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  • UB Medical Student and Manager at Lighthouse Free Clinic Receives AMA Minority Scholars Award
    6/15/12
    Michael J. Blanco, a third-year medical student at the University at Buffalo, has won an American Medical Association Foundation 2012 Minority Scholars Award.
  • UB Expert on Hypertension Receives Award from American Society of Hypertension
    6/15/12
    Joseph L. Izzo, Jr., MD, University at Buffalo professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences has been awarded the American Society of Hypertension's Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Awarded for 2012.
  • First Biomedical Engineering Students Graduate from UB
    6/15/12
    The University at Buffalo recently celebrated the first graduating class from its Department of Biomedical Engineering, a milestone for the fast-growing program that focuses on developing medical devices and therapies for diabetes, cancer and other illnesses.
  • Skewed Results? Failure to Account for Clinical Trial Drop-Outs Can Lead to Erroneous Findings in Top Medical Journals
    6/13/12
    A new University at Buffalo study of publications in the world's top five general medical journals finds that when clinical trials do not account for participants who dropped out, results are biased and may even lead to incorrect conclusions.
  • Trying to Quit Smoking? Try Eating More Fruits and Vegetables
    6/5/12
    If you're trying to quit smoking, eating more fruits and vegetables may help you quit and stay tobacco-free for longer, according to a new study published online by University at Buffalo public health researchers.
  • Children's Mental Health Care in NYS Gets Much-Needed Help with Program Headed by UB Psychiatrist
    6/1/12
    Childrens' psychosocial problems are among the most common reasons for pediatric office visits. But since there is a critical shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the nation and New York State, many pediatricians and family physicians end up providing much of their patients' psychiatric care. Through 2014, New York State pediatricians and family physicians will be getting some much-needed help, thanks to a project being led by David Kaye, MD, professor of psychiatry in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB Student Awarded Research Grant to Stop the Noise
    5/30/12
    University at Buffalo neuroscience PhD student Sarah Hayes has won a $10,000 grant from the American Tinnitus Association (ATA) to aid her in her search for the causes of tinnitus.
  • UB Chair of Medicine is Honored by Heart Rhythm Society for Distinguished Service
    5/30/12
    Anne B. Curtis, MD, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has received the 2012 Distinguished Service Award from the Heart Rhythm Society.
  • For Every Dollar Spent, Award to UB Emergency Department Should Save $2 on WNY Health Care Costs
    5/30/12
    The $2.57 million federal Health Care Innovation Award, granted earlier this month to the University at Buffalo, is expected to save at least $2 in health care costs in Western New York for every dollar provided, says G. Richard Braen, MD, principal investigator, chair of the UB Department of Emergency Medicine and associate dean of graduate medical education at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
  • UB Program Will Bring Diversity to Biomedical and Behavioral Science
    5/29/12
    The University at Buffalo has been awarded nearly $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to fund the education of 20 new biomedical and behavioral scientists from underrepresented groups between now and 2016.