Social media, energy drinks and AI detectors were just some of the statistical topics presented at this year’s UB Statistics Program Competition funded by UB’s Department of Biostatistics and the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Core of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Three colleagues from the School of Public Health and Health Professions have been named recipients of the 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. The award acknowledges and provides system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and the ongoing pursuit of excellence.
The School of Public Health and Health Professions recently held its Ninth Annual Student Awards Reception, which celebrates the accomplishments of hardworking students across all five departments.
The UB and WNY communities stepped it up for the fitness challenge's 10th anniversary, surpassing last year's total steps by more than 460 million steps.
The University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions announced the recipients of its 2024-2025 awards during the school’s annual meeting in May. The award recipients have been chosen for their outstanding dedication and service to the school in scholarship, community engagement and professional duties.
About one-third of undergraduates at the University at Buffalo are the first in their family to attend college. They radiate determination and ambition, and they inspire others to pursue higher education as a path toward upward mobility.
Children born to mothers with obesity, a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy (gestational diabetes mellitus) or high blood pressure during pregnancy have higher blood pressure — both the top and bottom numbers — than children born to mothers without these risk factors, according to a new study.
Amy Millen, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, has been selected for the inaugural group of Excellence in Nutrition Fellows of the American Society for Nutrition.
Gary Giovino is a leading scholar on global tobacco use and is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in UB's School of Public Health and Health Professions and SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Community Health and Health Behavior department. He led the Global Adult Tobacco Survey and is engaged in ongoing research in this area.
Pavani Kalluri Ram is leading studies to evaluate hand washing behavior change programs promote handwashing with soap to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene in communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
OGHI founder Arthur Goshin and his team are creating a community-based program in rural villages of India that focuses on children with a range of physical disabilities, and are developing training for workers who care for disabled children.
Faculty in the School of Public Health and Health Professions are conducting research to reduce the burden of Chronic Illness and Non-Communicable Diseases.
Working with the Child Health and Development Centre at Makerere University, Uganda, this study, led by OGHI founder Arthur Goshin, this study seeks to improve maternal health and birth weight, nutrition and growth in children.
Projects include collaborating on the development and implementation of interventions to improve the health of elders in both the United States and India.
Through a partnership with the World Health Organization’s tropical diseases research program and the Uganda Ministry of Health, this study will help design a plan for a new intervention to treat malaria in children in Uganda.