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Bianca Weinstock-Guttman | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | MD, 1983, University of Bucharest |
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| Institutions | University at Buffalo |
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman is an American neurologist. She is a SUNY Distinguished Professor at the University at Buffalo.
Weinstock-Guttman completed her medical degree at the University of Bucharest in 1983 and her internship at Meir Hospital and Tel Aviv University. [1]
Upon completing her formal education,Weinstock-Guttman accepted a faculty position at University of Buffalo in 1998. [2] In 2006,she helped establish the Pediatric MS Center of Buffalo with a grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. [2] In this role,she received the 2013 UB Exceptional Scholars Sustained Achievement Award. [3]
In 2017,Weinstock-Guttman was named the principal investigator to lead clinical trials exploring potential therapeutic applications of cannabinoids in progressive multiple sclerosis. [4] The following year,she received the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Impact Award for her research,patient care and advocacy skills. [5] During the COVID-19 pandemic,Weinstock-Guttman co-authored Asymptomatic infection after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in multiple sclerosis patient with Dejan Jakimovski. [6] She was also the recipient of the 2020 Stockton Kimball Award for outstanding scientific achievement and service. [7] The following year,she was promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor,the highest rank in the SUNY system. [8]
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM),or acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis,is a rare autoimmune disease marked by a sudden,widespread attack of inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. As well as causing the brain and spinal cord to become inflamed,ADEM also attacks the nerves of the central nervous system and damages their myelin insulation,which,as a result,destroys the white matter. It is often triggered by a viral infection or vaccinations.
The State University of New York is a system of public colleges and universities in New York State. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities,colleges,and community colleges in the United States,with a total enrollment of 424,051 students,plus 2,195,082 adult education students,spanning 64 campuses across the state. Led by interim chancellor Deborah F. Stanley,the SUNY system has 91,182 employees,including 32,496 faculty members,and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $13.08 billion budget.
Interferon beta-1a is a cytokine in the interferon family used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). It is produced by mammalian cells,while interferon beta-1b is produced in modified E. coli. Some research indicates that interferon injections may result in an 18–38% reduction in the rate of MS relapses.
The State University of New York at Buffalo,commonly referred to as the University at Buffalo (UB),is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst,New York,United States. The university was founded in 1846 as a private medical college and merged with the State University of New York system in 1962. Along with Stony Brook,it is a flagship institution of the SUNY system. As of fall 2020,the university enrolls 32,347 students in 13 schools and colleges,making it the largest public university in the state of New York.
Interferon beta-1b is a cytokine in the interferon family used to treat the relapsing-remitting and secondary-progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). It is approved for use after the first MS event. Closely related is interferon beta 1a,also indicated for MS,with a very similar drug profile.
A cooling vest is a piece of specially made clothing designed to lower or stabilize body temperature and make exposure to warm climates or environments more bearable. Cooling vests are used by many athletes,construction workers,and welders,as well as individuals suffering from multiple sclerosis,hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia,or various types of sports injuries.
The State University of New York Upstate Medical University is a public medical school in Syracuse,New York. Founded in 1834,Upstate is the 15th oldest medical school in the United States and is the only medical school in Central New York. The school is an upper-division transfer and doctoral university with degree-granting programs in the Norton College of Medicine,College of Nursing,College of Health Professions,and the College of Graduate Studies. The university is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency is a term invented by Italian researcher Paolo Zamboni in 2008 to describe compromised flow of blood in the veins draining the central nervous system. Zamboni hypothesized that it might play a role in the cause or development of multiple sclerosis (MS). Zamboni also devised a surgical procedure which the media nicknamed a liberation procedure or liberation therapy,involving venoplasty or stenting of certain veins. Zamboni's ideas about CCSVI are very controversial,with significantly more detractors than supporters,and any treatments based on his ideas are considered experimental.
