The medical campus is pleased to host events in conjunction with the all-University Alumni Weekend. Current students and faculty in the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine and Public Health are invited to attend the following events free of charge during alumni weekend. Friday, October 23 WILLIAM J. BICKNELL LECTURESHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH “Is There Such […]
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and others on the BUMC are invited to attend a free introductory seminar on conducting flow cytometry experiments. The BUMC Flow Cytometry Core Facility seminar will cover available instruments and services, and provide some training in basic techniques. “We recognize that all advanced technologies are intimidating to the novice. An important […]
In June, President Obama signed a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products. The law does not allow the FDA to ban nicotine or tobacco outright, but allows the agency to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products as well as to ban candy flavorings and […]
Three faculty members of GSDM Department of Molecular & Cell Biology received supplements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) NIH awarded supplements to current grants in order to accelerate the tempo of ongoing science. The faculty members, Professor and Director of the […]
Michael Holick, PhD, MD, director of the Bone Healthcare Clinic and the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University School of Medicine BUSM recently received the 2009 NAMS/Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.Vitamin D Research Award from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). Holick was presented with the award during NAMS’ 20th annual meeting in […]
The medical campus is pleased to host events in conjunction with the all-University Alumni Weekend. Current students in the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine and Public Health are invited to attend the following events free of charge during alumni weekend. Friday, October 23 WILLIAM J. BICKNELL LECTURESHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH “Is There Such a Thing […]
This past spring, the A(H1N1) influenza virus, also known as swine flu, emerged in Mexico and quickly spread worldwide so that by June 11, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan announced that the outbreak had officially reached global pandemic levels. On Wednesday, October 14, join BU School of Public Health faculty members David Hamer, David Ozonoff and […]
Op-Ed by BUSPH Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights Professor appeared in NewsDay.com on October 3 OPINION: Don’t force medical pros to get H1N1 vaccine The New York State Health Commissioner’s new mandate that all health care workers be vaccinated against both the seasonal and the swine flu this fall could qualify as the major […]
The Boston University chapter of the Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA) and dental hygiene students from The Forsyth Institute, in cooperation with Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP), participated in the annual Rosie’s Place Wellness Fair on September 30. The fair was sponsored by Regis […]
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified deficiencies in the use of methods to prevent malaria in pregnant women in antenatal clinics and hospital delivery units in the state of Jharkhand, India. The BUSM study appears online in the Malaria Journal. Of the 2,386 pregnant women studied at the antenatal clinics over […]