Our Units

Research and Economic Development

From the humanities to the hard sciences, the Research and Economic Development offices and units support the planning, implementation and recording of scholarship and research.

The Research and Economic Development office and its coordinating units support campus-wide research and entrepreneurial enterprise. In helping faculty achieve research excellence, they work on proposals from concept through submission, review regulations to ensure compliance, and offer training and assistance. They encourage entrepreneurs, nurture start-ups and facilitate innovation in ways that benefit the university as well as the local and global community.

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Leadership Messages

Venu Govindaraju
Vice President for Research and Economic Development

"Research drives us. Whether it results in beneficial inventions and technologies, discoveries that inform our teaching, or creative scholarship, it is core to UB's faculty, staff and students."

Offices Supporting UB Researchers

Proposal & Award

Economic Development

Administrative

Research Highlights

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Avonex
2/9/12
The drug most prescribed to people with relapsing multiple sclerosis.
Simulator for Robotic Surgery Training
2/9/12
One of the world鈥檚 first simulators to closely approximate the 鈥渢ouch and feel鈥� of the da Vinci鈩� robotic surgical system.
PKU Test
2/9/12
Infant screening to detect phenylketonuria, a genetic disorder that can cause severe intellectual disabilities.
Portable Patient Ventilator
2/9/12
A medical device that introduces into hospital intensive care units the same powerful and effective method of anesthetizing patients that works so well in the operating room.
SmartPill
2/9/12
An ingestible diagnostic-sensing capsule that measures how the gastrointestinal tract is functioning.
Bedside Emergency Ultrasound
2/9/12
Trauma-patient evaluation that revolutionized emergency room care in the U.S.
Dual Radiation Targeting System
2/9/12
A UB medical student and professor invented technology used worldwide to increase surgical accuracy while reducing radiation exposure.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
12/5/11
Discoveries made by UB researchers have fundamentally altered our understanding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Traffic Light Diet
2/9/12
A diet widely prescribed by pediatricians today to counteract childhood obesity.
Computer-Assisted Total Knee Replacement
2/9/12
A more precise method for aligning instruments, cutting bone and placing knee implant components.
Infasurf
2/9/12
Lung surfactant therapy administered to premature babies to assist breathing in the first critical hours after birth.
BioBlower
2/9/12
Air sterilization technology that destroys everything from pollen to airborne pathogens.
Partial Liquid Ventilation
2/9/12
UB researcher developed a technique to treat respiratory distress syndrome in extremely premature infants, increasing their chance of survival.
Internal Pacemaker
2/9/12
The first successful implantable pulse generator鈥攁nd the lithium battery used to extend its longevity.
Lippes Loop
2/9/12
The first double-S intrauterine contraceptive device, and the standard against which other IUDs came to be compared.

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OVPRED

516 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260-1611
(716) 645-3321
FAX: (716) 645-6792

VPR@research.buffalo.edu

Leading Research Centers and Initiatives

The National AI Institute for Exceptional Education is a National Artificial Intelligence Research Institute led by UB and funded
by and (US Department of Education).
Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (CBLS)
4/10/25
UB's is connecting businesses, scientists and resources to accelerate life sciences discoveries.
A first snapshot of photosynthesis in action (photo: Mary Zhu) part of the groundbreaking research that promises to transform the way we design and develop drugs. is an NSF-funded Science and Technology Center composed of eight research institutions.
Center for Computational Research (CCR)
4/10/25
The (CCR) is a high performance computing and visualization center that maximizes faculty research and boosts business productivity.
Researchers are using light in novel ways to power our economy and to improve our healthcare. - the science and technology based on light - is invaluable in nanomedicine.
Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI)
4/10/25
Businesses compete better using technological innovations discovered through the with its focus on materials and computational sciences.
(Research and Education in eNergy, Environment and Water) Institute brings together faculty and students from across the university to address the critical challenges facing us today.
The studies addictions, substance use and abuse, providing groundbreaking research that can help guide prevention and treatment.
Global Biomedical
7/15/16
The Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences (CIGBS) collaborates around the world on issues of healthcare research, training and drug development, primarily focused on low-income countries.
UB Microbiome Center
2/10/17
As part of a national initiative, the UB Microbiome Center encourages innovative research to improve our health, boost food production and restore the environment.
The biorepository program is designed to advance discovery and innovation in healthcare by providing a unique, centralized resource of high-quality, deeply annotated biospecimens to support present and future research studies, diagnostic development, and the creation of new therapeutics.
Buffalo Institute for Genomics & Data Analytics (BIG)
4/10/25
A $100 million partnership between Buffalo and New York City is leading the nation in genomic research. The Buff leverages the university's expertise in life sciences and high-performance computing in collaboration with the New York Genome Center.