Obese children are more likely to be bullied regardless of gender, race, socioeconomic status, social skills or academic achievement, according to a new study led by a University of Michigan researcher and co-authored by Danielle Appugliese, research manager of BUSPH’s Data Coordinating Center. The study, published online in the journal Pediatrics, concludes that being obese, […]
Mey Al-Habib DScD 12, ENDO 14 was recently awarded an American Association of Endodontists (AAE) Foundation research grant in the amount of $32,250. The grant supports her research proposal titled, “Characterization of Subpopulations of Dental Pulp Stem Cells.” Dr. Al-Habib is working on this research with her research advisor and mentor Herbert Schilder Professor in […]
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, director of the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) and director of the Global Health Initiative at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, will address graduates and their families May 16 at the Boston University School of Public Health 2010 commencement ceremony. For two decades, Dr. El-Sadr […]
Join Anna Studwell, IVIS Core Technician/Manager on Monday, May 24, as she presents an introduction to In Vivo Imaging. This presentation covers the basic science behind bioluminescent and fluorescent imaging, a description of the imaging hardware, and an overview of analysis techniques using Living Image software. Researchers interested in tracking cancer cell metastasis and tumor […]
Are disparities in blood pressure a function of differences in treatment intensification (TI)? Treatment intensification is when providers initiate and intensify therapy for patients with elevated blood pressure. It is complex and includes discussions between patients and providers. BUSM researchers, Meredith Manze, MPH, Adam Rose, MD, MSc, Michelle B. Orner, MPH, Dan Berlowitz, MD, MPH, […]
On April 14, the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways & Means released a fiscal year 2011 budget which calls for cuts to MassHealth adult dental benefits. These cuts would eliminate restorative services for the 700,000 adults on MassHealth and leave extractions as the only course of treatment for those in need of dental care. Although […]
Krista Huybrechts, a doctoral candidate in epidemiology, has been honored with the School of Public Health Dean’s Award for research she is conducting on the safety of psychotropic medications used in older residents living in nursing homes. The award was presented at the 2010 BU Science and Engineering Day. Huybrechts was one of a dozen […]
Jonathan Woodson has been named assistant secretary of defense for health affairs for the U.S. Department of Defense by President Obama. His nomination requires U.S. Senate confirmation. Associate dean for diversity and multicultural affairs and associate professor of surgery at BUSM, and senior attending vascular surgeon at BMC, Woodson holds the rank of brigadier general […]
The National Football League (NFL) will give a $1 million unrestricted gift to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine to support the Center’s research.
For decades, Richard Goldstein has been trying to unlock a genetic puzzle that holds the secret to a more effective vaccine for a pneumonia strain that kills more than a million children a year worldwide. For his work, the BU School of Medicine professor of pediatrics was recently awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant from the […]