A meeting to discuss new coverage and payment procedures that will take effect on July 1, in the treatment centers at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) was held on June 15. In response to the MassHealth coverage cuts, GSDM has resurrected and restructured a program that was created the last […]
The Boston University School of Public Health students enrolled in this summer’s IH 744: Design & Implementation of International Health Programs course may have completed their class assignments and turned in their final projects, but their work may not be done just yet. For the course, students partnered with Circle of Health International (COHI), a […]
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Associate Professor of Periodontology & Oral Biology Dr. Eva Helmerhorst received a R01 award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on June 1. Her research, titled “Gastro-intestinal Microbes Degrading Dietary Gluten,” is […]
Almost immediately after last January’s deadly earthquake in Haiti, physician volunteers began pouring into that country to offer help — with no promise of immunity from liability. That’s one example cited by BUSPH Professor George Annas, chair of health law, bioethics and human rights, in a newly published article in The New England Journal of […]
Boston Medical Center (BMC) will consolidate its two emergency departments on July 12, merging the services of the Newton Pavilion Emergency Department (ED) into the Menino Pavilion ED. BMC EDs had more than 135,400 patient visits last year – 117,000 in the Menino ED and 18,400 in the Newton ED. An expansion project recently was […]
This response is from BUMC Provost, BUSM Dean Karen Antman, MD Yesterday, an article was released in the Annals of Internal Medicine by Mullan, et al., titled, “The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools” that “ranked” on a scale according to the extent to which they graduate doctors who practice primary care, work in […]
On May 26, students from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) flocked to the Massachusetts State House to speak with state senators about the proposed budget cuts to MassHealth adult dental benefits. In cooperation with representatives from the Massachusetts Dental Society, Health Care For All, and the Oral Health Advocacy Taskforce, […]
Boston University’s Schools of Medicine, Public Health, Dental Medicine and the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences are proudly sponsoring the Fifth Annual John McCahan Education Day on June 11. The purpose of the event is to showcase and enhance educational innovations, scholarship and research across the Boston University Medical Campus. All faculty, students, residents, fellows […]
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Dr. Paula Friedman was recently elected to the role of Vice President of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS). She will serve as VP, then advance to President-Elect, followed by President. Each is a one year appointment. Dr. Friedman has been involved with MDS on some level since 1978, but it […]
On June 28-30, Boston University School of Public Health will co-host the eighth annual Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) Conference. COMET brings together healthcare practitioners, public health professionals and researchers from a wide range of social science disciplines concerned with issues of communication and ethics in the fields of health care and the human and […]