Diversity and Inclusion Fund

Lab of Microbiology & Immunology Professor Terry Connell.

This fund provides financial resources that support and promote excellence through diversity in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

The Diversity and Inclusion Funds may support a variety efforts throughout the school, including a student scholarship, programs for individuals from underrepresented groups, and other initiatives to advance justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

At the medical school, we strive to attract, integrate, and engage a diverse community of faculty, residents, students, staff and health care professionals, as we work together to improve health equity for all.

Here, diversity is an active commitment to nurturing future physicians who are dedicated to eliminating health care disparities and helping those most in need. We promote diversity in part by recruiting students who appreciate and learn from each other’s differences while collaborating toward a common goal—namely, delivering exemplary care to all.

Our students’ diverse perspectives are helping them evolve not only into physicians who are fully equipped to meet the health care needs of a pluralistic society, but leaders who will develop the most creative solutions to the complex challenges facing 21st century medicine.

Make a Difference Now

Other Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Funds

News from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  • Addressing Maternal Mortality Crisis
    10/18/23

    Jacobs School event was held in memory of Tops massacre victim Pearl Young.

  • Crane Hoists Massive MRI Into CTRC
    6/26/23

    UB is the first place in the nation to use the powerful Philips MR 7700 scanner solely for research that will prioritize underrepresented groups.

  • Study Focuses on Brain Lesions, MS Progression
    2/24/23

    Brain lesions — areas of brain tissue that show damage from injury or disease — are the biomarker most widely used to determine multiple sclerosis disease progression. But an innovative new study led by the University at Buffalo strongly suggests that the volume of white matter lesions is neither proportional to, nor indicative of, the degree of severe disability in patients. 

  • Talented Medical Teachers Honored With Siegel Awards
    4/14/23

    A celebratory mood was evident as the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences community gathered April 12 to recognize the winners and honorable mentions in the 2023 Louis A. and Ruth Siegel Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

  • Event Stresses ‘Need to Heal’
    5/18/23

    Panelists at the “Racism, Racial Literacy and Mental Health” conversation tackled tough questions at an event marking the one-year anniversary of the Tops racist shooting.

  • Grant is Helping to Develop the Compact X-Ray Laser
    3/20/23

    Thomas D. Grant, PhD, assistant professor of structural biology, is part of a research team that is helping to lead the development of X-Ray scattering and data analysis at the compact X-Ray free electron laser (CXFEL).

  • Coming Soon to a Lab Near You
    10/18/23

    The Department of Microbiology and Immunology has two new faculty members starting later this year who are eager to recruit new members to their research labs.