A new study led by researchers at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has found that across 75 different research reports, lesbian and bisexual women may be up to three times as likely as heterosexual women to report having been sexually assaulted in their lifetime, and that gay men appear to be approximately 15 […]
All three said they’d go back in a heartbeat. “I’ve wanted to do something like this ever since I was in undergrad,” said Ty Eriks DMD 11. “The experience was definitely life changing.” Eriks, along with Alex Vasserman DMD 11 and Tadeu Szpoganicz DMD 11 traveled to Poptun, Guatemala, January 6 to January 17, with […]
“I am pleased to announce the formation of a Dean’s Advisory Search Committee for the position of GSDM Chair of the Department of Periodontology & Oral Biology,” said Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter. Professor and Chair of Health Policy & Health Services Research Dr. Raul Garcia will serve as the Chair of the Search Committee. The […]
Training community birth attendants in rural Zambia in a simple newborn resuscitation protocol reduced neonatal deaths by nearly 50 percent — a finding that shows high potential to save lives in similar remote settings, a team of Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) international health researchers is reporting. Findings published Feb. 3 in the […]
Join the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) on Tuesday, February 15 as it hosts Dr. Helen M. Blau, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmocology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Blau is also Director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology in the Department […]
Among children who have known the trauma of child abuse, the list of potential side effects is long: bad dreams and bed-wetting. Stuttering and substance abuse. Anxiety, aggression, withdrawal, and chronic difficulties in school.
But a new study by the Boston University School of Medicine suggests that child physical and sexual abuse can also have implications for the health and biological function of abuse victims far into adulthood. The groundbreaking study, which followed more than 60,000 women over 16 years, found that those who were abused as girls were more likely to develop uterine fibroids decades later as adults.
Dr. Philip Trackman has demonstrated, for the first time, that lysyl oxidase-like-2 is critical for normal cartilage formation. The lysyl oxidase family is made up of five members, or isoforms: lysyl oxidase (LOX) and lysyl oxidase-like 1 – 4. All five isoforms share similarities that are expressed in lysyl oxidase or lysyl oxidase-like enzyme activity. […]
Basic and clinical research has seen an explosion of data-hungry technology. From whole genome sequencing, to microarrays, to clinical data capture we are challenged with find places to store and process all of the data generated by modern laboratories. Join Matt Cowger, a leading international expert on storage virtualization, as he presents a seminar to […]
Join David Savitz, PhD, as he presents the talk “The Public’s Love/Hate Relationship With Epidemiology: The Burden of Being Relevant” at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at noon in L-112. Savitz’s talk will cover how epidemiologic research, particularly studies addressing environmental health concerns, is of interest to the public because it […]
Work continues on the construction of the student residence at 815 Albany Street on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). The most recent work involves an excavator digging a hole for the foundation. This picture was taken on Jan. 18, 2011. The second picture taken Jan. 4, 2011, shows trenches being dug in preparation for […]