Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) Slone Epidemiology Center and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have found that pre-pregnancy obesity and gestational weight gain are associated with an increased risk of preterm birth in African American participants from the Black Women’s Health Study. This study appears in the March issue of […]
Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found a direct link between neighborhood socioeconomic status and risk for type 2 diabetes in African American women. The study, which appears on-line American Journal of Epidemiology, is the first prospective study to examine the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status and incidence of type 2 diabetes in […]
On January 8, the Council on Scientific Affairs (COSA) selected Susan Baloul ORTHO 09, ORTHO 11 as the winner of the 2010 American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Milo Hellman Research Award. The award will be presented at the Excellence Luncheon held during 2010 AAO Annual Session in Washington, D.C. in May. Dr. Baloul was chosen […]
In a new book published by Oxford University Press, BU School of Public Health Professor George Annas employs contemporary disputes involving death and disaster to explore the radical changes underway in public health practice, human rights discourse to promote health, and the application of constitutional law to medicine. American bioethics, still in its infancy, is […]
The Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research is honoring Dr. Haralambos (Harry) Gavras on Friday, April 16, with a mini-symposium on hypertension. The symposium is in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of hypertension. Dr. Gavras serves as professor of Medicine at BUSM and Chief of the Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Section. He has […]
The Master of Science Program in Biomedical Forensic Sciences was granted full accreditation for a term of five years by the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) on January 19, 2010. The Program, now in its fourth year, is under the direction of Dr. Robin W. Cotton in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other flow cytometry users on the BUMC are invited to attend a free seminar on how to analyze flow cytometry experiments. The BUMC Flow Cytometry Core Facility is offering this seminar to help train experienced users in FlowJo software, which is a very valuable tool for handling multiparameter flow data. […]
On Wednesday, February 10, join Barbara Mahon, MD, MPH, at the BUSPH Public Health Forum as she speaks about “What Not to Eat: Foodborne Illness Update 2010.” Her presentation will give an overview of the current situation in foodborne illness, such as infectious diseases like salmonellosis, and then discuss how researchers know what foods are […]
George Huang may just kill off the Tooth Fairy. Not to mention the makers of dental implants and crowns.
The Herbert Schilder Chair in Endodontics and director of the postdoctoral program in endodontics at the School of Dental Medicine says there are valuable dental stem cells residing in baby teeth and third molars, also known as wisdom teeth. The cells remain viable for about a week after extraction if stored under the right conditions, but are at maximum potency just after they are removed. The dental stem cells from the discarded teeth can be used to regrow damaged or decayed parts of a mature tooth.
Boston resident Michele David, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, an immigrant from Haiti, has received the 2010 William A. Hinton Award. David was selected by Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Auerbach to receive this award in recognition of her many years of activism, commitment to public health and tireless work to educate others in order that […]