Author: Lisa Brown

GSDM Students Provide Dental Care in Panama

On January 15, 2015, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students Christopher Chan and Raman Samra (both DMD 15) traveled to Penonomé, Panama, to provide dental care. The trip was sponsored by North East Volunteer Optometric Services for Humanity (NEVOSH), a Rhode Island based organization dedicated to providing health care to […]

Mass. Life Sciences Grants LSC Grants Awarded to BLCS and CReM

Boston University’s (BU) Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical Sciences (BLCS) Program and the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) were awarded grants from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center as part of a $17M package targeted for capital projects, equipment and supplies. “We are delighted that both the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston Medical Center (BMC) […]

Debating the Ethics of Experimental Drugs

Bioethicist Arthur Caplan to deliver this year’s SPH Shine Lecture In March 2014, seven-year-old Josh Hardy lay critically ill in St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., with a life-threatening adenovirus infection. His weakened immune system was unable to control the infection, a complication from a bone marrow stem cell transplant that the young […]

BUMC Art Days March 30-31

Submissions due March 27 Exhibit Monday-Tuesday, March 30-31 BUSM Instructional Building, 14th floor Hiebert Lounge All students, faculty and staff at the Boston University Medical Campus are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 25th annual “Art Days”, founded by former BUSM Dean Aram Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the […]

Celebrating Diversity Week March 16-20

It’s Cultural Diversity Week! Members of the BUMC community are invited to celebrate our campus’s diversity of cultures through a variety of food, entertainment, education, and activities. Activities include: Musical performances in the Newton Pavilion Cafeteria each day, Noon-1 p.m. “Communicating with Persons Living with Hearing Loss,” featuring Jonathan O’Dell, a member of the Massachusetts […]

March 13 Grasberger Research Symposium Lecture and Visiting Professorship

The Grasberger Research Symposium Lecture and Visiting Professorship is an annual research event that provides an opportunity for the surgical residents, faculty and staff to present original basic and clinical research. Now in its 24th year, the event will be held on Friday, March 13. This year’s visiting professor will be K. Craig Kent, MD, […]

John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day May 20

10th Annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day SAVE THE DATE Wednesday, May 20 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m., Hiebert Lounge *Abstract and workshop submissions open Feb. 23* Attend Education Day to: Network with other creative educators in the BUMC community Showcase your innovations and ideas in classroom, clinical and lab teaching Cultivate your teaching skills BUMC […]

March 10 BUMC Provost Research Workshop

BU faculty, fellows, residents, students and staff interested in traumatic brain injury, dementia, and brain aging are invited to this workshop. Join with other BU investigators to explore opportunities to maximize utilization of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and Traumatic Encephalopathy Center resources across the University. Proposed Agenda: Introduction Brief presentations by BU ADC investigators […]

POV: It’s Time to Take the Controversy Out of Vaccination

Vaccines are safe and effective Photo by James Gathany The large ongoing measles outbreak linked to Disneyland in California is a topic of discussion in nearly every newspaper, news blog, and other journalistic outlet across the country, as well as on personal blogs and websites that either support or negate the value of vaccination. At […]