UB Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence

03/24/2025

UB Faculty, Staff, & Students - Please join us TODAY at 4pm for Dr. Kelly K. Baker's presentation “Application of Patho-microbial community patterns at the One health interface for prioritization of community-based infectious disease prevention interventions”
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11/19/2024

Check it out: A new genetic counseling master’s degree program being developed at the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences - University at Buffalo is going to improve access to genetic counseling services for Western New Yorkers, amid growing demand both locally and nationwide!

As experts in genetics and genomics, genetic counselors provide patients with information and guidance about inherited diseases that may affect them and their families.

If the program is accredited next spring, students will be able to start applying in August 2025 for an August 2026 start. “Although this may seem far away, our prospective students are currently juniors and seniors and would want to complete prerequisite courses in 2025,” explains Lindsey M. Alico, clinical assistant professor and director of UB’s genetic counseling graduate program.

» Read our full story to find out why genetic counselors are increasingly important members of the health care team: http://ms.spr.ly/6180WqCNn

09/13/2023

September is month. An estimated 250,000 people in the U.S. have dystonia, a chronic movement disorder affecting the brain and nervous system.

Did you know? Allison Brashear, MD, MBA — vice president for health sciences and Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences - University at Buffalo dean — was the principal investigator to describe a unique genetic form of dystonia known as rapid-onset dystonia-Parkinsonism ( ).

Now she is the principal investigator on Clinical Research: ATP1A3-Related Disorders. She and her team are working to expand knowledge about this spectrum of rare neurologic disorders.

» Learn more about clinical research on ATP1A3-related disorders: https://medicine.buffalo.edu/atp1a3