UB Announcements/Breaking Research
HARRIS NAMED FELLOW
Linda M. Harris, MD, associate professor of surgery in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery at the society’s 62nd Vascular Annual Meeting.
Read more about Harris and her election to the society
NEW CHAIR
Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, an internationally recognized expert in molecular pharmacology and drug discovery, has been named chair of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Department. Learn more about Dubocovich and her appointment
Breaking Research
ENERGY DRINKS
Research in UB’s Research Institute on Addictions has linked consumption by college students of energy drinks high in caffeine content with risky substance use, sexual risk-taking and development of “toxic jock identity.” Learn more about the research on energy drinks
SURGICAL INFECTIONS
The use of antimicrobial sutures has been shown to reduce significantly post-surgical infections in children born with hydrocephalus who undergo brain shunt surgery, according to UB research. Read more about antimicrobial sutures
BINGE DRINKING
The odds of 18- and 19-year-old college women experiencing sexual aggression are 19 times greater when they binge drink than when they don’t drink, according to researchers at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions. Learn more about the effects of binge drinking
