Gerald V. Denis, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Julie Palmer, ScD, professor of epidemiology at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, have been awarded a five-year, $3M grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study the implications of obesity on breast cancer in […]
Garden, recreation space offers students welcome respite Just over a year ago, Karen Antman was strolling past the newly opened Medical Student Residence on Albany Street when she spotted students tossing a football in the small courtyard abutting the building. The tight space called for some creative, and potentially dangerous, catches. “They kept careening into […]
Domenic Ciraulo, MD, chair of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and David H. Barlow, PhD, professor of psychology at Boston University (BU), have collaborated to study the effect of behavioral and medication treatments on patients with alcoholism and anxiety. The findings, published in the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy, suggest that Transdiagnostic […]
Brian Jack redesigned hospital discharge procedures The problem first came to Brian Jack’s attention 10 years ago. The School of Medicine professor and chair of family medicine noticed that patients at Boston Medical Center (BMC), like patients at most hospitals, were leaving without a good understanding of how to care for themselves in the short […]
On the Senate floor on Monday, Sept.30, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) made an impassioned plea against the long-term consequences of sequester budget cuts. She cited the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), which is set to lose 40 percent of funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). FHS, administered by Boston University and the […]
BU’s NEIDL moves closer to full operation A federal court judge has ruled that research involving BSL-3 and BSL-4 pathogens can be done safely at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, based on a National Institutes of Health Final Supplementary Risk Assessment. Photo by Cydney Scott In an action that moves BU’s National Emerging Infectious […]
Millions of individuals worldwide suffer from cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Current drugs to treat these conditions are limited and the need for novel therapeutics is increasing. Cross-talk between cardiac and metabolic tissues (liver, skeletal muscle, heart muscle, fat and pancreas) through secreted proteins, especially under conditions of metabolic stress, offers a rich source of potential […]
Kendra Kobrin, MD, PhD, candidate in pharmacology, received the Carl E. Rosow Award for Pharmacology Education at the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics reception held in September for new faculty and students. Kobrin graduated summa cum laude from Boston University in 2008 with bachelor degrees in psychology and music. Following graduation, she spent a […]
A piano was delivered to the Talbot Green on the BU Medical Campus today as part of “Play Me, I’m Yours,” Street Pianos Boston Festival 2013. Students & faculty are invited to play the multicolored instrument. Tweet your photos to @BUMedicine and use hashtag #streetpianosboston.
The BUMC community is invited to a dedication and reception to celebrate recently restored historical pieces at the School of Medicine and Medical Campus. Recent improvements include the newly created picnic area on Talbot Green, a display of BUSM artifacts and artwork on the first floor of the Instructional Building, and the refurbished marble fountain […]