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 […]
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 […]