The BUSM Department of Family Medicine, invites the BMC campus-wide Domestic Violence Advisory Committee as well as all members of the Boston University Medical Campus and BU and BMC affiliated health centers to attend the second annual Lynne Stevens Lecture on Tuesday, May 31. Lynne Stevens, MSW, served as an assistant professor of Family Medicine […]
A significant milestone has been reached at the new Student Residence — the topping off ceremony marking the completion of the steel erection phase was held on Friday, May 13. The crane is now no longer required and is down. In addition the top track layout for the wall studs on the second and third floors has been completed.
BUSM researchers have discovered new details about the underlying mechanisms of skin hardening syndromes. The team connected pharmacological properties of the Novartis Pharma AG drug called balicatib to the skin disorder for the first time after investigating adverse reactions suffered by patients participating in a clinical trial for the treatment of osteoporosis. These findings appear […]
Significant progress has been made at the new student residence on Albany Street. Many phases of the construction are now nearing completion including:
* First and second floor slabs – completed!
* Steel framing – complete by May 13!
* Crane work – complete by May 13!
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have found that by adding one family physician per 1,000, or 100 per 100,000, could reduce hospital readmission costs by $579 million per year, or 83 percent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) target. These findings currently appear on the website […]
Conan Kornetsky, PhD, director of the laboratory of behavioral pharmacology and professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at BUSM, has been selected to receive the 2011 Bernard Lown University of Maine Alumni Humanitarian Award for his research on the neural mechanisms involved in the behavioral effects of drugs. Kornetsky will accept the award at the University […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) hosted legislative aides and medical education staffers participating in an Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) initiative where they received a compressed “medical education” followed by “residency”. The goal of the program is to inform policymakers on issues affecting the future of medical education. […]
Progress at the new student residence progress is clearly obvious as you walk past the construction site at 815 Albany Street. The recently erected steel skeleton contrasts against the blue sky. The steel work that began on April 11 should be completed by Friday, May 6. The second half of the slab on grade is […]
Two new drug safety studies conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provide strong evidence that women taking oral contraception with drospirenone have an increased risk of nonfatal venous thromboembolism, or blood clots, compared to women taking oral contraception with levonorgestrel. The two studies were led by Susan S. Jick, D.Sc., director […]
Despite the rainy weather of April, progress at the student residence at 815 Albany Street on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) continues. The first floor steel work that began on April 11 will be completed by April 22. In addition, both the first and second floor slab work is expected to begin the week […]