Mark your calendar for the 8th Annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day on May 22. BUMC faculty, fellows, residents, students and staff who are interested in educational innovations and scholarship are cordially invited to participate in this interactive event. John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day May 22 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. BUSM Instructional Building, 14th […]
The celebration began with the sound of a voice. The crowd was silenced by the boom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s words in his memorable “I Have a Dream” speech as it resonated within the walls of Hiebert Lounge Jan. 28. Faculty, staff and students from BMC and Boston University’s Medical Campus gathered there […]
In a study of communities in Massachusetts with high numbers of opioid overdose deaths, the implementation of overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) was associated with a significant reduction in opioid overdose death rates. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) in collaboration with […]
Learn about Chinese healing practices across time and cultures with Linda Barnes, PhD a medical anthropologist and a scholar in the study of world religions. She is a nationally regarded expert in the field of Chinese medicine in the U.S. and has served as an expert reviewer for the National Institutes of Health’s National Center […]
Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are living longer than ever before, but aging and elderly women with ID face significant health disparities and other challenges. This population can sometimes be invisible. Growing Older, Growing Stronger is a photography exhibit featuring the work of aging women with ID. It was produced using Photo Voice, a participatory […]
A new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that tissues derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in an experimental model were not rejected when transplanted back into genetically identical recipients. The study, published online in Cell Stem Cell, demonstrates the potential of utilizing iPS cells to develop cell types that could […]
Students, faculty and staff on the BU Medical Campus are invited to a free film screening of the play MONSTER followed by a panel discussion on The Manufacture of Life: Medical Ethics and Human Experimentation. Based on the the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the screening and panel discussion will be held on Monday, Jan. […]
According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported sexual or physical abuse before age 11 had a greater risk of uterine fibroids in adulthood compared with women who had no such abuse history. The association was strongest for women who experienced sexual abuse. The study, […]
Avrum Spira’s aunt died of lung cancer almost 20 years ago. She was a nonsmoking exercise buff in her 40s who hadn’t been exposed to any known toxins; she worked in a government office, not a coal mine. “One of the healthiest people you could imagine, did everything right,” says Spira (ENG’02), who at the […]
All members of the BU Medical Campus are invited to a special presentation commemorating the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Marcelle Willock, MD, former professor and chair, Department of Anesthesiology, BUSM, and former Dean, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, will discuss how Dr. King influenced her life and career and will […]