A panel discussion entitled "Food as Medicine" was recently held to discuss the shifting attitudes towards introducing lifestlye medicine into mainstream healthcare offerings, pushing for a focus on addressing health equity and asking how to utilize this type of medicine to be an advocate for the disadvantaged.
A new report by the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Jacobs Institute titled "The Future of Health" recognizes potential areas of development that will lead to improved healthcare delivery and subsequent positive health outcomes. This report proposes the US take an open-minded approach to research involving AI and other developing technologies.
New UB program "STEMcyclists" has recevied NSF funding in the amount of nearly $2 million to encourage high school students to learn the science, engineering principles, and biomechanics of bikes and bike riding.
UB researcher Dr. Scott Santos is analyzing Halocaridina rubra, or tiny red shrimp, to study ocean population vulnerability and transformation in the face of climate change.