Buffalo is the largest single unit and has the most comprehensive graduate program of the four universities in the state system. It has two major campuses and numerous affiliated units in the Greater Buffalo area. These include the major campus in Amherst, the Health Sciences Center at the Main Street campus in Buffalo, which encompasses the schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Nursing and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo.These facilities and their faculties are readily accessible to students. A convenient subway line links RPCI to the UB Health Sciences Center.

The clinical and basic science research environment of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the strong liaisons of the program with other units of the Institute and the Health Sciences Center provide excellent opportunities for advanced research and training in biochemical pharmacology. The Pharmacology graduate program consists of 28 senior scientists in the disciplines of biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, clinical pharmacology, experimental pharmacology, molecular pharmacology, immunology, drug metabolism, carcinogenesis, toxicology, and medicinal and analytical chemistry. The close and frequent interactions between these groups encourage the development of new ideas and the design of collaborative studies.