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, […]
Faculty, staff, students and residents are encouraged to attend the Inaugural BU Neurology Research Symposium on Tuesday, May 12 on the BU Medical Campus. Sponsored by the Boston University School of Medicine department of Neurology, the program will include updates on “Dementia Research from the Framingham Heart Study” and “ Research in Parkinson’s Disease.” There […]
The Massachusetts Medical Society has announced its selections of MMS Scholars for 2015. A total of 16 students were selected by their respective Massachusetts medical schools for their academic achievement, community service and financial need. Four students were chosen from each school to receive $10,000. The BUSM fourth-year honorees are: Diane Haddad, who graduated cum laude […]
Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA), the only national honor medical society in the world organized exclusively for educational purposes is adding seven new members from the BUSM community. The society promotes scholarship and research in medical schools, encourages high standards of character and conduct among medical students and graduates, and recognizes high attainment in medical sciences, […]
BUSM students hold staff appreciation lunch BUSM students held a thank you lunch in the Hiebert Lounge on April 1 for BUSM support staff. Organized by SCOMSA, the event was an opportunity for students to express their deep appreciation for the important work of staff at the School. “Support staff don’t always get the recognition […]
In appreciation for their dedication and patience during the unusually harsh winter, Deans Karen Antman, Sandro Galea and Jeffrey Hutter invited Boston University Medical Campus staff and faculty to the Equinox Celebration of Spring on Wednesday, March 18, in the Hiebert Lounge. Photos courtesy David Keough (BUMC Educational Media) and BUSM Communications.
Boston University’s (BU) Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical Sciences (BLCS) Program and the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) were awarded grants from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center as part of a $17M package targeted for capital projects, equipment and supplies. “We are delighted that both the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston Medical Center (BMC) […]
David Salant, MD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has been named as the 2015 recipient of The Donald W. Seldin Award. The Award recognizes excellence in clinical nephrology. “Dr. Donald Seldin is one of the giants of Nephrology and his legacy is reflected in the successes of […]