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 […]
The Federation of Pediatric Organizations (FOPO) has selected Boston University School of Medicine Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics Barry S. Zuckerman MD as the 2015 recipient of the Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award. Dr. Zuckerman will receive this award April 25 at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San […]
MED neurologist on battered brains, tangled tau, and the future of sports Ann McKee, a MED professor of neurology and pathology, studies the long-term effects of repetitive brain injury. “It’s shocking to see neurodegenerative disease in a 25-year-old,” she says. Photo by Vernon Doucette For Ann McKee, every brain tells a story. And sometimes it’s […]
Deborah A. Frank, MD, BUSM inaugural Professor in Child Health and Well-Being, Pediatrics, has been named to the National Commission on Hunger by the U.S.Congress. Frank is director of the Grow Clinic for Children at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and founder and principal investigator of Children’s HealthWatch, a network of pediatric and public health researchers working […]