Author: Lisa Brown

May 12 Performance by BUMC Arts Outreach Initiative Artists and BMC Patients

The BU Medical Campus Arts Outreach Initiative invites all members of the Medical Campus community to an innovative performance project conceived to support and honor the recovery of a selected group of patients from the Boston Medical Center’s Refugee Clinic, Cancer Center and department of Neurology. “DIWAN” is a pilot experience in creative collaboration between […]

June 5 Health Services Research Workshop

Boston University Medical Campus Health Services Research Workshop Wednesday, June 5 Hiebert Lounge, cookies available 2:00 Overview of Health Services Research. Dan Berlowitz, MD, MPH, Professor, BUSPH and Director, CHQOER 2:15 Getting Started in Health Services Research. William Fernandez, MD,  Assistant Professor, Dept of Emergency Medicine and Doctoral Student BUSPH Dept of Health Policy and […]

GSDM Expands Elective Externship Program to Two University Sites in China

Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) will expand its Global Elective Externship program during the 2013-14 academic year to include an exchange program with two institutions in China: Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Stomatology (SJUSS), located in Shanghai, and the Fourth Military Medical University School of Stomatology (FMMUSS), located in Xi’an. […]

GSDM Faculty Publishes Tutorial, Informs on Oral Anticoagulation Therapy

Increasing life expectancy and a growing elderly population lead to a high prevalence of chronic illnesses, including heart disease and stroke. These diseases often necessitate antithrombotic (blood thinning) therapy to prevent thromboembolic events, such as a heart attack, stroke, or, in some cases, pulmonary embolism. Antithrombotic therapy can help an ailing heart by thinning the […]

BU PhD Student Studying Melanoma Metastasis Receives Melanoma Foundation Scholarship Award

The Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation (JMNMF) presented Elizabeth Shenk, a student in both the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department and the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Pharmacology Training Program with one of ten, nationally competitive, 2013 “Research Scholar Awards” (RSA). The $10,000 grants support exceptional graduate student melanoma research and also provide distinction […]