Research Priorities at the University at Buffalo

As of November 21, 2001

Last year UB created a Memorandum of Understanding with SUNY that, among many other goals, identified research and clinical priorities for the coming 5 years. Listed here are UB priorities that are specifically research-related. Although mainly based on the MOU, they have been revised, and new categories added. These priorities will evolve over the years.

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & REHABILITATIVE MEDICINE

• Independent living
• Next generation technologies

BIOINFORMATICS

• Database development
• Data mining
• Computational biology
• Structural biology
• Genomics
• Proteomics

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

• Bioinstrumentation (e.g. MEMS)
• Biosensors
• Tissue and organ equivalents
• Robotics
• Imaging
• Biomaterials

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

• Pharmacy, drug discovery and early drug development
• Pediatrics
• Neurosciences
• Oncology
• Molecular dynamics and cellular imaging
• Chemical Biology
• Biophotonics
• Vaccine development

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Visualization
• Human/computer interactions
• Artificial Intelligence
• Geographic Information Systems
• Transportation
• All other areas supporting biomedical sciences

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES

• Volcano
• Earthquake
• Energy
• Pollution abatement

LASERS, PHOTONICS AND SPINTRONICS

• Opto-electronic materials
• Spintronic materials
• Nanotechnology

PUBLIC HEALTH

• Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
• Risk behavior (including addictions)
• Biohazards

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