Author: Lisa Brown

Genome Science Institute Announces Award Winners

The Genome Science Institute held its inaugural Research Symposium, an interdisciplinary research symposium that explores genetic and genomic science, in the Boston University Medical Campus Hiebert Lounge on Thursday, Oct. 8. Sixty-three abstracts were submitted by students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty from Institutions throughout the Boston area. Prizes were awarded in undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral […]

Widespread Chemicals May Affect Cholesterol, Study Finds

A study by BU School of Public Health researchers, published ahead of print in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, suggests that polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs) may affect serum cholesterol levels in people. The authors analyzed the relationship between serum concentrations of four PFCs-perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid […]

Nobel Prize Winner Shimomura to Speak on BUMC, Nov. 17

Osamu Shimomura, PhD, BUSM Professor Emeritus and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will address the BU Medical Campus community on November 17, 2009. He will speak on “Discovery of Green Fluorescent Protein, GFP: My Nobel Prize Lecture.”

Revamped Alumni Weekend Unites Boston University Medical Campus

Boston University Alumni Weekend ’09 was held Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25 and featured events for alumni from every school. This year, for the first time, combined events were held for all three schools on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). The William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health kicked things off on […]

Lab Worker Infected with Bacteria Now Recovering — School of Medicine and Boston Public Health Commission examine lab, review policies

A researcher at the BU School of Medicine became ill last weekend after being infected with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, which he had been studying in a BioSafety Level 2 laboratory. MED spokespeople say the researcher, whose identity has not been disclosed, does not have meningitis, but is infected with a bacterium that can cause the disease. Thomas Moore, Medical Campus associate provost for clinical research, says the researcher is responding well to antibiotics and is expected to make a full recovery.

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Web-Based Nutrition Program Reduces Healthcare Costs for Employees with Cardiac Risk Factors

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have shown that an employer-sponsored, internet-based diet and exercise program shows promise as a low-cost benefit to lower healthcare costs for those at higher risk for above-average costs and healthcare utilization such as cardiac, hyperlipidemia, hypertension or diabetes patients. […]

BUSM Center Finds Degenerative Brain Disease in NFL Player

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a recently deceased member of the NFL Hall of Fame suffered from the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) when he died, becoming the 10th former NFL player diagnosed with the disease.

CityLab Awarded Grant from NIH-National Center for Research Resources

BUSM’s CityLab program has received a five year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). With this award, BUSM’s CityLab program will expand its curriculum supplements with hands-on laboratory experiments and computer-generated simulations designed to impart an understanding and appreciation of the basic elements of clinical […]

GSDM Celebrates 150 Years of ADA with Annual Session in Hawaii

Members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to celebrate 150 years of the American Dental Association (ADA) at the 2009 Annual Session. The Session was held from October 1 to 4 and had approximately 24,644 registrants. “The Session was fantastic,” said attendee Clinical Associate […]

CSTE Diagnoses First Non-Pro College Football Player with CTE

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a deceased former college football player who died at age 42 was already suffering from the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This is the first time an advanced case of CTE has been discovered in a college football player that did not play professionally.