Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Associate Professor and Director of Minority Affairs Dr. Gregory Stoute was named the 2009 ADEA/Sunstar Americas, Inc./Harry W. Bruce, Jr. Legislative Fellow at the 86th ADEA Annual Session and Exhibition. This public policy fellowship provides an opportunity to learn about the federal legislative process as […]
A paper titled, “Low Positive Predictive Value of the Oral Brush Biopsy in Detecting Dysplastic Oral Lesions,” was published in the March 1, 2009 edition of Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society. This paper was authored by Vinodh Bhoopathi DPH 10; Professor, Director, and Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dr. Sadru […]
David A. Harris, MD, PhD, has been named Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry for Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) effective September 1, 2009. Harris plans to build upon the long-standing strengths of the Department of Biochemistry, hiring additional faculty, upgrading laboratory space, further developing cutting-edge research activities, and capitalizing on the […]
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Science Day kicked off on March 26 with a wide variety of research presented in poster form by predoctoral students and postdoctoral students and fellows in the hallway outside of the 670 Auditorium. On hand to view the research was Boston University Associate Provost and Vice President for Research Dr. Andrei Ruckenstein along with Dean Jeffrey Hutter, Professor and Director of the Predoctoral Research Program Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska, the poster presentation judges, and supportive GSDM students, faculty, and staff.
Two faculty members from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) are headlining an Alzheimer’s Disease panel at a preview of an HBO documentary film “The Alzheimer’s Project”. Robert C. Green, M.D, MPH, professor of Neurology, Medicine and Epidemiology and Co-Director, BU Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Philip A. Wolf, MD, professor of Neurology, Medicine and Epidemiology […]
Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Immunobiology Laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Denise Faustman, will describe her controversial approach to curing type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases during her keynote lecture at BUGSDM Science Day held at 1:00 p.m. in the 670 Albany Street Auditorium. Dr. Faustman has shown […]
A symposium to honor Carl Franzblau PhD, Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Sciences will take place on June 15 and 16, 2009. This event will celebrate a University leader who has made countless lasting contributions to Boston University and the national and international scientific community during his more than 45 years […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has received a pledge of $10.5 million to create a Breast Cancer Research Center, including an assistant professorship and an international scholars training program, from a Boston University School of Medicine graduate who wishes to remain anonymous. This pledge represents the largest individual gift received by the School of […]
An article highlighting the research that is part of a collaboration between Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Professor and Chair of Periodontology and Oral Biology Dr. Frank Oppenheim, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Assistant Professor Dr. Frederic Little, BUGSDM Associate Professor Dr. Eva Helmerhorst, BUGSDM Research Assistant Professor Dr. Walter Siqueira, […]
Combining Eastern and Western medicine is the best way to ease post-traumatic symptoms among the Tibetan refugee monks who have come to the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR) at Boston Medical Center, according to a paper co-authored by Michael Grodin, Grodin, professor of human rights, psychiatry, and community medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and professor of health law, bioethics and human rights at the School of Public Health.