Upcoming Career Service Job/Internship Fairs
Please check out this comprehensive listing of events/fairs from UB’s Career Services Office.
POLICIES: Scheduling Prehealth Appointments
Freshmen and sophomores who are NOT Early Assurance or Combined Degree (BS/DDS) Program candidates may schedule an appointment to see Dalene Aylward. Dalene is located in 104D Norton Hall. Please set appointments by calling 716-645-6013, or by going to 109 Norton Hall between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Juniors and seniors and freshmen and sophomores who are candidates for Early Assurance Programs, the Combined BS/DDS Degree Program, alumni and international students may schedule an appointment to see Libby Morsheimer. Libby is located in 108A Norton Hall. Please set appointments by calling 716-645-6013 or by going to 109 Norton Hall between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Missed Appointments
If you cannot attend your appointment, please call our main scheduling at 716-645-6013 office to cancel. There may be a number of students waiting 1-2 weeks for an appointment and “missed appointments” contribute to the delays.
Coming to Your Appointment Late
As appointments are generally a ½ hour in length, coming to your appointment late can significantly cut down on the time we have to address your questions. Your appointment cannot be extended into the next person’s time slot because you were late.
Please do not ask to schedule appointments via email.
Posted July 21, 2006 in Getting Ready to Apply
SmartPill for Stomach Disorder Approved
Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:03 PM EDT
The Associated Press
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An electronic capsule that becomes a sort of mini-laboratory when swallowed won federal approval, giving doctors
another way to diagnose an uncomfortable stomach condition, its inventors said Thursday. The wireless device, about the size of a large vitamin
pill, journeys along the gastrointestinal tract collecting data and transmitting it to a receiver worn on the patient’s belt or around the neck. When the capsule is passed from the body in a couple of days, the patient brings the cell-phone-sized receiver back to the doctor, who downloads the data to a computer. There’s no need to retrieve the capsule itself — it’s disposable. By measuring pH, pressure and its progress through the stomach, intestines and bowel, the $500 device is designed to diagnose a condition called gastroparesis, which causes the stomach to empty slowly. Doctors like the capsule because it can be given at the office and is reliable and noninvasive, said David Barthel, president and chief executive of SmartPill Corp., the Buffalo-based company that developed it. Patients like it because it is more comfortable and convenient than other procedures, he said. Currently, the most common method for diagnosing gastroparesis is a nuclear medicine test, in which a patient eats a meal laced with a small amount of radioactive material and then remains at the hospital for several hours while a scanner monitors the amount of radioactivity in the stomach. Symptoms of gastroparesis — which affects up to 50 percent of diabetics, those suffering from Parkinson’s disease as well as others — include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, bloating and weight loss. The Food and Drug Administration approved the device Tuesday following clinical trials that wrapped up in November, clearing the way for commercial sales this fall.
SmartPill Corp
Posted July 21, 2006 in Medical Updates, Current Issues
UB People and Current Research
UB PEOPLE
CHIEF CANTY: John M. Canty, Jr., M.D., Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Professor of Medicine, has been named chief of the new Division of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
UB BREAKING RESEARCH
SAFEST SEAT: UB researchers analyzing data from thousands of auto accidents have concluded that a car’s middle back seat - most often considered the least desirable seat in a car - is, in fact, the safest.
HEART MUSCLE: Pioneering research at UB focusing on reversing a heart dysfunction called “hibernating myocardium” that can cause disabling heart failure and sudden death has received a major boost with a $2.5 million grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT: UB researchers are beginning two new studies as part of an international effort to prevent type 1 diabetes that involves researchers at 22 clinical centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Posted July 21, 2006 in Medical Updates, Current Issues
Releasing Your Committee Letter
If you came through the Prehealth Committee in April 2006 in support of a 2007 application to any of the professional schools (or plan to do so in September 2006), you will want to be sure you complete and submit a Release Form to our office (109 Norton Hall) Form once you begin to receive secondary applications from individual schools. This is so our office has your permission to release your Prehealth Committee packet. If you are applying through AADSAS in support of a dental school application, you have more flexibility to release your letters at other times (earlier).
Remember if you are applying to MD, DO or OD (optometry) schools check to see if the school is using VirtualEvals first. If they are, indicate a “VE” next to each school on your Release Form. If a school is NOT using VirtualEvals, you want to pre-address an envelope (available in 108 Norton) and pre-stamp with postage ($1.11). Please turn in your Release Form with your prepared envelopes to 109 Norton.
Posted July 19, 2006 in Getting Ready to Apply, Letters of Recommendation
MCAT 2007 Dates
The dates for the 2007 MCAT administration are now available in the 108 Norton area. There is a pad of “tear-off” sheets containing all dates. Please help yourself. It is located on top of the gray file cabinet outside my office. For more information click here.
