The Department of Biochemistry and the Evans Center in the Department of Medicine are sponsoring their first joint, thematic seminar series. The purpose of the series is to highlight a cutting edge topic in biology with disease relevance. The theme for the fall series is “Molecular Mechanisms of Aging”. Tuesday, November 2, 4 p.m, Bakst […]
The forensics lab is Hollywood-perfect: cramped, fluorescent-lit, skeletal remains splayed on five tables under a ceiling that’s cracked and discolored in spots. At one table, students Danielle Trull-Donahue and David Agoada pore over a heartbreaking cache—the tiny bones of a child—trying to decipher all they can about the human being that these remains once were. […]
The Journal of Biological Chemistry recently published an article titled, “The Isolation and Characterization of Glycosylated Phosphoproteins From Herring Fish Bones,” written by Associate Professor Dr. Erdjan Salih and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston, Drs. Hi-Yan Zhou and Melvin Glimcher. The article is based on a research discovery made by […]
One in four veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from an illness caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, according to a BUSPH-based research panel. Almost two decades after the war ended, however, no effective treatments have been found. This year’s Pike Conference will explore the post-Gulf War experience of veterans seeking medical help, the problems encountered and concrete advocacy steps that can be taken to improve the quality of care.
Members of Boston University’s (BU) administration along with elected officials from the Boston community will celebrate the groundbreaking for the long-awaited construction of a student residence on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. at 815 Albany Street on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). The nine-story, $40 million structure is designed by Beacon Architectural Associates […]
Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who consume more vegetables are less likely to develop estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer than women with low vegetable intake. The study results, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, were based on data from the Black […]
Join the BUSM Pulmonary Center on Wednesday, Oct. 13, as it hosts distinguished visitor, Dr. Jon C. Aster, MD, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology of Harvard Medical School’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Dr. Aster will speak on the biology of Notch, specifically “Notch Signaling in Leukemia.” This seminar will be held […]
Join Stacy Kern-Scheerer, JD, MPH, assistant counsel with the U.S. Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel, as she presents the talk “Roadmap to Reform: The Legislative Process Behind Federal Health Reform” at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, October 13 at noon. The U.S. Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel is the nonpartisan office […]
Mental health experts from BU Behavioral Medicine will be on the medical campus to provide depression screenings at BU School of Public Health, Talbot 106 E on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2- 6 p.m. The screening is simple and free, and can help identify if you might be experiencing symptoms of depression, other mood problems, anxiety, […]
Research Associate Professor Dr. Sok-Ja Janket was invited as a special lecturer to the Seoul National University Symposium in early September. The Symposium was a forum to determine the curriculum of epidemiologic education in dental/public health graduate schools. Her lecture was the keynote speech and was titled, “Methodological Issues in Oral and Systemic Health Research.” […]