“Population health and substance use care: parallel or converging trajectories?” Marc Gourevitch, MD, MPH Chair, Department of Population Health Professor of Population Health, Medicine and Psychiatry NYU School of Medicine Friday, Sept. 18 3 p.m. BU School of Medicine, Evans Building, Room E201 This event is open to BUMC faculty, students and residents. Refreshments provided.
“Peptide-based Stx Neutralizers for Treatment of STEC Infections” Dr. Kiyotaka Nishikawa Professor, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Thursday, Sept. 17 1-2 p.m. 670 Albany St., Lobby Level Room 107/108 This event is open to BUMC faculty, students, residents. At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to: 1) […]
“Growth Factor Influence on Macrophages in Infection and Metabolism” Filip Swirski, PhD Associate Professor, Center for Systems Biology Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School Friday, Sept. 18 670 Albany St., Lobby Level Room 107/108 2-3 p.m. This event is open to BUMC faculty, students, residents. At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able […]
More than 150 first-year BUSM students attended the fair where 54 student activities and organizations participated.
BU’s CTSI directed by David Center, MD has received a four-year, $23,487,980 renewal from the NIH.
Haiwei Lian, MD, a postdoctoral associate at BUSM’s Feng Lab, was awarded a $330,000 grant from St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
There is emerging evidence that suggests the importance of the liver in sepsis patients who are at risk of developing subsequent pneumonia. This is the first report directly demonstrating a link between a key mediator produced by the liver and how the body responds to an infection.
BUSM researchers Ganem and Singh, assistant professors of pharmacology & experimental therapeutics, have each received Jackie King Young Investigator Awards from the Melanoma Research Alliance.
Shinichiro Kurosawa, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology & laboratory medicine, has accepted an invitation from the Center for the Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a member of the Host Interactions with Bacterial Pathogens Study Section. Study section responsibilities include ensuring the quality of the NIH’s peer review process by […]
Fourth-year medical student Owen Kendall has received the 2015 Excellence in Public Health Award of the Physicians Professional Advisory Committee (PPAC) of the United States Public Health Service. The award recognizes medical students who are involved in public health issues in their community. Kendall, an MD-MPH candidate, created and implemented a free community running group, […]