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Two hands in medical gloves form a heartWinter Spring 2026Boston University Medicine

Author: Lisa Brown

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease

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Study follows mounting evidence of association between repetitive head impacts and CTE.

Researchers Identify Characteristics of Over the Counter Skin Lightening Users

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The use of creams to lighten skin is widespread and widely studied, but information about the use of these creams in the U.S. is sparse.

PA Class of 2020 Celebrates at White Coat Ceremony

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Surrounded by family, faculty and friends, they became the fifth PA student class to don their white coats at BUSM.

Racial Residential Segregation a Cause of the Black-White Disparity in Firearm Homicide Rates

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Anita Knopov BUSM’19 is the lead author of a study published in the Journal of the National Medical Association.

Bob Woodruff Foundation Re-extends its Commitment to Veterans and their Partners

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For the third year the Foundation has funded Strength at Home, an intervention led by Casey Taft, PhD, which addresses the high rates of trauma-related violence in intimate relationships in which one or both partners have served in the military.

BUSM Graduate Devastated by ALS, Trying to Save Others

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“With his voice silenced and body ravaged, Rahul Desikan’s research gives him a ‘reason to live.’”

Emelia Benjamin to Lead New AHA-funded Center on AFib

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This is part of a $28 million grant to six institutions in the AHA research network and is the first grant of this type for BU.

Debjani Sahni Installed as Dr. G. Robert Baler Junior Faculty Professor of Dermatology

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Dr. Sahni joined BUSM in 2011 and is the first to be named to the Professorship.

BU Alzheimer Investigator Recognized at at Fenway Park

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Weiming Xia, PhD, was one of the researchers supported by the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund invited onto the field before the Red Sox vs. Tigers game on June 4.

BU and Johnson & Johnson Innovation Team Up to Fight Lung Cancer

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New Medical Campus center lead by Avrum Spira, MD, MSc, hopes to speed development of interventions and cures.

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