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,also known as Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,is a public medical school in the city of Buffalo,New York at the University at Buffalo. Founded in 1846,it is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is the only medical school in Buffalo. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Rajan Batta is an American operations research scientist,currently a SUNY Distinguished Professor at State University of New York. Batta earned his doctorate in Operations Research in 1984 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of State University of New York Operations Research faculty beginning in 1984. He also has had several administrative appointments,including Chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering,and Associate Dean in various capacities of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at the University at Buffalo (UB). Currently he serves in the role of Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Diversity in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo.
Igor Koralnik is an American physician,neurologist and scientist. He is one of the first physicians to study the neurologic complications caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is a leading researcher in the investigation of the polyomavirus JC,which causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML),a disease of the central nervous system that occurs in immunosuppressed individuals.
Radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) is a clinical situation in which a person has white matter lesions suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS),as shown on an MRI scan that was done for reasons unrelated to MS symptoms. The nerve lesions in these people show dissemination in space with an otherwise normal neurological examination and without historical accounts of typical MS symptoms.
Steven J. Fliesler is an American biochemist and cell biologist,whose research has focused on how lipid metabolism supports the normal structure and function of the vertebrate retina. He currently is the Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor of Ophthalmology and Vice-Chair/Director of Research in the Department of Ophthalmology,Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,at the University at Buffalo,The State University of New York. In 2014,he became a UB Distinguished Professor,and in 2018 was promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor. He is the author or coauthor of more than 150 publications,including peer-reviewed scientific/biomedical journal articles,books and book chapters.
Anne Cross is an American neurologist and neuroimmunologist and the Section Head of Neuroimmunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,Missouri. Cross holds the Manny and Rosalyn Rosenthal–Dr. John L. Trotter Endowed Chair in Neuroimmunology at WUSTL School of Medicine and co-directs the John L Trotter Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Cross is a leader in the field of neuroimmunology and was the first to discover the role of B cells in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis in animals and then in humans. Cross now develops novel imaging techniques to observe inflammation and demyelination in the central nervous systems of MS patients for diagnosis and disease management.
The Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine,sold under the brand name Comirnaty,is an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the German biotechnology company BioNTech and for its development collaborated with American company Pfizer,for support with clinical trials,logistics,and manufacturing. It is authorized for use in people aged five years and older in some jurisdictions,twelve years and older in some jurisdictions,and for people sixteen years and older in other jurisdictions,to provide protection against COVID-19,caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine is given by intramuscular injection. It is composed of nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA) encoding a mutated form of the full-length spike protein of SARS-CoV-2,which is encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles. Initial advice indicated that vaccination required two doses given 21 days apart,but the interval was later extended to up to 42 days in the US,and up to four months in Canada.
Mary McGrae McDermott is the Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics and of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Her studies focus on interventions for peripheral artery disease.
Jean Wactawski-Wende is an American epidemiologist specializing in women's health. She is a Full professor of epidemiology and environmental health,and dean of the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions.
Frederick Sachs is an American biologist. He is a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo's Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
Onyema Eberechukwu Ogbuagu is an American-born infectious diseases physician,educator,researcher,and clinical trial investigator,who was raised and educated in Nigeria. He is an associate professor at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven,Conn. and is the director of the Yale AIDS Program clinical trials unit. His research contributions have focused on HIV/AIDS prevention and COVID-19 vaccination and treatment clinical trials. He switched his focus at the beginning of the 2019 COVID pandemic and participated as a principal investigator (PI) on the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine trials and the Remdesivir SIMPLE trial in 2020 and 2021. In pursuit of his global health component of his career,Ogbuagu also supports postgraduate physician medical education programs in low and middle income countries in sub-Saharan Africa in Rwanda (2013–2018) and Liberia as well as HIV treatment programs in Liberia.
Mirdza E. Neiders,DDS,MS is a Latvian American professor,researcher,and oral pathologist. She was the first woman to be board-certified in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology in the United States. A SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor,she supported underrepresented students at the University at Buffalo such as women,international students,and other minorities.
