Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM, BUSPH), along with the VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School, have found inpatient medical procedures increased more among non-elderly, lower- and medium- income populations, Hispanics and whites, after health care reform went into effect in Massachusetts. The findings, which currently appear in […]
In honor of Naval Week, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the VA Boston are holding the inaugural Joining Forces United Front Consortium TBI/PTSI Lecture Series. Of particular note is a lecture on “The Naval Response to TBI and PTSD” presented by Rear Admiral Elaine Wagner, DDS and neurologist James P. Kelly, MD. Rear […]
On May 29, Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter and Mrs. Kathy Hutter hosted a reception honoring Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) retirees and those that have served the School for 25 years. “As we acknowledge and recount all that these individuals do to contribute to the success of our students, patients, […]
Disclosure of HIV positive serostatus to sexual partners is considered an important public health goal to prevent new infections. Disclosure can motivate sex partners to make informed choices and change behavior through negotiation of safer sex practices. It might also prompt partner testing and counseling. A team of Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) researchers representing […]
Dr. William J. Bicknell, an outspoken, inspirational professor of international health who sought to “make people hurt less,” has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 75. Bicknell, who died Tuesday night at his home in Marshfield, Mass., was the founder and chair emeritus of the Department of International Health at the School […]
The CGHD’s Jonathon Simon, who with a team of researchers collaborated on a top-level evaluation of the President’s Malaria Initiative, will give a presentation today on Capitol Hill on the findings, hosted by two Congressional caucuses. In Rwanda, a network of 60,000 community health workers trained in managing malaria has been credited with helping to […]
On Friday, May 19, 2012, GSDM honored new graduates at the School’s 48th annual Convocation. The late afternoon ceremony boasted approximately 190 DMD and 77 post-doctoral student participants. Dean of Marsh Chapel Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill began the ceremony with an invocation. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter followed by welcoming the graduating students, family and […]
Tsuneya Ikezu, PhD has been invited to participate in the satellite symposia of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) “Cognitive Enhancement in Health and Disease,” taking place in Spain in July. He will speak on “Enhancement of Neurogenesis and Cognitive Function by Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Gene Therapy in Animal Models of Alzheimer’s.” This event is […]
The GSDM Lambda Mu Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society (OKU) held its 5th annual OKU Induction Ceremony on May 10, at the BU Trustee Ballroom. The induction was presided over by Dean Jeffrey Hutter and OKU chapter President Dr. Stephen Polins and Secretary Ms. Catherine Sarkis. Students inducted into OKU included: […]
Hui Feng, MD, PhD will be a plenary session presenter at the International Zebrafish Genetics and Development Meeting being held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in June. Dr. Feng will be speaking on Zebrafish Genetic Screens Identify DLST as a Potential Novel Therapeutic Target of Human Acute T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma. She is the director of the […]