“‘Now is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end,’” said Karen Antman, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine and Provost of the Medical Campus, quoting Winston Churchill as she opened the 163rd MED commencement Saturday at Agganis Arena. “‘But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.’ “This is the […]
In August 2008, a Boston University School of Medicine alumna pledged $10.5 million to her school — the largest gift in its history. But she chose to remain anonymous.
Now, more than a year and a half later, University Overseer Shamim Dahod (CGS’76, CAS’78, MED’87) and her husband, Ashraf, are putting a face — or more accurately, two faces — on their contribution, which will establish the Shamim and Ashraf Dahod Breast Cancer Research Center at the School of Medicine. The gift will also endow assistant professor and international scholar positions at the center and support MED’s new residence hall.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are better able to remember new verbal information when it is provided in the context of music even when compared to healthy, older adults. The findings, which currently appear on-line in Neuropsychologia, offer possible applications in treating and caring […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researcher James A. Hamilton, PhD, professor of biophysics and physiology, with joint appointments in biomedical engineering and medicine, is the recipient of the 2010 Avanti Award in Lipids. This award is being bestowed by the Biophysical Society Award Committee for Hamilton’s innovative contributions in the application of nuclear magnetic […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that African-American women who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods have greater weight gain and are more likely to develop obesity than African-American women of the same educational levels who live in more affluent neighborhoods. Thus, neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) may contribute to the black-white […]
The BUSM Committee on Faculty Affairs is pleased to announce the 2010 Educator of the Year Awards, selected from student nominations. The awards will be presented at the BUSM graduation ceremonies. Graduate Sciences: Gwynneth D. Offner, Ph.D., Medicine Preclinical Sciences: Ann C. Zumwalt, Ph.D., Anatomy and Neurobiology Clinical Sciences: Daniel C. R. Chen, M.D., Medicine […]
Are disparities in blood pressure a function of differences in treatment intensification (TI)? Treatment intensification is when providers initiate and intensify therapy for patients with elevated blood pressure. It is complex and includes discussions between patients and providers. BUSM researchers, Meredith Manze, MPH, Adam Rose, MD, MSc, Michelle B. Orner, MPH, Dan Berlowitz, MD, MPH, […]
Jonathan Woodson has been named assistant secretary of defense for health affairs for the U.S. Department of Defense by President Obama. His nomination requires U.S. Senate confirmation. Associate dean for diversity and multicultural affairs and associate professor of surgery at BUSM, and senior attending vascular surgeon at BMC, Woodson holds the rank of brigadier general […]
Marie-France Demierre, 43, a professor of dermatology and medicine at the School of Medicine and director of the Skin Oncology Program in Dermatology at Boston Medical Center, died unexpectedly on April 13 at Boston Medical Center. Demierre lectured all over the world and was internationally recognized for clinical expertise in the management of melanoma. She […]
The National Football League (NFL) will give a $1 million unrestricted gift to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine to support the Center’s research.