Associate Professors Dr. Hatice Hasturk and Dr. I. Alpdogan Kantarci were both named Diplomates of the American Board of Periodontology in 2009. Dr. Hasturk received her certification in May and Dr. Kantarci completed his in November. The certification process involved comprehensive qualifying and oral examinations covering all phases of periodontal disease and its treatment, including […]
Join Lewis Kazis, professor of health policy and management, as he presents his research “Comparative Effectiveness Research: Fact or Fiction?” at the BUSPH Faculty Research Symposium on Wednesday, January 27 at noon in BUSM Instructional Building, 72 East Concord Street, Room L-112. Members of the BUSPH community are invited to attend the Faculty Research Symposium […]
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have determined how the TGFβ-Smad signaling pathway, which is over activated in late-stage cancers, is responsible for the “epigenetic memory” that maintains unique patterns of regulatory DNA hypermethylation causing silencing of critical genes that facilitate breast cancer progression. The findings, which appear online in Cancer Research, […]
A bone marrow registry is being held through the Be The Match Marrow Registry on Monday, January 25 from 11:30 am – 3 pm in the BUSM Instructional Building, room L-109A/B. A simple cheek swab is all that is needed to determine if you can help one of the thousands of patients in need of […]
In the aftermath of the worst natural disaster in Haiti’s recorded history, dozens of BU’s medical and public health students, doctors, and nurses have been scrambling for ways to join the relief effort. But for at least for the next few months, said Monica Onyango, a School of Public Health international public health lecturer, most would be far more useful if they worked from home.
Paul Tornetta III, MD, a professor and vice chairman in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Director of Orthopaedic Trauma at Boston Medical Center, is the recipient of the 2010 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation’s (OREF) Clinical Research Award. Tornetta received the recognition for the paper, “Setting […]
As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. David Hamer, an associate professor of international health at the BU School of Public Health, deals in people, not percentages. Still, when it comes to child mortality, the numbers weigh on Hamer’s mind. In the plus column, the number of children who die before their fifth birthdays each year […]
Dean Robert Meenan announces a special Public Health Forum to discuss the unfolding disaster in the aftermath of the recent massive earthquake in Haiti. The forum, “The Aftermath of Haiti’s Earthquake: Public Health’s Role” will be held Wednesday, January 20 from 12:15 to 1:15 in BUSM Instructional building, room L-112. Meenan will moderate the forum, […]
BUSM faculty will be participating in a panel discussion following the Boston premiere of I Remember Better When I Paint, an Alzheimer’s disease documentary on the impact of art on patients. The premiere will be held on January 12, at Boston University. The film focuses on the positive impact of art and other creative therapies […]
Kate Walsh, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will become the next president and CEO of Boston Medical Center, the hospital announced today. Walsh, who has been at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for the past five years, was approved by a unanimous vote of BMC’s Board of Trustees on […]