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 […]
Anyone familiar with collaborative research initiatives knows that even the best ideas can flounder when individual researchers fail to communicate and work together as a team. Understanding the factors that contribute to the successful functioning of a team is critical to anyone who leads or participates in collaborative science. Faculty, post-docs, graduate students, and others interested in this topic are invited to attend a free workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 2, which will explore strategies for building and sustaining successful and dynamic research teams.
Katy Bednar DMD 12 recently returned from a mission trip with Dentistry for All (DFA) to Comitancillo, in the region of San Marcos, Guatemala. Her stay in Guatemala lasted a total of 18 days, including travel time to the remote rural area, ten hours outside of any major city. Bednar had an excellent experience on […]
Karen Antman, provost of the Medical Campus and dean of the School of Medicine, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. The institute, which advises policy makers and professionals on medical and health issues, announced yesterday that Antman is one of 65 people chosen this year for outstanding professional achievement […]
The Obesity, Cancer and Inflammation ARC, co-directed by Drs. Gerald Denis and Barbara Nikolajczyk, is hosting a symposium focused on the cellular, molecular and epidemiological connections between obesity and cancer, some of which are likely based on inflammatory factors. This Symposium will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1-5 p.m. at 650 Albany Street, EBRC conference room 714.
On a beautiful fall day approximately 130 postdocs and those who support them wound their way around tables filled with ice cream and toppings, enjoying the jazz music provided by the band assembled by Dr. Rafael Ortega. This celebration, held on Monday, September 19 on Talbot Green, marked National Postdoc Appreciation Week. The ice cream […]
While conventional wisdom holds that early diagnosis is good, Dartmouth Professor H. Gilbert Welch views it as a major problem for modern medicine, with myriad social, medical and economic implications. In his new book, “Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health,” Welch and co-authors Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin write about the hazards of looking too hard for illnesses in healthy people, including additional procedures that carry no benefit but may cause harm, higher health-care costs and psychological detriments.