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 […]
sustainability@BU is holding a festival on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Talbot Green for BUMC students, faculty and staff. Receive a free travel mug in exchange for pledging to participate in BU’s sustainability effort Join the Challenge, a campus-wide campaign in which school and college teams compete for points by performing one sustainable […]
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant Inc., had approved the BU School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program for provisional accreditation. Provisional accreditation is granted to programs that have not yet enrolled students but have demonstrated preparedness to initiate a program in accordance with accreditation Standards. The Physician Assistant profession, which began […]
The GMS Office of Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs is celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) Sept. 17-19. The list of events includes an ice cream social, seminar on scientific storytelling and a communication styles workshop. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1:30-3 p.m., the NPAW kicks off with an ice cream social on Talbot Green in front […]
Drug was used in spate of overdoses, fatalities A series of recent overdoses—three of them fatal—attributed to the club drug MDMA, known as molly, has raised new concerns about its potentially lethal consequences. Late last month, three people at the House of Blues in Kenmore Square overdosed on the drug, a purportedly pure powdered form […]
Earlier this summer, Dean and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hutter along with Professor of Restorative Sciences and Biomaterials Dr. Lee Chou hosted an alumni reception at the Plaza Athénée Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, during the International Association of Dental Research–Asia Pacific Region meeting. Sixty-eight Boston University and Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine […]