Research Centers and Institutes

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UB researchers discover new knowledge to solve problems and answer questions. With more than 100 active research centers, institutes and collaborative projects, topics range from the environment to evolving materials and technologies in applied manufacturing, and from big data analytics to addictive behaviors.

Research Centers and Institutes Alphabetically

8/15/23 Aging and Technology Research Center
5/21/19 Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention
8/15/23 Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
5/21/19 Assistive Device Design Laboratory
5/21/19 Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy
1/2/20 Behavioral Health Clinic (BHC)
1/19/18 Behling Simulation Center
7/15/16 BioXFEL, an NSF Science & Technology Center
10/3/17 Buffalo Center for Social Research
5/21/19 Buffalo Criminal Law Center
10/3/17 Buffalo Human Rights Center
7/15/16 Buffalo Institute for Genomics & Data Analytics
10/25/23 Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center
7/31/23 Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center
5/21/19 Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies
10/3/17 Center for Assistive Technology
8/15/23 Center for Biomedical Engineering
4/19/18 Center for Biomedical Imaging
8/16/23 Center for Cognitive Science
10/3/17 Center for Comparative and Global Studies in Education
7/15/16 Center for Computational Research
7/15/16 Center for Disability Studies
10/3/17 Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
5/21/19 Center for European Studies
5/21/19 Center for Geohazard Studies
5/21/19 Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access
5/21/19 Center for Ingestive Behavior Research
10/3/17 Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences
10/3/17 Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness
10/3/17 Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction
8/15/23 Center for Medical Humanities
10/3/17 Center for Multisource Information Fusion
10/3/17 Center for Orofacial Pain Research
8/15/23 Center for Protein Therapeutics
10/3/17 Center for Relationship Marketing
10/3/17 Center for Research and Education in Special Environments
5/21/19 Center for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
7/18/16 Center for Sleep Disorders Research
8/15/23 Center for the Moving Image
7/15/16 Center for the Study of Business Transactions
5/21/19 Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture
10/3/17 Center for Trade, Environment and Development
5/21/19 Center for Translational and Clinical Biophotonics
10/3/17 Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
8/15/23 Center for Urban Studies
7/15/16 Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition
8/14/23 Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
10/3/17 Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education
8/14/23 Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics
5/21/19 Center of Excellence in Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
5/21/19 Center of Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer & Economic Growth and Development
7/15/16 Center of Hybrid Nanostructures and Systems
7/31/23 Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer
4/19/18 Clinical and Translational Science Institute
11/30/18 Clinical Research Institute on Addictions (CRIA)
7/15/16 Communications Science Center
4/11/22 Community Health Equity Research Institute
7/18/16 Confocal Microscopy / Cellular Imaging Facility
5/21/19 Control, Dynamics and Estimation Laboratory
7/15/16 CUBRC
7/15/16 Design of Open Engineering Systems Research Laboratory
8/15/23 Electronic Packaging Laboratory
7/15/16 Electronic Poetry Center
7/18/16 Energy Systems Integration
10/31/23 Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center
10/3/17 Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab
10/9/18 Gender Institute
8/18/23 Genome, Environment and the Microbiome
10/25/23 Geographic Information and Analysis Lab
8/18/23 Global Health Equity
8/15/23 Great Lakes Program
7/15/16 Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
8/15/23 Hearing and Research Laboratories
7/15/16 Humanities Institute
10/3/17 Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute
8/15/23 Industry/University Center for Biosurfaces
7/15/16 Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology
7/15/16 Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics
8/15/23 Institute for Myelin and Glia Exploration
4/30/18 Institute for Person-Centered Care
10/3/17 Institute for Sustainable Global Engagement
7/15/16 Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics
5/21/19 Institute of Bridge Engineering
10/3/17 Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
7/15/16 Jacobs Neurological Institute
10/3/17 Jaeckle Center for Law, Democracy and Governance
5/21/19 Laboratory for Antimicrobial Pharmacodynamics
8/15/23 MCEER
8/15/23 National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
10/3/17 National Center for Ontological Research
7/15/16 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center
7/15/16 Nutrition and Health Research Laboratory
11/26/18 Organic and Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Lab
10/25/23 Pharmacy Practice Research Centers
10/3/17 Population Health Observatory
10/3/17 Primary Care Research Institute
8/15/23 Proteomics and Bioanalysis Core
1/19/18 RENEW
10/3/17 Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music
10/12/17 Romanell Center for Clinical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine
7/31/23 School of Dental Medicine Centers
1/3/18 Sensors and MicroActuators Learning Lab
8/15/23 Social Research Institutes
7/15/16 South Campus Instrument Center
8/15/23 Structural Biology (Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute)
8/18/23 Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies
10/3/17 Techne Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies
10/3/17 The Center for Industrial Effectiveness
10/3/17 Toxicology Research Center
10/3/17 Translational Pharmacology Research Core
10/3/17 Transportation Informatics University Transportation Center
10/3/17 UB / Amrita Social Behavioral Sciences Research Institute
7/15/16 UB Center for Advanced Technology
7/15/16 UB Genomics and Bioinformatics Core
10/3/17 UB Microbiome Center
10/3/17 UB Regional Institute
10/3/17 Western New York Stem Cell Culture and Analysis Center
10/3/17 WHO Collaborating Centre on Health in Housing
8/15/23 Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology
10/3/17 Women's Health Initiative

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