Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is one of UB's 13 schools and colleges. It is located on the Downtown Campus and South Campus.[1] As of 2025, the school has over 700 medical students, over 800 residents and fellows, and over 1,000 undergraduate students.[2]
The medical school is the oldest school at UB and was founded in 1846.[3]
Academic Programs & Departments
Academic Departments
Additional Programs
MD-PhD Program
The Jacobs School offers a joint Medical Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy program with PhD programs across the university:[4]
- Biochemistry (with the Department of Biochemistry)
- Biomedical Informatics (with the Department of Biomedical Informatics)
- Biophysics (with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics)
- Computational Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Pathology (with the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences)
- Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics (with the Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Program)
- Microbiology and Immunology (with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology)
- Neuroscience (with the Neuroscience Program)
- Oral Biology (with the School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral Biology)
- Pathology (with the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences)
- Pharmacology and Toxicology (with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology)
- Physiology (with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics)
- Structural Biology (with the Department of Structural Biology)
- Epidemiology (with the School of Public Health and Health Professions Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health)
- Nutrition and Exercise Science (with the SPHHP Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences)
- Biomedical Engineering (with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department of Biomedical Engineering)
- Chemical and Biological Engineering (with the SEAS Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering)
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (with the SEAS Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
- Cancer Prevention (with the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center)
- Cancer Genetics, Genomics and Development (with RPCCC)
- Tumor Immunology (with RPCCC)
- Cell Stress and Biophysical Oncology (with RPCCC)
- Experimental Therapeutics (with RPCCC)
Locations & Facilities
Brain Museum
The Brain Museum has locations on the Downtown Campus at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Building and on South Campus at the Biomedical Education Building.[5] This museum is free, open to the public, and hosts a collection of human brains.[6]
Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic
The Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic is a student-run medical clinic in Buffalo providing free services to the community.[7]
Affiliated Hospitals
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is affiliated with many hospitals in the WNY region:[8]
- Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute
- Oishei Children's Hospital
- Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital
- DeGraff Medical Park
- Erie County Medical Center
- Great Lakes Health System of Western New York
- Buffalo VA Medical Center
- Sisters of Charity Hospital
- Kenmore Mercy Hospital
- Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
- Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Residency Controversies
References
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/maps_and_directions.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/about/employment.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/175/celebrating.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/education/mdphd/education/phd-overview/phd-programs.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/about/community_outreach/brain-museum.html
- ↑ https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/38659
- ↑ https://www.lighthousefreemedicalclinic.com/
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/about/hospital_and_researchaffiliations/hospital.html