New Prayer and Meditation Room
Need a quiet place to pray, reflect, or simply take a break from the busyness of campus life? The new Prayer and Meditation Room is now open! For students, staff and faculty, this space offers a welcoming environment for personal meditation, prayer or quiet contemplation.Located in the Housman Bldg, 10th floor, Room R1018A (last door […]
CIIS Leadership Update
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, and Nick Bosch, MD, MSc, will transition from associate directors to co-directors of The Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Science (CIIS), effective Oct.1, 2024. Kathryn Fantasia, MD, will serve in the new role of education director, and Kathryn Fantasia Kayla Jones […]
BU Alum Drew Weissman Wins 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine for Breakthrough mRNA Technology That Led to COVID Vaccines
Physician and scientist Drew Weissman, who earned both an MD and a PhD at Boston University, and his research collaborator, Katalin Karikó, have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Felipe Agudelo, PhD, MPH, Named Associate Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
He looks forward to working and connecting with students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
Basic Science Review Results in New Names, Configurations of Some Departments
Updates will be needed for department, faculty and lab websites, University Bulletin, course descriptions, signage, CVs, publication submissions, etc.
Retirement of Deborah Fournier, PhD, Assistant Provost, Institutional Research & Evaluation
Fournier will continue to be part of the BUMC community as an emeritus clinical associate professor of medical sciences & education.
Intersession 2022 Preparations
BUMC Facilities would like to conserve energy over Intersession in non-occupied spaces.
Aram Kaligian, MD, MPH, Named Director, BU-Armenia Medical Partnership
The assistant professor of family medicine succeeds Richard Babayan, MD, professor and chairman emeritus of urology.
Seeking Assistant Deans for Diversity & Inclusion Office
Assistant deans will aid the Associate Dean for D&I to support the needs of specific demographics within our community, i.e., racial/ethnic, gender, abilities, sexualities, nationality, socio-economic status, first-generation, etc.
Venetia Zachariou, PhD, Appointed Chair, Pharmacology & Physiology
The professor of neuroscience and pharmacological sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York will join BUSM on Dec. 1.