Avrum Spira, MD, MSc, to Co-lead Project to Intercept Lung Cancer
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, with someone diagnosed approximately every two minutes. In a collaborative effort to end this devastating disease, the American Lung Association and LUNGevity Foundation have joined forces to invest $3 million over the next three years in research aimed at intercepting lung cancer […]
Moorman-Simon Fellowship 2022-2023
The Moorman-Simon Fellowship in Computational Biomedicine was established in the summer of 2019 to provide fellowships to current Ph.D. students in Computational Biomedicine who are working in the field of cancer research. This fund was established through a generous gift by Trustee Ruth A. Moorman (CAS’88, Wheelock’89,’09, Parent BUA’15) and Sheldon N. Simon. Congratulations to […]
CBM Faculty Members Awarded CTSI 2021 Integrated Pilot Grants
Congratulations to Drs. Jennifer Beane, Joshua Campbell, Vijaya Kolachalama and Sarah Mazzilli for receiving Integrated Pilot Grants from BU Clinical & Translational Science Institute. Please see below for more information on their awards. Identifying Coding and Non-Coding Genomic Alterations Associated with Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African American Men Recipients: Christopher Heaphy, Joshua Campbell & Rachel […]
Boston University researchers to develop new breast tumor models
Source: Eurekalert Breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States after skin cancer, and women with comorbidities (the presence of more than one condition/disease) often fare worse in terms of their breast cancer. Researchers believe that comorbid conditions such as diabetes, obesity and metabolic disease may alter the […]
Dr. Stefano Monti and Collaborators Awarded NIDCR R01 Grant
Source: Boston University School of Medicine Researchers at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and the School of Medicine have received a five-year, $3.2 million National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) R01 grant. This grant will fund research into the role of b-catenin/CBP signaling in the epigenetic regulation of cellular plasticity […]
Moorman-Simon Fellowship 2019-2020
Moorman-Simon Fellowships in Computational Biomedicine The Moorman-Simon Fellowship in Computational Biomedicine was established in the summer of 2019 to provide fellowships, one year in duration to current Ph.D. students in Computational Biomedicine who are working in the field of cancer research. This fund was established through a generous gift by Trustee Ruth A. Moorman (CAS’88, […]
2019-2020 Dahod Awards Announced
July 8, 2019 Source: Office of the Dean, Boston University School of Medicine Congratulations to Joshua D. Campbell, PhD, and William Evan Johnson, PhD, recipients of the 2019-2020 Dahod Pilot Grant Program Fund. In August 2008, Shamim Dahod (CGS’76, CAS’78, MED’87) and her husband Ashraf gave $10.5M to BUSM to establish the Shamim and Ashraf Dahod […]
Boston researchers to head $16.6 million effort to ‘intercept’ cancer
Thursday, October 26, 2017 Written by: Sophia Eppolito | Source: Boston Globe The nonprofit Stand Up To Cancer is launching a $16.6 million program to investigate new ways of halting lung and pancreatic cancers in the early stages, and Boston scientists will head up three of the four research teams. The group, which is announcing the program Thursday, said […]
Vijaya Kolachalama Receives AHA Grant to Improve Cardiovascular Treatments
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Source: BUResearch Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at BUSM, has received a Scientist Development grant from the American Heart Association (AHA). The $231,000 award will fund his three-year study, “Mechanisms of drug-coated balloon therapy.” This project will focus on developing models for smarter artery care including improving drug […]