Garden, recreation space offers students welcome respite Just over a year ago, Karen Antman was strolling past the newly opened Medical Student Residence on Albany Street when she spotted students tossing a football in the small courtyard abutting the building. The tight space called for some creative, and potentially dangerous, catches. “They kept careening into […]
Second Annual BUMC and VA Boston Joining Forces TBI/PTSD Conference Wednesday Dec. 11 9 a.m.-3 p.m. BUSM Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge (14th floor) Learn about the latest updates from renowned PTSD and TBI researchers and clinicians Agenda: 8:45-9:15 a.m. Registration 9:15 a.m. Introductions and discussions of the programs, Drs. Hohler and Kaplan 9:30-10 a.m. PTSD […]
Brian Jack redesigned hospital discharge procedures The problem first came to Brian Jack’s attention 10 years ago. The School of Medicine professor and chair of family medicine noticed that patients at Boston Medical Center (BMC), like patients at most hospitals, were leaving without a good understanding of how to care for themselves in the short […]
BU’s NEIDL moves closer to full operation In an action that moves BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) closer to full operation, a federal court judge has ruled that a Final Supplementary Risk Assessment prepared by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) adequately analyzes the risks associated with research involving pathogens at BioSafety Level […]
For the tenth year, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) volunteers participated in Boston’s Annual Countdown to Kindergarten Citywide Kindergarten Celebration. This year, the celebration took place at the Boston Children’s Museum. Countdown to Kindergarten Boston is a non-profit collaborative that offers resources and events throughout the year to celebrate and […]
Michael J. Fox Foundation sponsored study seeks people without Parkinson’s disease to participate in landmark biomarker study Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) announced that they will participate as one of 23 clinical sites of the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative’s new arm to study populations who may be at increased […]
BUMC IT and Information Security is sponsoring several events on the BU Medical Campus Oct. 9 and 11, so mark your calendar. This coincides with Information Security Awareness Week! Secure Shredding Take this opportunity to get sensitive papers out of your office or home and get them properly destroyed. A shredding truck will be on […]
A piano was delivered to the Talbot Green on the BU Medical Campus today as part of “Play Me, I’m Yours,” Street Pianos Boston Festival 2013. Students & faculty are invited to play the multicolored instrument. Tweet your photos to @BUMedicine and use hashtag #streetpianosboston.
The BUMC community is invited to a dedication and reception to celebrate recently restored historical pieces at the School of Medicine and Medical Campus. Recent improvements include the newly created picnic area on Talbot Green, a display of BUSM artifacts and artwork on the first floor of the Instructional Building, and the refurbished marble fountain […]
Persons with alcohol and other drug dependence who received chronic care management including relapse prevention counseling and medical, addiction and psychiatric treatment were no more abstinent than those who received usual primary care, according to a study in the September 18 issue of JAMA. Chronic care management (CCM) is a way of delivering care that […]