Voting for MEC’s Clinical Faculty at-Large Alternate is Now Open

The Medical Education Committee (MEC) has been the main governing body for BUSM curriculum decision-making and oversight since changes to the bylaws in 2003. Nominees for a clinical faculty at-large alternate have been selected and it is now time to vote. Voting instructions, candidates’ names and descriptions of their positions are available on the ballot. […]

BU Profiles Offers Faculty New Mentoring Feature

BUSM faculty are encouraged to take advantage of a new feature available on BU Profiles—mentoring. Based on faculty requests to bolster mentoring in ways that are more highly visible, to showcase their mentoring expertise, and facilitate students, trainees and faculty to find mentors across the university, BU Profiles now provides an easy-to-use feature that enables you […]

BUMC Faculty Development Appointments

I am writing to share that Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA, professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at BUSM and BUSPH, and a clinical cardiologist at BMC, has been appointed BUMC Assistant Provost for Faculty Development. Robina M. Bhasin, EdM, also has been appointed BUMC Director of Faculty Development. Dr. Benjamin is deeply engaged […]

Linda Hyman to Serve One-Year Term as Director of NSF Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences

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 […]