Researchers from Boston University’s School of Medicine (BUSM) and College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) found that among HIV-infected Russian drinkers, depressive symptom severity alone was not significantly associated with lower rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. However, when examining cognitive symptoms of depression, results showed that high levels of depressive symptoms may be associated […]
Boston magazine’s annual list includes 68 faculty Boston magazine’s “Top Docs 2013” list includes 68 from the BU School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. Among the 650 physicians named to Boston magazine’s recently released “Top Docs 2013” list are 68 from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and the BU School of Medicine. The list, […]
Two Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty members, David Center, MD, and William W. Cruikshank, PhD, have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is a high professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding […]
As a result of the limited transgender medical training offered at medical schools, very few physicians possess the knowledge needed to treat transgendered patients. This circumstance is the topic of a paper in this month’s issue Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity. Joshua Safer, MD, FACP, associate professor of medicine at Boston University School […]
$100,000 grant for radiologist’s next-generation design Building a better condom: MED Professor Ducksoo Kim has won a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a self-lubricating “next-generation” condom. Photo by Flickr contributor Kerry J. Condoms are a cheap, universally accessible means of preventing unwanted pregnancy and reducing the spread of HIV […]
Sponsors collaboration between BU, University of Mississippi Thanks to a $30 million commitment from the American Heart Association (AHA), researchers from Boston University and the University of Mississippi will collaborate for at least five years on a shared mission to find better preventive measures and treatments for heart disease—the leading cause of death in the […]
Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and neurology at BUSM, has been awarded the Zenith Fellows Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. The three-year, $450,000 award will support Wolozin’s research in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. The goal of this work is to determine the molecular foundation of the proteins responsible for causing Alzheimer’s. […]
A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) demonstrates a new mechanism involving a signaling protein and its receptor that may block the formation of new blood vessels and cancer growth. The findings are published in the December issue of Science Signaling. Angiogenesis creates new blood vessels in a process that […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) physician researchers have been selected as Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) winners, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Karen Buch, MD, a third year radiology resident at BMC, and Ducksoo Kim, MD, professor of radiology at BUSM and director of the […]
From left: Jag Bhawan, MD; Barbara Gilchrest, MD; Michael Lichtman, MD; Rhoda Alani, MD; Dean Karen Antman, MD; Vincent Falanga, MD; Peter Pochi, MD ’55; Michael Rosenbaum, MD ’78. Two of the most renowned dermatologists and long-time BUSM Department of Dermatology faculty members were honored during a professorship installation ceremony held on the medical […]