Robert Cantu, MD, clinical professor of neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine and co-director of BU’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE), has been honored with the Dr. Ernst Jokl Sports Medicine Award from the United States Sports Academy. Dr. Cantu is a pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of concussions. He […]
This response is from BUMC Provost, BUSM Dean Karen Antman, MD Yesterday, an article was released in the Annals of Internal Medicine by Mullan, et al., titled, “The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools” that “ranked” on a scale according to the extent to which they graduate doctors who practice primary care, work in […]
Community health centers are facing a shortage of primary care physicians at a time when government plans have called for an expansion of community health center programs. To succeed with this expansion, community health centers require additional well-trained physician leadership. BUSM faculty members Assistant Professor Jeffrey Markuns, MD, EdM and Associate Professor Jay D. Orlander, […]
Dr. Lisa Kachnic, BUSM associate professor of radiology, chief and chair of radiation oncology at BMC, has been named to the board of trustees of the American Board of Radiology (ABR). Her four-year term of service began on May 22. She was nominated by the American Society for Radiation Oncology. ABR trustees participate in leadership […]
Boston University School of Medicine’s CityLab program was cited by the Center for Excellence in Education as an exemplary program at the National Labs Skills Symposium in Washington, DC. CityLab is a biotechnology learning laboratory for students in grades 7 – 12 and their teachers. Established in 1992, BUSM CityLab is an innovative, laboratory-based science […]
Type 2 diabetes is increasingly appreciated as a disease that involves, and perhaps is initially driven by, inflammation. Cells from the immune system are critical mediators of chronic inflammation in this disease. Under the direction of Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD, an associate professor of medicine and microbiology, researchers have identified fundamental changes in one cell type […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in an animal model can non-invasively identify dangerous plaques. The findings, which appear in the May issue of Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, offer possible applications in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with atherosclerosis. Rupture of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found a significant association between abdominal fat and lower total brain volume. The study, which currently appears in the Annals of Neurology, may improve understanding of the mechanisms underlying the relationship of obesity with dementia and could lead to prevention strategies. Global body mass and obesity, […]
A team of researchers has discovered that the protein that forms plaques in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease also accumulates in the eyes of people with Down syndrome. The new findings in Down syndrome show that the toxic protein, known as amyloid-β, that causes Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain also leads to distinctive cataracts in […]
The Institute on Lifestyle & Health of Boston University School of Medicine and Alcohol in Moderation (AIM) of the United Kingdom have established the International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research (ISFAR) www.bu.edu/alcohol-forum. This online international community of invited physicians and scientists who are specialists in their fields and committed to balanced and well researched analysis […]