2019-20 Dahod Awards Announced
Congratulations to Drs. Dennis Jones, Sovannarith Korm, Joshua D. Campbell, Bob Varelas and William Evan Johnson!
Category: Announcements
Mary Daly, MD, Named President of the New England Ophthalmological Society
Dr. Daly is the sixth woman and the first VA chief to hold this position since the Society’s inception in 1884.
John Polk Appointed Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
He will lead the BUSM Diversity & Inclusion Office staff and a team of Assistant Deans, working closely with their counterparts at SPH and GSDM on the Medical Campus and with Associate Provost of Diversity & Inclusion Crystal Williams.
Susan White Named PA Program Director
Most recently serving as Director ad interim, Dr. White has been with the PA program since its inception in 2013 as Director of Didactic Education.
2019 BUMC Faculty Promotions to Associate Professor Announced
Thirty-two faculty members have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. See the full list.
Julie Palmer Named Director of Slone Epidemiology Center
Many thanks to David W. Kaufman, who will step down effective June 30.
Framingham Heart Study Awarded $38 Million for Next Six Years
The contract will support examining elderly groups in hopes of better understanding the biology of aging and determinants of health and disease in older people, as well as examination of the younger generation after a couple of years.
Toby Chai Appointed Chief, Chair of Urology
Dr. Chai will join BUSM and BMC on August 1, 2019.
Rachel Flynn Named GSI Co-director
The assistant professor in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics will begin her new role April 1.
Sushrut Waiker Named Nephrology Section Chief, Norman G. Levinsky Professor of Medicine
The exemplary clinician-investigator and teacher will join BUSM in September.