Upcoming Events

You are invited to the 5th Annual Community Health & Advocacy Conference hosted by the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences!

You're invited to join the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for our next Mini Medical School session:

You're invited to join the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for our next Mini Medical School session:
Stroke Prevention & Management
Presenter: Amit Kandel, MD, MBA
Stroke Director and Neurologist, Buffalo General Medical Center and Gates Vascular Institute

Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m....

Join us for this Special Book Launch Event!

Photos courtesy of Sandra Kicman (L: Dr. Sourav Sengupta; R: Dr. Ben Rein)

On Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 1 PM to 4 PM, Community Health Speaks hosted an event titled "Building Emotional Wellness and Resilience" at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. This gathering provided an interactive platform to explore practical strategies for recognizing and managing stress, worry, and daily life challenges....

The 4th Annual Community Health & Advocacy Conference was held on Friday, May 16, 2025, and welcomed approximately 300 attendees from the Jacobs School community, the University at Buffalo, and the broader Buffalo community. This year's conference focused on strategies for social change and community collaboration, with the goal of promoting...

On October 16th, the University at Buffalo (UB)-led initiative Community Health Speaks hosted an important event on Afghan Women's Health, with a special focus on preventive care for women in the Afghan refugee community. This event, held at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (JSMBS), was organized and moderated by Parveen Attai,...

Calls for diversity in genomics had motivated new global research collaborations across institutions with significantly imbalanced resources. Alicia R. Martin, Ph.D., shared practical insights gained by her and her colleagues at the BROAD Institute MIT and Harvard. They had worked on designing multidisciplinary, international research and...

This event, co-hosted by AHEC and Community Health Speaks, was aimed at teens enrolled in a health internship program that took place recently. It was a panel discussion featuring faculty from the University at Buffalo and practitioners with experience in Buffalo's inner city. The session provided attendees with insights into various mental...