Jonathan Howland, a professor of community health sciences at BUSPH and director of public health and injury prevention research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center, has been appointed to the CDC’s expert panel on Falls Prevention.jo The panel’s mission is to work with the Centers for Disease Control and other federal […]
While Boston was fixated on the status of her brother’s injured knee during the 2008-09 football season, Nancy Brady quietly slipped off to Kampala, Uganda, for a six-month fellowship that would bring her into contact with doctors, nurses and villagers battling global diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Never one to seek out the […]
The ADEAGies Foundation recently announced it will honor Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Professor & Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships and Extramural Affairs Dr. Michelle Henshaw with the 2011 William J. Gies Award for Innovation in the Dental Educator category. “Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Henshaw for being selected for this […]
Bicycling for five or more hours a week is associated with low sperm count and poor sperm motility among men, according to a study led by a researcher from the Boston University School of Public Health and BU’s Slone Epidemiology Center. The study, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, surveyed 2,200 men attending fertility […]
BUSM Professor Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, is the recipient of the 2010 Van Slyke Award from the American Academy for Clinical Chemistry New York Metro Section. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the science of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine. Holick, an internationally renowned expert in vitamin D and skin research, was chosen to […]
Adolescents who hit or punch a sibling or peer are more likely to do the same to a dating partner than nonviolent teens. This is the disturbing finding of a new study led by researchers at the BU School of Public Health.
The study, published in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and released online yesterday, is the first to directly link sibling, peer, and dating physical violence in a representative sample of high school students, according to lead author Emily Rothman, an SPH associate professor of community health sciences.
Professor Dr. Philip Trackman recently spoke at the Sixth International Workshop on the CCN Family of Genes, hosted by the International CCN Society (ICCNS) from October 20 – 24, in Newcastle, N. Ireland. He spoke about mechanisms of the tissue specificity of human gingival overgrowth with a presentation titled, “GSK-3beta: A Novel Tissue-Specific Regulator of […]
Scientists have discovered 30 new genes that control the age of sexual maturation in women. Notably, many of these genes also act on body weight regulation or biological pathways related to fat metabolism. The study, which appears in Nature Genetics, was a collaborative effort by the international ReproGen consortium, which included 175 scientists from 104 […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a mechanism by which specific viruses acting as oncolytic agents can enter and kill cancer cells. This finding, which is currently featured in an online edition of the Journal of Virology, could help lead to the development of more targeted treatments against many types of […]
Join the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) on Tuesday, Dec. 7 as it hosts Dr. J. Keith Joung, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Pathology for Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Joung also serves as the Director of the Molecular Pathology Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Joung’s […]