Latest SPHHP News

  • Partnership seeks to improve health of Seneca-Babcock neighborhood
    8/15/25

    Through food pantry, health and wellness screenings and more to come, UB students and faculty aim to help residents break the norm of dying around age 65.

  • Will Coca-Cola’s new cane sugar soda be a healthy game changer?
    7/28/25

    Cane sugar is not healthier than high fructose corn syrup, says University at Buffalo nutritionist Jennifer Temple, but higher prices could reduce demand for soda.

  • UB honors Mendola and Chakraborty as top researchers
    7/17/25
    Two of UB’s best and brightest teachers and researchers—Pauline Mendola and Saptarshi Chakraborty--have been named recipients of the university’s 2025 UB Exceptional Scholar Award Research Recognition Awards.
  • MPH student Jackson selected as ASPPH national ambassador
    7/17/25
    Amanda Jackson, a second-year Master of Public Health student in the School of Public Health and Health Professions, has been selected as a national public health ambassador by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) as part of the organization’s This Is Public Health (TIPH) program in the 2025-2026 cohort. 
  • Study: Quick, pain-free breast imaging system shows promise in early clinical tests
    7/10/25

    Automated scan takes less than a minute and produces AI-powered, clear 3D images.

  • Distribution Divas take annual high school stats competition
    6/27/25
    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. 
  • 2025 SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Three SPHHP Colleagues
    6/20/25
    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.
  • 2025 SPHHP Student Awards Honor Achievement
    6/6/25
    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.
  • Making connections
    6/5/25

    A special "belonging" initiative in the School of Public Health and Health Professions aims to connect undergraduates with faculty and each other.

  • UB Step Challenge crushes goals
    6/2/25

    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.