With a countdown from Dean Antman to the stroke of noon, members of the BUSM class of 2011 excitedly stepped forward to receive their Match Day letters from faculty and administrators. With 161 BUSM students in the match this year, 33 of them will be staying on campus for residency at Boston Medical Center, others are heading across the country from New England to California and Canada. Forty-five percent of the class is pursuing internal medicine, pediatrics and family medicine.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) Slone Epidemiology Center have found that African-American women who live in more densely populated urban areas gain less weight than those in more sprawling auto-oriented areas. The results, which appear in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, were based on data collected in […]
Nearly half of underage drinkers prefer liquor to beer and are more likely to binge drink, drink and drive, and engage in risky sexual behaviors, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher. “We know a lot about the consumption of alcohol beverages among youth in terms of […]
For three weeks in a row each year the children of Teacapan—a small fishing village in Mexico—receive dental care from Project Stretch volunteers. The other 49 weeks of the year dental care is largely unavailable to them. GSDM volunteers, under the leadership of Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Kathy Held, have participated in a week-long […]
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine and Director of the Primary Care Training Program at BUSM Angela Jackson, MD was appointed by the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, to the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry. The committee advises and makes recommendations to […]
The inaugural Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) research symposium, held on March 10, brought together researchers from multiple disciplines to discuss traumatic brain injury (TBI) as it relates to sports and combat deployment. Medical Campus Provost Karen Antman, MD, delivered opening remarks that highlighted the collaborative efforts behind the creation of the symposia. “These symposia […]
Join Howard Cabral, PhD, MPH, co-director, Biostatistics Graduate Program, and director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Core, CTSI, as he speaks about Common Statistical Issues in Medical Research. This one hour lecture is sponsored by the BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). Successful biomedical and public health studies require careful planning and conduct. Study […]
Howard C. Bauchner, M.D., from Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, will become the next JAMA Editor-in-Chief on July 1, 2011, according to Michael D. Maves, M.D., the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Association. Dr. Bauchner will be the 16th editor in the journal’s 127-year history.
*Update* Read about the new Office of Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs Visit the website The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA), recently established on the Boston University Medical Campus, is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of postdocs and focuses on supporting them. The Office is housed within the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences […]
The BUSM Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) offers first-year Boston University medical students scholarships to complete eight-week research projects with a BUMC faculty member. This past summer 23 students participated in the program. These participants showcased their research results at the annual medical student summer research symposium on Feb. 10, 2011 in Hiebert Lounge. […]