In two lines they marched, the 164th entering class of BUSM, greeted by the smiles and clicking cameras of family and friends. With a white coat draped over their arm, they entered the tent raised for the White Coat Ceremony held Monday, August 6. The white coats signify the students’ entry into the profession of medicine.
Can the movie version be far behind? The DASH diet, developed in the 1990s and lauded last year as the best overall weight-reduction plan by U.S. News & World Report, is now in book form. Just published, The DASH Diet for Weight Loss (Free Press, 2012) could add to the arsenal of books aimed at […]
The National Dental Association (NDA) hosted its 2012 Annual National Convention at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, in Boca Raton, Florida July 20-24, 2012. For the first time, this year’s annual convention was held in conjunction with the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA) and the Society of Indian American Dentists (SAID). The convention focused on […]
Watch the video in which James Galagan, NEIDL’s associate director of systems biology, describes his tuberculosis research and the importance of transparency in NEIDL’s work. Video by Donaldson Productions. Long a source of apprehension for some neighbors and community activists, the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) on the Boston University Medical Campus is working […]
SURP research interns, participants in a summer program sponsored by the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) in collaboration with basic science departments, presented the results of their research at a symposium August 2. Undergraduates accepted into the program are academically talented, traditionally underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, and are motivated toward pursuing graduate education […]
GSDM hosted the second annual Family Weekend, which culminated with the White Coat Ceremony on Saturday, July 7, for the DMD Class of 2014 and the AS Class of 2013. Students and their families enjoyed guided tours of the School during the day on Saturday and then gathered at the George Sherman Union at 775 Commonwealth Avenue for the Ceremony in the late afternoon. Nearly 700 people attended.
Despite their greater frailty, patients cared for in an interdisciplinary geriatrics practice at Boston Medical Center (BMC) were no more likely to be re-hospitalized than adults receiving “usual care” according to researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health. The findings, which appeared in the American Journal of […]
On May 21, Dr. Bradford M. Towne joined the full time faculty of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC). His responsibilities will include pre-doctoral and post-doctoral education at GSDM and outpatient clinical care in the Yawkey-5 clinic at […]
This month the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) Toastmasters chapter achieved “distinguished” status. Toastmasters International has a list of ten benchmarks that it uses to assess clubs and those clubs that attain five of the benchmarks are considered distinguished. Some of the benchmarks achieved by this club include several members achieving “Competent Leadership” status, club […]
What is SURP? SURP is the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, a ten week research and mentoring experience with Division of Graduate Medical Sciences faculty. The cohort is academically talented students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds who are interested in preparing for professional roles as research scientists . SURP was launched in the summer of 2010 under the leadership of Associate Provost Linda Hyman, PhD. In addition to a mentored research experience, students attend weekly science talks, participate in a journal club, go on science-oriented field trips, and present their research in a summer research symposium. The 2012 symposium will be held on Aug. 2.