Robert Saper, MD MPH, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, will give a lecture open to the entire BU Medical Campus Community entitled “The Healer’s Art: Exploring the Human Dimension of Medicine” on Monday January 11, 2010 from 11:00 am to 12 noon in the Medical School Building, Room L-112. Dr. Saper’s lecture will touch upon […]
Boston University Academy sophomore Max Wallack, 13, of Natick, Mass., a recently named 2009 Build-A-Bear Huggable Hero, donated his $2,500 award to the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Established in 1996, the Alzheimer’s Disease Center conducts cutting-edge research and strives to enhance clinical care for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families. Wallack is the founder […]
Researchers from BUSM report that there is very little literature that specifically addresses the topic of torture involving the head and neck. In order to increase awareness of torture among otolaryngologists, the researchers, led by Sondra Crosby, MD, an associate professor at BUSM, performed a retrospective review of five cases of survivors of torture and […]
In a paper titled, “PDGF-A Interactions With Fibronectin Reveal A Critical Role For Heparan Sulfate In Directed Cell Migration During Xenopus Gastrulation” (PNAS early edition December 4), a collaboration between the research groups of Dr. Karen Symes, an associate professor of biochemistry, and Dr. Matthew A. Nugent, a professor of biochemistry, examined how the interaction […]
13-year NHL Veteran Died at 73 with Progressive Dementia BUSM’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) announced that a recently deceased former National Hockey League (NHL) player suffered from the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) when he died, becoming the first former hockey player diagnosed with the disease. Reggie Fleming was […]
Karen Engelbourg has been appointed as assistant dean of development at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) as of January 1, 2010. Karen will be responsible for the fundraising programs at BUSM. Karen is a veteran development professional with 20 years experience in the field. She previously served as assistant vice president at Brandeis University. […]
The Class of 2010 Commencement Speaker Committee and Dean Karen Antman are pleased to announce that Robert C. Lowe, MD has been selected as class speaker for the BUSM May 2010 Commencement. Dr. Lowe was nominated by the class and was selected by a majority of the students because he is very well respected and […]
Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) Pulmonary Center has received a two-year $1.4 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to derive stem cells and lung progenitors from patients with lung disease. Darrell Kotton, MD, associate professor of medicine and pathology, and Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, are the […]
BUSM researchers have shown that one type of immune system cell, the B cell, is fundamentally different in healthy people as compared to people with inflammatory diseases, including periodontal disease and type 2 diabetes. These differences indicate that B cells promote inflammation in inflammatory diseases not previous linked to this cell type. These findings appear […]
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 named the 2009 United States Sports Academy Ernst Jokl Sports Medicine Award winner. Dr. Cantu is known for his work on catastrophic head and neck injuries, concussions and […]