Life is full of challenges. While we often have no choice over the challenges we encounter, we do have some control over how we respond. BUMC faculty and staff are invited to a free wellness workshop, Tuesday, Nov. 17. (Register at fitness@bu.edu) This presentation will focus on cultivating psychological resilience – the ability to cope […]
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) hosted students and faculty from three Schools of Stomatology in China this summer, during three separate 14-day visits. The visits were part of an ongoing Global Externship Exchange with three Chinese institutions that began in October 2013. The exchange allows fourth-year DMD students to spend […]
Extending a Hand: Dr. Salman Zarka on the humanitarian treatment of Syrian casualties in Israel Salman Zarka, MD, MPH, Director General of Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel Students, faculty and staff are invited to the BUMC Provost Guest Lecture on Dec. 9. Prior to his position at Ziv Medical Center, Dr. Zarka served as a […]
On Friday, Oct. 16, the BUMC Arts Lab, BUSM Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity, and the BMC Neurology Department hosted, “An Extraordinary Concert” – a creative collaboration between neurology patients and BUMC musicians. The concert is an opportunity for patients who have been successfully treated by the Department of Neurology to thank their care […]
The Occupational Health Center will be offering an additional influenza (flu) vaccination clinic for those who were unable to attend the previously scheduled clinics. The vaccine is available at no cost to BUMC employees. We encourage you to protect yourselves and those around you during this flu season. For information regarding the 2015-2016 flu vaccine […]
Medical Campus students, faculty and staff are invited to the “Ebola, The Disease, and Immune Privilege” symposium. Thursday, Oct. 29 1-6 p.m. BUSM Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge The Symposium will feature guest speaker Ian Crozier, MD, an infectious disease specialist who while helping to fight against the Ebola outbreak in Kenema, Sierra Leone in August […]
Ensemble fuses genres, fuels camaraderie In the video above, members of the BU Medical Campus Band perform and talk about the rewards of making music together. Photo by Esther Ro (COM’15) As everyone knows, getting into medical and dental school is fiercely competitive. And for those choosing academic medicine, that M.D. tacked to their name […]
Economic inequality, not government programs, cause of stagnant poverty rate A generation ago, in a now-famous speech to Congress, President Ronald Reagan pronounced antipoverty programs an abject failure. “The government fought a War on Poverty, and poverty won,” he said. Critics of the War on Poverty (legislation first proposed by Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 […]
For turning discoveries into treatments, diagnostics, improved health BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has been awarded a $23.4 million, four-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewal grant to train and support scientists across both campuses in conducting cutting-edge clinical research and turning their discoveries into treatments, diagnostics, and improved public health. CTSI is […]
The Occupational Health Center will be offering influenza vaccine at no cost to BUMC employees. We encourage you to get the vaccine during one of the scheduled clinics to not only protect yourself, but also your colleagues and your family. For information regarding the 2015-2016 flu vaccine please refer to the Occupational Health Center’s website […]