Carmela Abraham, PhD, professor of biochemistry and pharmacology, was one of six recipients of the Massachusetts Neuroscience Consortium Award. The grant was awarded to her for her work on multiple sclerosis and the role of the life extension protein Klotho in the limited repair of white matter in the disease. The Consortium gives the award […]
Filled with hope and motivation to help others, 33 new students entering the Physician’s Assistant (PA) Class of 2017 donned their white coats for the first time today as part of the program’s second annual “White Coat Ceremony.” Surrounded by family and friends, the students—who hailed from all parts of the country—were welcomed into the […]
Suzanne Maselli has been appointed Assistant Dean of Development at BUSM. Maselli, who has 24 years of development experience, previously served as Sr. Advancement Officer, Principal Gifts, for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, where she was responsible for cultivating transformational gifts for the Institute, focusing on its Schools of Science and Engineering as well […]
Reductions in federal support and clinical revenue not only jeopardize biomedical research at academic medical centers, but may ultimately impact clinical medicine according to an opinion piece in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Biomedical research is crucial to the US national agenda and academic medical centers–the provenance for much of this research – are at […]
For some teachers, you could leave an apple on their desk at the end of the year to say thank you. For others, you might need to try a more intangible act of gratitude. Every year after completing their anatomy lab, students at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Henry M. Goldman School […]
Amid science funding’s grim realities, one group is making it work Andrew Wilson read the e-mail. He took a few deep breaths. He read it again. It was a couple of days earlier than expected, but there it was, sitting in his inbox. Four months earlier, Wilson, a School of Medicine assistant professor of medicine, […]
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The Massachusetts Medical Society has announced its selections of MMS Scholars for 2015. A total of 16 students were selected by their respective Massachusetts medical schools for their academic achievement, community service and financial need. Four students were chosen from each school to receive $10,000. The BUSM fourth-year honorees are: Diane Haddad, who graduated cum laude […]
Barry M. Manuel, MD, Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education from 1980 to 2014 and Professor of Surgery from 1982 to 2014 at BUSM, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its 2015 Award for Distinguished Service to the Massachusetts Medical Society. The honor is given each year to a member of the […]
Receiving the Family Medicine Research Award (from left) is Stephanie Shaw and Erica Perry, presented by Miriam Hoffman-Kleiner, MD, director of medical student education in the Department of Family Medicine. On the morning of Match Day, members of the Class of 2015 were recognized during the Student Awards Ceremony. Fifty awards were presented to 46 […]
In appreciation for their dedication and patience during the unusually harsh winter, Deans Karen Antman, Sandro Galea and Jeffrey Hutter invited Boston University Medical Campus staff and faculty to the Equinox Celebration of Spring on Wednesday, March 18, in the Hiebert Lounge. Photos courtesy David Keough (BUMC Educational Media) and BUSM Communications.