GSDM dental debaters Mohamad Kamel DMD 13, Sameet Gill DMD 14, Marc Horton DMD 14, Darshit Shah DMD 13, Dhiren Agrawal DMD 13 and Julian Camastra DMD 15 faced off against dental students from Tufts University and Harvard University at the First Annual District 1 Debate, held at Tufts University on February 25. GSDM and […]
Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health along with Boston Medical Center have found children’s academic achievement test scores not affected by intrauterine exposure to cocaine, tobacco or marijuana. However, alcohol exposure in children who had no evidence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) did lead to lower scores in math reasoning […]
Fourth-year DMD student Thomas O’Connor hopes to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He has had his sights set on this goal since before he entered dental school. His father, Dr. Stephen O’Connor an ER doctor in O’Connor’s hometown of Jasper, Indiana, introduced him to Drs. Matthew Monesmith and Kyley Wood, two Jasper Oral and […]
Join David Satcher, MD, PhD, 16th U.S. Surgeon General and director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute as he presents on “The Role of Health Reform in Addressing Mental Health Disparities” at the Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Thursday, March 29, 2-3 p.m., in Keefer Auditorium. Dr. Satcher’s has deep experience in improving public health policy […]
The Faculty Staff Assistance Office (FSAO) is now open on the Boston University Medical Campus. FSAO provides University employees and their family members with free and confidential counseling and referrals for personal or work-related issues. Services are provided by the FSAO director, Bonnie Jean Teitleman and by Karen Brouhard, both of whom are licensed behavioral […]
Would you like to make your presentations more effective? BUMC Toastmasters is offering a free seminar with actress and coach Amanda Good Hennessey to address common issues when making presentations. This seminar is open to everyone on the Medical Campus, you do not need to be a member of Toastmasters to attend. During this seminar […]
GSDM Professor and Director of Oral Biology Research Dr. Philip Trackman’s laboratory has taken their research on the tumor suppressor activity of the lysyl oxidase propeptide, LOX-PP, one step further, showing that LOX-PP could have potential as a therapeutic. In a paper published in early February by PLoS One, researchers show, “that the recombinant protein […]
The Boston University Medical Campus opened new Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) at a ‘green’ ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 16 on the first level of the 710 Albany Street parking garage. The four fueling stations offer electricity for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, which are more environmentally conscious alternatives to gas. A brief speaking […]
Carl Elliott, author of White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine, is the featured speaker at the Second Annual Cathy Shine Lecture and will present “The Dark Side of Research: Exploitation in Clinical Trials.”
Elliott’s research offers surprising examples of the influence of market forces on medicine. His studies of clinical trials reveal what physicians may not know — from a university’s refusal to investigate a student’s death to the source of research subjects recruited by commercial companies. A physician and bioethicist at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Elliott is also respected as a courageous social commentator, with articles like “Guinea Pigging” in the New Yorker.
Last fall, Karen Antman, MD, Provost, BU Medical Campus, and Dean, BUSM, requested submissions from the Medical Campus community for images derived from science that would be displayed as art throughout the campus. A variety of intricate and striking images rolled out of the laboratories of the campus scientists. Faculty members, postdocs and students all […]