A recent study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows an increased risk of stroke and mortality among patients diagnosed with severe sepsis and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) during hospitalization. Allan J. Walkey, MD, assistant professor of medicine at BUSM and a pulmonologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), is the lead […]
Pneumonia—dubbed “the forgotten killer of children” by UNICEF—is the leading cause of death worldwide for children under five years old. A breakthrough study by researchers from Boston University, Save the Children, and the World Health Organization (WHO), published online Friday in the British medical journal The Lancet, has found that allowing community health workers to […]
Sultan Mohammed DMD ‘13 won Most Outstanding Presentation in Clinical Research at this year’s Hinman Symposium, which took place in Memphis, Tennessee, Oct. 28-30, for his poster, “Upregulation of Cthrc1 N-glycoprotein Marks OSCC Tumor Spread.” “The work I presented investigated the role of N-glycosylation on the planar cell polarity pathway in oral squamous cell carcinoma […]
TranSComm (Transportation Solutions for Commuters, Inc.), the group that coordinates the transportation needs of staff and students of BMC, Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) and Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, celebrated its 20th anniversary Oct. 18. Festivities included cake and awards for staff and those who helped launch the program. “We were one of the […]
During the last week of October the Office of the Associate Dean for Research launched a new website, http://www.bu.edu/dental-research/. The website will serve as a helpful resource for the GSDM and BU research community. Designed as a one-stop shop for pertinent research news, upcoming events, and current federal and non-federal funding opportunities, the site will […]
Join Manuel A. Navia, PhD, as he discusses “Developing New Drugs: 10 Issues to Consider.” Dr. Navia is Executive-in-Residence at Oxford Bioscience Partners located in Boston. This seminar is one in a series that explore Drug and Device Development sponsored by the Boston University CTSI . The seminars are open to BU doctoral students, post-docs […]
Lauren A. Wise, an associate professor of epidemiology, received the 2011 ASPH/Pfizer Young Investigator’s Award for Distinguished Research in Public Health at the annual meeting of the ASPH in Washington, DC, Oct. 29-Nov. 2. This was held in conjunction with the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition, the world’s oldest and largest gathering of […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researcher Robert Lafyatis, MD, recently was awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. A 5-year, $8 million Centers of Research Translation (CORT) (P50) grant as well as a 5-year $3.3 million (P30) grant. Funding from both grants will be used to study systemic sclerosis (SSc) also known as scleroderma, a rare and complex rheumatic disease involving widespread scarring and vascular disease within multiple organ systems.
A team of researchers led by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has found treatment of selected immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis patients with high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation (HDM/SCT) resulted in a high organ response rate and increased overall survival (OS), even for those patients who did not achieve a hematologic complete […]
An article on GSDM Associate Professor Dr. Eva Helmerhorst’s research was recently published in PLoS ONE. The article titled, “Identification of Rothia Bacteria as Gluten-Degrading Natural Colonizers of the Upper Gastro-Intestinal Tract,” explains developments that have been made in her research which is currently funded by an R01 award from the National Institute of Allergy […]