2018 News Archive

University at Buffalo researchers received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to conduct one of the first studies on the effectiveness of behavioral therapy in treating insomnia among cancer survivors.

Combined with a previous $2.3 million NIH grant for the ongoing study, Homish has now received $5 million for the project.

An innovative stroke recovery system landed the UB team in the finals of the Aging Innovation Challenge.

Women who experienced loss of all teeth had approximately 20 percent higher risk of developing hypertension during follow-up compared to women who still had natural teeth.

Problem alcohol use is more common among Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who have greater negative emotions over having never been deployed.

Study funded by University of Rochester Center for AIDS Research is part of a concerted strategy to improve substance use disorder outcomes and decrease HIV infections.

For faculty member Jessica Kruger, students’ commitment doesn’t end in the classroom.

Study is the first to highlight sex differences in thermal behavior and could one day inform the development of new athletic apparel.

Event will feature a wheelchair obstacle course, adaptive sports equipment demonstrations, panel discussions and adaptive yoga and wheelchair basketball, rugby and lacrosse.

$359,000 grant to UB's Jo Freudenheim will allow research team to study the role of the microbiome in breast cancer.

UB jumps eight spots to No. 89 among the best national universities in the country, and is 38th among public universities, in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2019 rankings.

UB-led study is the largest and most comprehensive to date that has evaluated physical activity within the context of heart failure prevention.

Study is the first to examine whether metric mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is, in fact, associated with outcomes of care in inpatient rehabilitation facilities.

UB's programs in physical therapy and occupational therapy have received 10-year renewals from their respective accreditation organizations.

After seeing an ad in a campus newspaper promoting unhealthy late-night foods, researchers decided to look at a sample of college students to better understand how drinking affects what they eat.

R. Lorraine Collins is member of 20-person team tasked with drafting legislation on how to regulate marijuana use in New York State.

A UB tobacco policy expert says 1980s warning labels failed to distinguish between the harms of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

The research will examine the health of the communities near the plant.

Genetic associations on BMI were strongest in sedentary postmenopausal women and weakest in women who reported high levels of recreational physical activity.

Researchers investigated whether urinary, sexual and bowel dysfunction contributes to emotional distress during the first two years after treatment, and whether distress may in turn further decrease function.

A new study has identified several key factors in postmenopausal women that are associated with height loss, a common occurrence in this age group that is known to increase the risk for death and disease.

For UB's DPT and BS/MS candidates, the hooding ceremony may be more meaningful than graduation.

Study looked at 46 women across two different age ranges, 60-74 and 75-90, to learn how physical activity affects frailty differently in the two groups

Summit aims to improve access to culturally and linguistically appropriate services, efficient clinic and transportation systems and operations, and available economic opportunities.

On April 28, the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is hosting "Igniting Hope: Building a Just Community With a Culture of Health and Equity," focused on addressing health disparities in Buffalo's African-American community. 

Fifteen University at Buffalo students have received 2018 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, presented to them by SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson April 10 at an awards ceremony in Albany.

A federally funded study led by UB researchers will look at whether mobile produce markets are helping people eat healthier.

The findings of two recently published studies on the emergence of hookah use indicate that public health officials may need to consider broadening their tobacco prevention efforts beyond traditional cigarettes.

National Cancer Institute funding will allow Lucia Leone and her team to expand their work by helping organizations across the Northeast and Southeast start mobile markets using the Veggie Van model.

The April 6 research symposium will also include a screening of ‘Bending the Arc.’ 

The University at Buffalo’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has awarded 11 new grants to support promising translational research projects in Western New York.

The rankings are based on surveys of administrators at more than 1,970 programs and more than 16,500 academics and professionals.

Researchers will tackle climate change, chemical exposures among schoolchildren and developing more efficient semiconductors.

Marriage satisfaction helped soldiers better deal with trauma from combat and resulted in lower levels of alcohol problems.

Registered participants will learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose, as well as how to properly administer naloxone.

UB's Pavani Ram is among the contributors to a Stanford-led study of children in poor regions of Bangladesh.

Designed for individuals who want to gain foundational public health knowledge in as little as one year, the program can be completed online or on campus on a full- or part-time basis.

Researchers are working with a sample of members of the Buffalo Police Department on a three-year $814,000 study being funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice.

UB researchers played a key role in the development of new guidelines for managing fatigue in emergency medical services personnel.

Marianthi Markatou has been invited to speak at the 10th annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop on Feb. 7 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Sue Ann Sisto, the first physical therapist to be named a fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, will join UB on Jan. 18.

For faculty member Jessica Kruger, students’ commitment doesn’t end in the classroom.

UB's programs in physical therapy and occupational therapy have received 10-year renewals from their respective accreditation organizations.

For UB's DPT and BS/MS candidates, the hooding ceremony may be more meaningful than graduation.

A federally funded study led by UB researchers will look at whether mobile produce markets are helping people eat healthier.

The April 6 research symposium will also include a screening of ‘Bending the Arc.’ 

UB's Pavani Ram is among the contributors to a Stanford-led study of children in poor regions of Bangladesh.