologist Gina Esposito, WCA receptionist Lexi Hayes, Forest Service district Tory Houser, WCA Tribal President Ed Rilatos and retired Forest Service archeologist Jane Smith.
    UB biologist returns human remains to Alaskan tribe
    1/6/25

    Once thought to be from a bear, a 3,000-year-old bone fragment shares a genetic connection with modern Alaskan Natives.

  • Concept of encrypted medical data featuring a large red folder with a white cross next to a lock and key.
    New method of privacy enhancement for AI-powered medical data
    1/3/25

    A UB-led study shows the technique safeguards personal health info and is more than 99% effective detecting sleep apnea.

  • A plasma-electrochemical reactor.
    Eco-friendly reactor converts air, water into ammonia
    1/2/25

    Producing enough ammonia to feed the world comes with a large carbon footprint; a process described in a new UB-led study could help change that.

  • Rohitashw Kumar, Carla Alvarez Rivas, Harim Tavares dos Santos, and Zhibin Cui.
    Oral Biology hires four experienced faculty members
    12/20/24

    The investigators bring diverse research interests to the department and the School of Dental Medicine.

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