Boston University School of Medicine’s CityLab program was cited by the Center for Excellence in Education as an exemplary program at the National Labs Skills Symposium in Washington, DC. CityLab is a biotechnology learning laboratory for students in grades 7 – 12 and their teachers. Established in 1992, BUSM CityLab is an innovative, laboratory-based science […]
The Boston Periodontal Residents Meeting hosted by Tufts University School of Dental Medicine welcomed periodontal residents from Tufts, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. GSDM resident Srinivas Ayilavarapu DSC 08, PERIO 10 won the research poster award for his work titled, “Novel Inflammatory Pathways in […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a significant association between abdominal fat and lower total brain volume. The study, which currently appears in the Annals of Neurology, may improve understanding of the mechanisms underlying the relationship of obesity with dementia and could lead to prevention strategies. Global body mass and obesity, […]
Boston University School of Public Health alumna Serena Arancibia, MPH ’10, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study the health risk perceptions female agricultural workers in Brazil have about their exposure to pesticides. Brazil is one of the world’s top consumers of pesticides, according to the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency. A report issued […]
On Friday, May 14, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) honored new graduates at the School’s 46th commencement held at the Track & Tennis Center. The late afternoon ceremony had 188 DMD and 72 postdoctoral student participants. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter began the ceremony by welcoming the graduating students, family and […]
“‘Now is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end,’” said Karen Antman, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine and Provost of the Medical Campus, quoting Winston Churchill as she opened the 163rd MED commencement Saturday at Agganis Arena. “‘But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.’ “This is the […]
Commitment, determination, leadership, and the refusal to buy into a culture of “no” — these were the watchwords bestowed on graduates of Boston University School of Public Health by speakers at yesterday’s 2010 commencement ceremony. Hundreds of family and friends joined the newly minted master’s and doctoral degree recipients at the Boston Convention Center, as […]
In August 2008, a Boston University School of Medicine alumna pledged $10.5 million to her school — the largest gift in its history. But she chose to remain anonymous.
Now, more than a year and a half later, University Overseer Shamim Dahod (CGS’76, CAS’78, MED’87) and her husband, Ashraf, are putting a face — or more accurately, two faces — on their contribution, which will establish the Shamim and Ashraf Dahod Breast Cancer Research Center at the School of Medicine. The gift will also endow assistant professor and international scholar positions at the center and support MED’s new residence hall.
On April 10, Clinical Instructor Dr. Oscar Ortiz-Urrego led a team of student volunteers to the 4th Annual Inite Pou La Sante United for Health Fair. The fair was held at the Voice of the Gospel Tabernacle in Mattapan. Fair services included health and nutrition counseling, cancer education, blood pressure checks, diabetes screening, eye exams, […]
Osamu Shimomura, a Nobel Prize–winning chemist and a School of Medicine professor emeritus of physiology, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Science at the Boston University’s 137th Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 16, 2010. Shimomura, a former senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., was one of three winners of […]