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 […]
Despite the media hype around a proposed new law in Pakistan that would ban domestic violence, a delegation of Pakistani legal experts and women’s rights activists who came to the Boston University School of Public Health April 14 to meet with Associate Professor Anita Raj said women remain undervalued and underserved in their country. “The […]
Joseph Flaherty DMD 10 presented “Restoration of Four Endodontically Treated Maxillary Incisors,” at Grand Rounds on April 14. Professor and Chair of General Dentistry Dr. Judith Jones, Professor Dr. Carl McManama, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Cataldo Leone, and Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter hosted Grand Rounds, located in room 301 of the Dental School. […]
Science previously suggested oral infections might trigger the immune system, causing inflammation in other parts of the body and contributing to heart disease. It was thought that all antibodies worked the same way and that antibody levels would increase the risk of heart disease if the “oral infection and heart disease” hypothesis were true. In […]
Each day, across this country, thousands of medical professionals provide vital medical services to people in acute need. These patients come from all walks of life, all cultures, races, ethnicities, economic and psychosocial circumstances. Very often the medical professionals providing these crucial services come from different backgrounds entirely. Yet in order to provide the medical […]
The Office of Public Health Practice at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has been awarded a $1.275 million grant over three years to help the state provide better training to public health staff members and governing officials who run local boards of health in hundreds of cities and towns around the state.