UB Surgical Outcomes and Research (SOAR)

A handful of people working at a table together.

Diet, dietary biomarkers, adiposity and age-related eye disease and periodontal disease.Established in 2017, the UB SOAR Center is a collaboration between the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Department of Surgery and UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions. The Center currently serves as a hub for high-impact surgical outcomes research, multidisciplinary collaboration and clinical research training.

Division of Environmental Health Sciences

The multidisciplinary Division of Environmental Health Sciences brings together students and faculty from across UB to integrate perspectives from a wide range of research areas.

Researcher Spotlight

Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, principal investigator of UB’s Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Center, discusses the significance of the WHI, one of the longest and most comprehensive studies ever done on postmenopausal women.