The retrospective study showed a strong correlation between higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D blood levels and lower SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates especially in patients who lived in predominantly African-Americans and Hispanic zip codes.
The disorder, which causes people to physically act out dreams while still sleeping, occurs in a third of contact sports athletes with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
This is presented to promising junior faculty who have been at BU for less than two years and who have held no prior professorships.
As part of this two-year commitment, he will serve as a consultant/advisor for a cardiovascular research project The Berlin Long-term Observation of Vascular Events (BeLOVE) cohort.
Congratulations to the latest recipients of Shipley Prostate Cancer Pilot Grant Awards.
The five-year, $26.56 million NIH grant will continue the surveillance and evaluation of FHS participants for dementia and invigorate the brain donation program and brain bank.
During his 23 years at BU he pioneered studies of the Bromodomain and ExtraTerminal (BET) protein family that is important for cellular growth in leukemia, and metastasis of breast and prostate cancers.
Altered nervous system mechanisms may account for differences in pain.
The nomination states, “Dr. Schreiber provided us with some personal interaction during a time of government mandated social isolation and general ambiguity from the earliest stages of the pandemic.”
The nomination states, “Patty is a highly valued member of our department and we would be lost without her.”