It’s hard to miss the new student residence as you walk down Albany Street. Even in the rain the structure appears as a purple-blue and black façade against the clouds. The installation of the extended exposure sheathing, which gives the building its new temporary color, is complete. The air vapor barrier, which is black is […]
Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH, of the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, have been named co-Editors in Chief of Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (AS&CP) peer-reviewed journal of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) […]
Judith A. Linden, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine at BUSM and vice chair for education in the department of emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has written an review article on the treatment of adult victims of sexual assault in an acute care setting that ran in the Sept. 1 issue of the […]
William B. Kannel, MD, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. He made the courageous decision to refuse medical interventions for cancer and chose to die with dignity with the help of hospice, family and friends. He is survived by his wife, four children, 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Dr. Kannel was born in 1923 in New […]
A study published in the August 2011 Archives of Neurology ranks BUSM medical education and neurology residency training programs among the top 20 of 120 U.S. programs examined by the researchers in producing academic neurologists. The analysis assessed the impact of the medical schools and residency training programs on the decision to pursue a career […]
The student residence construction process continues to make headway with the completion of the precast skin of the building. The next step on the exterior is the installation of an extended exposure sheathing, which is a moisture and mold resistant panel designed to attach to the outside of sidewall framing. It serves as a water […]
Gray skies sprinkled with raindrops did not deter the parade of 173 first-year students as they wound their way along the paths of the Talbot green, ducking into the large white tent. They were enthusiastically greeted by applause and shouts of encouragement from several hundred friends and family. The annual White Coat Ceremony, held on […]
The exterior of the New Student Residence continues to change and evolve. Now that the cement-based precast skin of the building has been installed, it is time to add the brick elements of the façade. Together with glass, the brick and the precast skin work together to form the architectural identity of the building. As […]
President Obama’s father was an alcoholic whose drunken driving killed a friend and put the elder Obama in the hospital with two broken legs.
That unfortunate bit of history may help explain the White House’s interest in addiction, which includes honoring BU addiction expert Daniel Alford with a visit there on August 5.
Alford (SPH’86, MED’92), a School of Medicine associate professor, is the medical director of MASBIRT (Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment), a federally funded program at Boston Medical Center and seven other hospitals and community health centers in the state that screens for risky alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. “When you come to see your doctor for your diabetes management or hypertension or just for your annual visit, you’ll be asked questions about unhealthy substance use,” Alford says.
BUSM Associate Professor Avrum Spira has won the university’s 2011 Innovator of the Year award which recognizes a BU faculty member whose cutting-edge research and ideas lead to the formation of companies that benefit society at large.