Lidya Wlasiuk, MD, MPH, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for April
The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Lidya Wlasiuk, MD, MPH, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for April. Wlasiuk joined the BU community in 2015. She is the director of the third-year family medicine clerkship and an attending family physician at Boston Medical Center and […]
Teresa Acosta Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for April
Teresa Acosta The Dean’s Office is pleased to announce that Teresa Acosta, has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for April. Acosta serves as the assistant program manager for the BUMC Faculty Development & Diversity Office and assistant director of training & education for the BU American Heart Association Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Scholars […]
Faculty Appointments and Promotions – January and February 2025
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Professor Huiping Zhang, PhD, Psychiatry, focuses on the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying substance use disorders (SUDs) and related psychiatric conditions. Dr. Zhang is a pioneer in studying DNA and RNA methylation changes, as well as noncoding RNA […]
Sun Lee, MD, MSc, Named Rising Star in Endocrinology
Sun Lee, MD MSc Sun Lee, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine, has received an American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Rising Star in Endocrinology Award. The honor is presented to a physician who is within 10 years of completing their endocrine fellowship and has demonstrated actionable outcomes in outstanding leadership, teamwork and/or innovation in […]
Anna Belkina, MD, PhD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for February
Anna Belkina The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Director of the Flow Cytometry Core Anna Belkina, MD, PhD, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for February. Belkina received her PhD in molecular medicine from the school of medicine in 2012 and then […]
Raymond Nicks Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for February
Raymond Nicks The Dean’s Office is pleased to announce that Raymond Nicks, MS, has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for February. A research fellow in the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and CTE Center, Ray joined the BU community in 2016. His nominators say, “Ray has stepped into many leadership roles, going far above […]
Annual Medical Student Research Symposium Celebrates Student Research
Event showcased the work of 84 students across all class years.
Elaine Lee, PhD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for January
The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences & Education and Grant Strategist Elaine Lee, PhD, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for January. Elaine joined the BU community in February 2017. Her nominators say, “She is always willing to step in whenever possible to enhance the […]
Diana Lehman Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for January
The Dean’s Office is pleased to announce that Diana Lehman has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for January. The administrator for the Office of Human Research Affairs (OHRA), Diana joined BU in May 1972. She is responsible for compliance with BU policies, including personnel, procurement and budget policies. She manages the maintenance of […]
Priscilla Slanetz, MD, MPH, Honored by the American Association for Women in Radiology
Slanetz, professor of radiology is the recipient of the 2024 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award, the highest honor from the American Association for Women in Radiology.