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UB 20/20: Creating a Truly Great Public Research University for the 21st Century
UB 20/20: President's Message
UB 20/20: Academic Planning Overview: From Foci of Excellence to Strategic Strengths
UB 20/20: Strategic Strengths - Aging and Chronic Disability
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Strong Foci of Excellence:
- UB-Toshiba Stroke Research Center/ UBNDC
- Center for Excellence in Translational Cardiovascular Medicine
- Center on Healthy Aging
- CIMP Medical Imaging Physics
- Hearing and Deafness *
- Mechanism of Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Cognitive Science
- The Neuroscience Center
Supporting Foci of Excellence:
- Center for Assistive Technology (CAT) *
- Center for the Biobehavioral Study of Obesity
- Diabetes-Endocrinology Center of WNY
- Center for Stability & Mobility
- Center of Excellence in Augmentative Communication (CEAC) *
- Niagara Regional Consortium on Disability & Aging (NRCDA) *, **
- The Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA) *
Given the reality of an aging population, research into the diagnosis, treatment, and molecular mechanisms of chronic and degenerative diseases represents a significant opportunity for growth. A combination of clinical, basic research, and translational projects represents a true strength of this area. A common theme - diagnosis, treatment, and underlying mechanisms of aging-related diseases - provides the unifying theme for this strategic strength.
The above identified centers represent a trans-disciplinary blending of the purely clinical, completely molecular, and psychological orientations. Within the existing centers collaborative interactions among center faculty are evident. Further, long-term grant support is generally strong and given the demographics of an aging population - both regionally and nationally - expansion of funding opportunities in the area of chronic aging and disease is anticipated."
* NRC TRADE principle investigators represent these Centers
** The Niagara Regional Consortium on Disability & Aging (NRC DA) has been renamed as the Niagara Regional Consortium on Technology, Rehabilitation, Aging, Disability & Environments (NRC TRADE)
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