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.

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News from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  • Social Justice Research Fellows Present Their Findings
    5/9/23

    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences medical students who were recipients of 2022 Fellowships in Social Justice, Equity Administration and Leadership presented their research findings at a symposium April 19.

  • Family Medicine Residency Gains Federal Training Grant
    2/16/23

    The Department of Family Medicine, with the support of its Primary Care Research Institute (PCRI) team, has obtained a multi-year federal grant to assist in the training of primary care residents.

  • Finding Core Solutions for Gun Violence Crisis
    2/10/23

    Brian H. Williams, MD, a Black, Harvard-trained trauma surgeon, would love to put himself out of a job so he never has to tell another mother their child has died due to gun violence.

  • Emergency Medicine Doctors Recognized by NY ACEP
    7/19/23

    Two faculty members in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have been honored with awards form the New York State chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

  • Rare Disease Research to Be Showcased at Virtual Event
    2/15/23

    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are hard at work studying rare diseases and caring for the many patients suffering from them. UB will hold an event recognizing rare disease patients, their clinicians and the researchers working to discover causes — and ultimately cures — for these conditions.

  • Ending Race-Based Health Disparities
    10/27/23

    The Igniting Hope conference has matured into a movement aimed at bringing lasting change to the region by ending race-based disparities and their devastating impacts.

  • UB, Instacart Partner On Healthy Eating Project
    3/24/23

    University at Buffalo researchers who study what makes people buy and eat healthy foods are teaming up with Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, to test nutrition intervention programs for families at higher risk for obesity. Their upcoming project aims to enroll 70 families, about half of whom will be low-income.