Dr. William J. Bicknell, an outspoken, inspirational professor of international health who sought to “make people hurt less,” has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 75. Bicknell, who died Tuesday night at his home in Marshfield, Mass., was the founder and chair emeritus of the Department of International Health at the School […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers recently uncovered a brain signaling pathway responsible for regulating the renal excretion of sodium. The findings appear in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Hypertension, or chronic high blood pressure, affects one-third of adults, significantly increasing cardiovascular risk and mortality. Approximately 50 percent […]
A new pathway for the re-growth of neurons after injury is described by researchers at BUSM in a recent article featured in PLoS Biology. They found that proteins involved in cell death also play a beneficial role in neuronal regeneration, offering the potential for new avenues of treatment of nerve damage. Using sophisticated high-resolution lasers, […]
Kazem Azadzoi, MD, research director of urology and professor of urology, pathology and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), was selected as the recipient of the Best Reviewer in 2011 Award by the editors of The Journal of Urology. “Careful and fair-minded evaluation of scientific articles is an important scholarly contribution and […]
Richard Wainford, PhD, has been named to the Early Career Reviewer (ECR) program at the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Health. As an eligible reviewer, he may be called upon by the Scientific Reviewer Officers (SROs) as they assemble study sections for the applications they are reviewing. The success of Dr. Wainford’s […]
Three Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty members have been honored as Educator of the Year by the Committee on Faculty Affairs (CFA). These awards recognize BUSM faculty who provide excellence in teaching and mentoring. Awards are given annually in the areas of preclinical sciences, clinical sciences and graduate medical sciences at BUSM. This […]
s a sea of red robes envelopes the Boston University Charles River Campus during commencement weekend, the MD and PhD graduates of the School of Medicine and its Division of Graduate Medical Sciences stand out with their dark green and deep blue lapels and hoods that signify their course of study. For the 238 graduates of the Class of 2012, the academic road has led them to this day of recognition for their achievement as doctors of medicine and doctors of philosophy.
Boston University School of Medicine Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Angela H. Jackson, MD, has been awarded a two-year grant by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the Institute for Medicine as a Profession. This two-year award, “Inoculating Against the Hidden Curriculum: Professionalism through Advocacy” is one of only four grants awarded nationally. This project […]
Investigators from Boston University (BU) and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System have shown evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in brain tissue from blast-exposed military service personnel. Laboratory experiments conducted by the investigators demonstrated that exposure to a single blast equivalent to a typical improvised explosive device (IED) results in CTE and long-term brain […]
Maureen T. Kavanah, MD, an Associate Professor of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a surgical oncologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has received the prestigious 2012 National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Distinguished Investigator Lifetime Achievement Award for her extraordinary contributions and meritorious service to the NSABP in support […]