Spearheaded by Josephine Verde DMD 13 of the GSDM chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD), the student group launched a monthly community service initiative named, “Women to Women,” that is aimed at improving the oral health of the women of Rosie’s Place. GSDM has volunteered at Rosie’s Place in the past, but […]
A team of Boston University researchers has found that the majority of individuals with substance dependence problems report having poor oral health. They also found that opioid users, in particular, showed a decline in oral health over the period of one year. These findings appear online in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Public health, […]
Philippe Gauthier ENDO 13 recently received a grant from the American Association of Endodontists Foundation (AAEF) for his research project titled, “De Novo Regeneration of Periodontal Ligament Using Stem Cell Sheet Technique.” The grant amounts to $16,470 and will fund Gauthier’s research for two years, as he works to complete the combined CAGS and MScD […]
Reducing the number of Afghan child brides will require policy changes, legal initiatives and a far-reaching public awareness campaign, according to a research team led by a BU School of Public Health professor. Although the overthrow of Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2002 led to a number of human rights reforms, at least half of […]
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, cardiovascular scientist, clinician and teacher, presented the first annual Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD, Lecture to the medical campus community including members of Dr. Kirshenbaum’s family on Wednesday, April 6. Loscalzo is the Hersey Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; […]
Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD, a Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Biochemistry and Director, Pulmonary Center at BUSM, was recently awarded a five-year grant valued at $410,194 per year from the National Institutes of Health for his project titled Cytokine-stimulated systemic defenses during pneumococcal pneumonia. Dr. Mizgerd and colleagues will be testing the hypotheses that macrophages […]
Research Associate Professor Dr. Sok-Ja Janket is back from the 6th International Symposium on Diabetes and Pregnancy in Salzburg, Austria. She was one of just two dentists in attendance (most attendees were OB-GYNs) and her poster was honored as one of the most innovative by the section chair and other dignitaries. Her project, “Salivary Immunoglobulin […]
After a dozen years probing for work-related sickness among nuclear weapons workers, Lewis Pepper can say he’s made a difference. Prodded in part by his work, Congress a decade ago compensated more than 28,000 workers for a variety of illnesses. Now Pepper, a School of Public Health assistant professor of environmental health, is pushing to […]
In an era of earthquakes, tsunamis, oil spills, mine explosions and wars, public health professionals and journalists often find themselves drawn to the same scene, grappling with the same issues – sometimes collaborating and other times colliding. These complex interactions are the focus of a unique, one-day conference at BU, “When Disaster Strikes: Reporting and […]
The 2011 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) General Session took place in San Diego, California from March 12-16. At the Session the ADEA Gies Foundation honored Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships & Extramural Affairs Dr. Michelle Henshaw with the 2011 William J. Gies Award for Innovation in the Dental Educator category. Dr. Henshaw was selected […]