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  • Using GIS, Simulation of Flu-Like Illnesses Like SARS Draws a Nuanced Picture of Public Health Threats
    10/24/03
    A new, computational method for simulating the spread of flu-like illnesses like SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) that is being developed by a University at Buffalo geographer may provide policymakers and analysts with new ammunition for studying and predicting the pattern of public-health threats in urban communities.
  • Genco Receives Ross Award from American Dental Association
    10/24/03
    Robert J. Genco, D.D.S., Ph.D., of Buffalo, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Oral Biology in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, has won the 2003 Norton M. Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research from the American Dental Association for his research into the relationship between periodontal and cardiovascular diseases.
  • UB and UR Technologies Being Licensed By Company for Product That Will Put Prescriptions on Digital Paper
    10/21/03
    Illegible prescriptions scrawled on physicians' notepads could become a thing of the past, thanks to two complementary technologies developed at the University at Buffalo and the University of Rochester that together are being licensed by mobileLexis, a digital paper solutions company based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Gray Matter Damage in the Brain of MS Patients Linked to Cognitive, Physical Deficits, New UB Research Finds
    10/21/03
    The mental impairment and problems with walking experienced by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are linked to damage in the brain's gray matter, with MRI findings suggesting the damage is due to toxic deposits of iron, researchers from the University at Buffalo have shown for the first time.
  • Sperm from Marijuana Smokers Move Too Fast Too Early, Impairing Fertility, UB Research Shows
    10/13/03
    Men who smoke marijuana frequently have significantly less seminal fluid, a lower total sperm count and their sperm behave abnormally, all of which may affect fertility adversely, a new study in reproductive physiology at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • UB Program Receives $2.5 Million Federal Grant to Provide Continuing Education in Rehabilitation Counseling
    10/7/03
    The Region II Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RRCEP) in the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).
  • Studies to Look at Role of Alcohol in HIV Risk in Heterosexual Women, Reducing Drinking-Related HIV Risk in College-Age Women
    9/25/03
    The relationship between drinking and HIV/AIDS in women will be the focus of studies to be conducted under two grants totaling $3.1 million awarded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Additions.
  • Team of Experts in UB's New Center for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine Targets Puzzling Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome
    9/25/03
    More people die from sudden cardiac death (SCD) each year than from AIDS, breast cancer and lung cancer combined. Yet, because there are few warning signs or symptoms to identify people at risk, scientists know little about the underlying causes. Researchers at the new Center for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University at Buffalo are poised to change that scenario. Aided by a $1.5 million grant from the John R. Oishei Foundation, the university has assembled a cadre of specialists in several fields who are investigating SCD from the single-cell-level up.
  • School of Public Health and Health Professions Names Dean's Suite in Honor of Founding Dean J. Warren Perry
    9/25/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions has named its dean's suite in honor of J. Warren Perry, founding dean of the former UB School of Health Related Professions.
  • Community Health Network and UB Plan Obesity Conference for Oct. 3
    9/24/03
    Responding to a national and regional problem that has reached epidemic proportions, the Community Health Network of Western New York and the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University at Buffalo are partnering to present a conference on obesity from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 3 in Michael's Banquet Facility, 4885 Southwestern Blvd., Hamburg.