Beginning September 14, Linda Hyman, PhD, Associate Provost for Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), will be ‘on loan’ to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to serve as Director of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The Division comprises the areas of molecular biophysics, cellular dynamics and functions, genetic mechanisms and systems, and synthetic biology. Her […]
Carmela Abraham, PhD, professor of biochemistry and pharmacology, was one of six recipients of the Massachusetts Neuroscience Consortium Award. The grant was awarded to her for her work on multiple sclerosis and the role of the life extension protein Klotho in the limited repair of white matter in the disease. The Consortium gives the award […]
Message from David Coleman, MD, Wade Professor and Chair of Medicine Colleagues, I would like to update you on changes in the Section of Hematology-Oncology following Dr. Seldin’s tragic death last month. Our entire community mourns the loss of Dr. Seldin – he was an extraordinary role model, colleague, and friend. Dr. Adam Lerner has […]
Attention Faculty: We are posting a 10 percent ad interim director position for a Military Health Institute (MHI). As the center ramps up, we anticipate an increasing time commitment. Please send a cover letter outlining your interest, qualifications and your CV to BUMCProvost@bu.edu.
I am writing to announce the appointments of Martha Skinner, MD, as interim director and Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD, as associate director of the BU Amyloidosis Center. Dr. Skinner previously directed the center from 1988 to 2007 and currently is professor emerita of medicine. Dr. Sanchorawala is a professor of medicine in the Section of Hematology/Oncology […]
The beloved clinician and mentor, founded Amyloidosis Center.
The BUSM+ Medical Education Digital Badge Program that is targeted to healthcare professionals provides the opportunity to learn the fundamentals about teaching and learning that they may have missed in their professional careers or now want to review to enhance their teaching. The online, open admissions, asynchronous program is conveniently offered 24/7 during your selected […]
Elizabeth Klings, MD, an associate professor in the department of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and an attending physician in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and on the Pulmonary Consultation Service at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named director of the Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) at BUSM […]
SIG Pre-submission Process The Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) program encourages applications from groups of NIH-sponsored investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of expensive, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated systems that cost at least $50,000. Types of instruments supported include, but are not limited to: X-ray diffraction systems, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and […]
Boston University School of Medicine has developed an affiliation with Northern California Kaiser Permanente to offer two new clinical clerkship sites for our third-year medical students. Beginning in May 2015, 12 third-year students will begin their clerkships at Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in San Jose and Santa Clara. After an orientation with their classmates in […]