Neil Ganem, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been named a 2015 Searle Scholar. Ganem is one of 15 young scientists—and the first from Boston University—to receive the prestigious, three-year $300,000 award. Ganem received his PhD from the Geisel School of Medicine at […]
Angela Nolin, a first-year medical student, has been chosen to receive the 2015 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship. The $5000 award supports clinical investigation, basic laboratory research, epidemiology, social science/health services research, leadership, or professionalism research. One of 56 medical students nationwide to receive the fellowship, Ms. Nolin’s project is […]
Fourth-year medical student Owen Kendall has received the 2015 Excellence in Public Health Award of the Physicians Professional Advisory Committee (PPAC) of the United States Public Health Service. The award recognizes medical students who are involved in public health issues in their community. Kendall, an MD-MPH candidate, created and implemented a free community running group, […]
Faculty, staff, students and residents are encouraged to attend the Inaugural BU Neurology Research Symposium on Tuesday, May 12 on the BU Medical Campus. Sponsored by the Boston University School of Medicine department of Neurology, the program will include updates on “Dementia Research from the Framingham Heart Study” and “ Research in Parkinson’s Disease.” There […]
On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10, Boston University School of Medicine faculty members Eric Hardt, MD, and Thea James, MD, will be participating in the 19th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace. They welcome students, academic colleagues, BMC staff and friends to join them. Thousands of people will walk 3.6 miles through Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood […]
The BUSM+ Medical Education Digital Badge Program that is targeted to healthcare professionals provides the opportunity to learn the fundamentals about teaching and learning that they may have missed in their professional careers or now want to review to enhance their teaching. The online, open admissions, asynchronous program is conveniently offered 24/7 during your selected […]
Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA), the only national honor medical society in the world organized exclusively for educational purposes is adding seven new members from the BUSM community. The society promotes scholarship and research in medical schools, encourages high standards of character and conduct among medical students and graduates, and recognizes high attainment in medical sciences, […]
James Feldman, MD, a Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) professor and physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its Committee Chair Service Award, an honor recognizing exceptional leadership and service to the Society, the statewide professional association of physicians. He will receive the award at the […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs Jean E. Ramsey, MD, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its Committee Chair Service Award, an honor recognizing exceptional leadership and service to the Society, the statewide professional association of physicians. She will receive the award at the Society’s Annual Meeting […]
Elizabeth Klings, MD, an associate professor in the department of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and an attending physician in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and on the Pulmonary Consultation Service at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named director of the Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) at BUSM […]