New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Affiliated Faculty and Staff Directory
The Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences has some of UB's top faculty with expertise in the areas of Global Biomedical Sciences.
![Gale Burstein, MD, MPH.]()
Gale Burstein, MD, MPH
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
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Raymond Cha, BS, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
![John Crane, MD, PhD.]()
John Crane, MD, PhD
Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
![Robin Difrancesco.]()
Robin DiFrancesco
Research Associate Professor
UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: rda@
buffalo.edu 
![Peter Elkin, MD, MACP, FACMI, FNYAM.]()
Peter Elkin, MD, MACP, FACMI, FNYAM
Professor and Chair, Biomedical Informatics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
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Joseph Gambacorta
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Samuel Gavi
Project Staff Assistant
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: samuelga@
buffalo.edu 
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Mark Hicar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Jill Hochreiter
Senior Research Support Specialist
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Email: jsh6@
buffalo.edu 
![Jeffrey Lombardo, PharmD.]()
Jeffrey Lombardo, PharmD
Research Assistant Professor
Translational Pharmacology Research Core, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
B2-139 NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Phone: (716) 881-7589
Email: jcl2@
buffalo.edu 
![Qing Ma, PharmD.]()
Qing Ma, PharmD
Associate Professor
Translational Pharmacology Research Core, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
B2-127 Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Phone: 716-881-7500
Email: qingma@
buffalo.edu 
![Donald Mager, PharmD, PhD.]()
Donald Mager, PharmD, PhD
Professor
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Supriya D. Mahajan
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
6074 UB‘s CTRC, 875 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York 14203
Phone: 716-888-4776
Email: smahajan@
buffalo.edu 
![Trevor Poag.]()
Trevor Poag
Co-Chair CIGBS Sustainable Development Leadership Committee Director of Global Learning Opportunities
University at Buffalo
Email: trevorpo@
buffalo.edu 
![Kinzer M Pointer.]()
Kinzer M Pointer
Adjunct Faculty, Liberty Missionary Baptist Church
University at Buffalo
Email: kinzermpointer@
gmail.com 
![Paras N. Prasad, PhD.]()
Paras N. Prasad, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine and Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo
Email: pnprasad@
buffalo.edu 
![Gina Prescott, PharmD.]()
Gina Prescott, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
![Sarahmona Przybyla.]()
Sarahmona Przybyla
Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Public Health Programs
School of Public Health and Health Professions
![Teresa Quattrin, MD.]()
Teresa Quattrin, MD
UB Distinguished Professor; Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Madiha Quraishi
Project Staff Associate
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: madihaqu@
buffalo.edu 
![Mary Reid.]()
Mary Reid, MSPH, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Social and Preventative Medicine, School of Public Health
![Stanley A. Schwartz, MD, PhD.]()
Stanley Schwartz, MD, PhD
UB Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Microbiology & Immunology, University at Buffalo Division Chief, Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology Chief of Medicine, Kaleida Health;
Email: sasimmun@
buffalo.edu 
![Satish Sharma, MD, FACS.]()
Satish Sharma MD,FACS
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, You First Services; Research Associate Professor of Urology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Email: ss466@
buffalo.edu 
![Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, PhD.]()
Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah
Chair CIGBS Sustainable Development Leadership Committee Co-Chair Faculty Director of Global Programs, School of Management
University at Buffalo
Email: dasamoah@
buffalo.edu 
![Yijun Sun, PhD.]()
Yijun Sun, PhD
Associate Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
B2-146 NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Phone: (716) 881-1374
Email: yijunsun@
buffalo.edu 
![Brian Tsuji, PharmD.]()
Brian Tsuji, PharmD
Professor
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
B3-317 NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
Phone: (716) 881-7543
Email: btsuji@
buffalo.edu 
![Dr. Rolanda Ward.]()
Dr. Rolanda L. Ward, MSW, MDiv
Associate Professor
State University of New York; Niagara University
![Troy Wood, PhD.]()
Troy Wood, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
