Events And News

Region needs to eliminate inequalities in health care
Current discussions on hospital closings should engage us all to rethink how we can eliminate the glaring inequalities in health care that minorities receive. Go to (PDF) Article

Tolls aid and abet air pollution
Waiting in line at the toll booths to relinquish another 75 cents to enter Buffalo may require a few deep breathing exercises, but residents may want to think twoce before inhaling. Go to (PDF) Article

NCCJ to honor 29 people, 3 groups
The Western New York Region of the National Conference for Community and Justice will honor three organizations and 29 individuals
for their service to others in the Buffalo area during the annual Brother-Sisterhood Awards Luncheon at noon Jan. 25 in the Buffalo
Convention Center Go to (PDF) Article

NAFTA, Post-9/11 Security Concerns Combine to Increase Risk of Asthma in Neighborhoods Adjacent to Heavily Traveled Border Crossings
(November 15, 2004, Relevance: 10.0) The North American Free Trade Agreement and increased security concerns in the post-9/11 era have combined to produce an unanticipated health problem in communities situated along U.S. borders: an increased risk of asthma.
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Residents Living Near Most-Heavily Traveled Border Crossing Four Times More Likely to Suffer from Asthma
(October 4, 2004, Relevance: 10.0) Increased truck traffic at the busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing in the Eastern U.S. is contributing to a clustering of asthma cases among residents who live nearby, according to University at Buffalo researchers.
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Associated Press: People who live near border crossings at increased risk of developing asthma, UB researcher says
(November 17, 2004, Relevance: 8.0) An article by the Associated Press reports on UB research that found that people who live near border crossings have an increased risk of developing asthma. The article quotes Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa, director of the Center for Asthma and Environmental Exposure. Go to Article

UB Co-Sponsors Global Bio Pharma Conference
(August 31, 2004, Relevance: 2.0) The University at Buffalo and the Global Bio Pharma Conference Group is sponsoring "Global Bio Pharma Conference -- 2004," a gathering of biopharmaceutical industry leaders, academicians, scientists, entrepreneurs and representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss "emerging issues, challenges and opportunities in the new millennium for biologicals, pharmaceuticals, clinical trials and diagnostics." Go to Article

UB, Community Partners Receive $1.1 Million to Study Asthma, Lupus in Two Buffalo Neighborhoods
(November 19, 2001, Relevance: 2.0) University at Buffalo researchers have received a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to assess environmental pollutants and their relationship to the prevalence of autoimmune disease, particularly lupus, and asthma in two Buffalo neighborhoods.
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Asthma Conference to Focus On WNY's Respiratory Health
(April 30, 1998, Relevance: 2.0) New asthma drugs, new genetic discoveries and the influence of home and external environments on the disease will be among the topics addressed at the 4th annual Asthma and Environmental Exposure Conference to be held May 9.
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UB Awards Multidisciplinary Grants to 16 Faculty Teams
(May 31, 1995, Relevance: 2.0) Sixteen faculty teams at the University at Buffalo with excellent ideas for original, multidisciplinary research have been awarded grants totaling more than $300,000 by the university. Go to Article

	NEWS
	Region needs to eliminate inequalities in health care Current discussions on hospital closings should engage us all to rethink how we can eliminate the glaring inequalities in health care that minorities receive. Go to (PDF) Article Tolls aid and abet air pollution Waiting in line at the toll booths to relinquish another 75 cents to enter Buffalo may require a few deep breathing exercises, but residents may want to think twoce before inhaling. Go to (PDF) Article NCCJ to honor 29 people, 3 groups The Western New York Region of the National Conference for Community and Justice will honor three organizations and 29 individuals for their service to others in the Buffalo area during the annual Brother-Sisterhood Awards Luncheon at noon Jan. 25 in the Buffalo Convention Center Go to (PDF) Article NAFTA, Post-9/11 Security Concerns Combine to Increase Risk of Asthma in Neighborhoods Adjacent to Heavily Traveled Border Crossings (November 15, 2004, Relevance: 10.0) The North American Free Trade Agreement and increased security concerns in the post-9/11 era have combined to produce an unanticipated health problem in communities situated along U.S. borders: an increased risk of asthma. Go to Article Residents Living Near Most-Heavily Traveled Border Crossing Four Times More Likely to Suffer from Asthma (October 4, 2004, Relevance: 10.0) Increased truck traffic at the busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing in the Eastern U.S. is contributing to a clustering of asthma cases among residents who live nearby, according to University at Buffalo researchers. Go to Article Associated Press: People who live near border crossings at increased risk of developing asthma, UB researcher says (November 17, 2004, Relevance: 8.0) An article by the Associated Press reports on UB research that found that people who live near border crossings have an increased risk of developing asthma. The article quotes Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa, director of the Center for Asthma and Environmental Exposure. Go to Article UB Co-Sponsors Global Bio Pharma Conference (August 31, 2004, Relevance: 2.0) The University at Buffalo and the Global Bio Pharma Conference Group is sponsoring "Global Bio Pharma Conference -- 2004," a gathering of biopharmaceutical industry leaders, academicians, scientists, entrepreneurs and representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss "emerging issues, challenges and opportunities in the new millennium for biologicals, pharmaceuticals, clinical trials and diagnostics." Go to Article UB, Community Partners Receive $1.1 Million to Study Asthma, Lupus in Two Buffalo Neighborhoods (November 19, 2001, Relevance: 2.0) University at Buffalo researchers have received a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to assess environmental pollutants and their relationship to the prevalence of autoimmune disease, particularly lupus, and asthma in two Buffalo neighborhoods. Go to Article Asthma Conference to Focus On WNY's Respiratory Health (April 30, 1998, Relevance: 2.0) New asthma drugs, new genetic discoveries and the influence of home and external environments on the disease will be among the topics addressed at the 4th annual Asthma and Environmental Exposure Conference to be held May 9. Go to Article UB Awards Multidisciplinary Grants to 16 Faculty Teams (May 31, 1995, Relevance: 2.0) Sixteen faculty teams at the University at Buffalo with excellent ideas for original, multidisciplinary research have been awarded grants totaling more than $300,000 by the university. Go to Article