BU Amyloidosis Center

I am writing to announce the appointments of Martha Skinner, MD, as interim director and Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD, as associate director of the BU Amyloidosis Center. Dr. Skinner previously directed the center from 1988 to 2007 and currently is professor emerita of medicine. Dr. Sanchorawala is a professor of medicine in the Section of Hematology/Oncology […]

Vietnam’s Ministry of Health Recognizes BUSM for Building Capacity in Hospital Nutrition

Carine Lenders, MD, MS, ScD, Associate Professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Physician Nutrition Specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and Elizabeth Henry, DrPH, MHS, who will graduate from BU’s School of Public Health (BUSPH) in September, have received the People’s Health Medal from the Social Republic of Vietnam’s Ministry […]

NIH Awards BUSM $1.6 million for Pneumonia Research

Joseph Mizgerd, ScD, professor of medicine, microbiology and biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), and director of the University’s Pulmonary Center, recently was awarded $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The four-year grant will be used to fund his project to better […]

BUSM’s Kurosawa Joins NIH Study Section

Shinichiro Kurosawa, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology & laboratory medicine, has accepted an invitation from the Center for the Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a member of the Host Interactions with Bacterial Pathogens Study Section.  Study section responsibilities include ensuring the quality of the NIH’s peer review process by […]

Medical Campus Celebrates Promotions

MED, SPH profs move up the ranks The Medical Campus recently promoted 11 professors whose research interests range from promoting the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to preventing child abuse. Photo by Alex S. MacLean Doctors can prescribe the treatment, but it’s up to their patients to follow their advice. A. Rani Elwy, a recently […]