A MBTA pass subsidy benefit of 35-50 percent is now available to all regular faculty and staff who order a monthly MBTA pass through Boston University. Please view the rules and regulations View the list of monthly MBTA pass types and costs and to enroll in the program please visit the BU employee subsidized MBTA […]
A Diversity Advisory Group has been established on the Medical Campus. The group, conceived by Rafael Ortega, MD, BUSM Associate Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, includes members from the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine and Public Health as well as Boston Medical Center. The Group will serve as a bi-directional communication channel between the […]
Patricia Hibberd wants to leverage technology to save young lives When Patricia Hibberd looks at her smartphone, she sees a chance to save young lives. Hibberd, the new chair of the School of Public Health’s Department of Global Health, has been working in Malawi, India, and Pakistan to develop a low-cost thermal imaging system for […]
If you were unable to attend the Conversation: Race and Violence, watch the video.
The BUSM Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs invites all members of the BUMC/BMC community to participate in an open and candid dialog about race and violence. The targeted police shootings in Dallas at a peaceful protest in response to videos showing two African-American men shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota has sparked ongoing […]
After 18 years as Director of the Slone Epidemiology Center, Allen A. Mitchell, MD, professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, has decided to step down, effective Sept. 1. Mitchell was a founding member of the Drug Epidemiology Unit (now known as the Slone Epidemiology Center) led by Drs. Dennis Slone and Samuel Shapiro that came to BU […]
BUSM’s Dr. Jane Mendez, surgery, is in the running as one of People’s (en Espanol) 25 Most Influential Latina Women! Nominated by her sister Laura Posada, wife of former major league baseball player Jorge Posada, Mendez is highlighted for her years of service as a breast cancer surgeon at BMC and associate professor of surgery […]
Why do African-American women die at a higher rate and experience more aggressive breast tumors than white women? Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) have received funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to explore this question. The new grant is based on the premise that having a better understanding of the biology […]
SHUTTLES No shuttle services, including the HealthNet patient shuttle. The BUS (Boston University Shuttle) will NOT operate. Please visit www.bu.edu/thebus for additional information. PARKING All parking facilities will be open. MBTA All subway lines will operate on a Sunday schedule. Buses will operate on a Sunday schedule except for the CT1 & CT3, which will […]