Framingham Heart Study Inspires Researchers to Hit the Road
The new $21.4 million RURAL study will examine rural, southern US communities to find out why people there have more disease, shorter lives.
Category: Awards & Honors
Alum, Students Recognized at Second Annual GMS Distinguished Alumni Awards Event
Faculty, staff, current students and alumni gathered in Hiebert Lounge for a late afternoon celebration to honor a GMS alum who has made outstanding contributions to scientific research and medical treatment.
Meet the 2019 GHHS Inductees
Congratulations to the students and residents inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society this year!
Genevieve L. Preer, MD, Receives Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
This award is presented to faculty who best demonstrate the foundation’s ideals of outstanding compassion in the delivery of care, respect for patients, their families and health-care colleagues, as well as clinical excellence.
Christine Reardon, MD, Receives Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching
The annual award honors an outstanding educator and acknowledges the importance of teaching skills and commitment to students and education.
2019 Educators of the Year Named
Congratulations to Melissa D. DiPetrillo, MD; Steven C. Borkan, MD; Kathleen Swenson, MS, MPH; and Karen Symes, PhD.
2019 Jack Spivack Excellence in Neuroscience Awards Announced
Mr. Spivack established these awards in 2013 to recognize and support the research of outstanding BUSM faculty conducting either clinical or basic research in Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and other neurological disorders.
Ann McKee Named Warren Distinguished Professor
The Warren Professorship is the highest recognition that Boston University bestows on a faculty member.
AΩA Announces 2019 Faculty Fellow Selections
A formal induction ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 14, at 5 p.m. in Hiebert Lounge.
Julie Palmer Named Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Professor
The Grunebaum chair is intended to be cross-disciplinary, so that cancers of whatever type can be properly studied and hopefully eradicated.