Health and Medicine

News about UB’s health sciences programs and related community outreach. (see all topics)

UB dental school professor discusses how AI can advance periodontic treatment
5/22/24
Last fall, Nathalia Andrade applied for and was awarded a $5,000 seed grant from the UB Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Transformation to create a new course weaving AI into periodontics.
Jacobs School medical students have developed a course to train their peers in trauma-informed care
5/15/24
UB medical students working with community anti-violence groups in Buffalo have developed an elective course on “Trauma surgery and trauma-informed care.”
Study: For treating retinopathy of prematurity, UB-led research proves that ranibizumab is safe
5/10/24
A UB researcher who is a leading expert on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) has published a study that could change the standard of care for the condition.
UB awarded $1.77 million grant to create toolset for oxygen metabolism mapping
5/10/24
New tech could expand access to medical imaging; improve treatment for MS, Alzheimer’s, other neurological disorders.
Dental school partners with TeamSmile, Buffalo Bills to provide free dental care in half-day event
5/8/24
Hygiene and treatment units will be set up in Highmark Stadium to serve more than 200 kids .
MS drug candidate research carries on after scholar's death
5/7/24
The Empire Discovery Institute was awarded $791,933 to continue multiple sclerosis
work initiated by the late M. Laura Feltri.
UB’s new mass spectrometer can accelerate discoveries of new drug targets and biomarkers
5/6/24
State-of-the art equipment arrived at the University at Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (CBLS) last fall.
Root canal? Next-gen treatment could involve stem cells, not surgery
5/1/24
UB dental researcher receives $400k grant from foundation to study regeneration of tooth defects.
WNY Medical Scholarships give two Jacobs School grads more reason to celebrate
5/1/24
Two Jacobs School students recently learned they are recipients of a Western New York Medical Scholarship of $120,000 each. The scholarship will cut their medical school debt roughly in half.
Study: Some of us have a uniquely human gene that enhances immune function
4/29/24
The UB team that discovered how a gene found in 75% of us protects against neurodegeneration has now found that this same gene enhances immune function as well. The new findings were published in eBioMedicine.

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