Alcy Torres, MD, will join Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) as an assistant professor of pediatrics and Boston Medical Center (BMC) in the department of pediatric neurology and on Aug. 1. Torres, who has been named one of the city’s best pediatric neurologists by Boston Magazine and other organizations, has dedicated his life to […]
A research team at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has identified an important and novel connection between genes that guide the body plan of the common fruit fly and nerve cells in humans that underlie disorders such as epilepsy and anxiety. Results from this study, conducted by faculty within the department of pharmacology and […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) are partnering with the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) to study tuberculosis (TB). This research is supported by a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the Indo-U.S. Vaccine Action Program (VAP). The joint program, based in Pondicherry, India, will establish cohorts […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) professor and Boston Medical Center (BMC) physician Robert Sege, MD, PhD, was named a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) in Washington D.C. The CSSP is a nonpartisan Washington D.C. nonprofit that works with policymakers and communities across the country to promote smart […]
BU Profiles shares expertise, spurs collaboration Imagine a LinkedIn for academic researchers only, and you’ve got the general idea behind BU Profiles, a web-based research networking system aimed at helping researchers build a professional network and find expertise and connections that can supercharge collaborations. The system, which launched on the Boston University Medical Campus in […]
Despite recent breakthroughs in cervical cancer prevention resulting in new vaccination and cervical cancer screening guidelines, a Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study published this month’s American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that physicians are slow to implement these guidelines into their practices. Researchers found that less than one third of obstetrician-gynecologists vaccinate their eligible […]
Goal: Keep food on your table, keep the lights on in your house, keep your kids in school, and get to work. Sounds easy enough, right? Does it still sound easy when your family’s budget is consistently $250 short of what you critically need? This was the challenge posed to 35 new pediatric residents of […]
George Murphy, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of Hematology and Oncology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and co-director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston University and Boston Medical Center has received a two-year, $75,000 research grant from the National Blood Foundation to investigate blood disorders. Murphy’s laboratory […]
In a study from Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), researchers have generated a map of the cellular circuitry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB). This information, which is being published online as an Advanced Online Publication in the journal Nature, sheds new light on the bacterium’s ability to survive inactive […]
Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, professor of radiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and section chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Boston Medical Center (BMC), was appointed a Deputy Editor of the Radiology Editorial Board by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Guermazi is the first faculty member from either institution to take on this […]