The two-year, $400,000 grant is from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.
The study found teaching artistic observation to neurology residents contributed to the development of well-rounded physicians with the capacity to be both skilled clinicians and compassionate healers.
Boston-based research team will focus on understanding how dysfunctional lung epithelial cells initiate and perpetuate pulmonary fibrosis.
Alumni Awards recognize outstanding and innovative work.
Students say scholarships provide not only financial support but also a measure of validation.
Denise Sloan (r) receiving Lauffer Award Denise M. Sloan, PhD, professor of psychiatry and Senior Clinician Investigator, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, has received the Robert Laufer, PhD Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. The award is given to an individual […]
“Our goal is to increase physician/nurse collaboration by helping medical students understand the role of nursing and the skills that nurses bring to healthcare,” says Cecilia McVey, MHA, RN, FAAN, associate director of nursing and patient care services at VA Boston Healthcare. Vascular Access Nurse Kassidy Dias, RN, gently tapped her forefinger on the blue […]
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, and Nick Bosch, MD, MSc, will transition from associate directors to co-directors of The Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Science (CIIS), effective Oct.1, 2024. Kathryn Fantasia, MD, will serve in the new role of education director, and Kathryn Fantasia Kayla Jones […]
New continuous glucose monitoring sensors (small sensors that penetrate the skin to measure glucose levels in real time) are now hitting the wearables market for use among individuals without diabetes. Despite a lack of research showing that using these sensors improves health outcomes in individuals without diabetes, there is a growing interest among this population. […]
The study was done by researchers at BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, BMC’s Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, and the BU Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences.