Senior Living Residences (SLR) Compass Memory Support team presented Robert Stern, PhD, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical & Research Program and ADC Clinical Core with a check supporting BU’s clinical research. “We are delighted that the Compass communities are continuing to fundraise on our behalf. This provides tremendous support for our research and is […]
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind to examine the relationship between pre-existing depression (with and without anxiety) and the amount of time to diagnostically resolve an abnormal mammogram and/or Pap test, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found suffering from depression was not associated with a […]
Two BU School of Medicine faculty members will be named to professorships: Barbara E. Corkey, PhD as the Zoltan Kohn Professor in Medicine and Avrum Spira, MD, MSc as the Alexander Graham Bell Professor in Health Care Entrepreneurship. The installation will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 3:30 p.m. in the 670 Albany Street, […]
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that Klotho, an anti-aging and anti-cancer protein, is reduced in the aged brain. The study, led by Carmela Abraham, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry at BUSM, identified compounds that increase Klotho expression in cultured cells. To do so, they conducted a high throughput screen of 150,000 […]
BUSM Clinical Research Nurse in Neurology, Raymond James, BS, RN was a presenter and discussion facilitator during the recent Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF) intensive training session for 27 new Research Associates. At the three-day session, which was held in New Jersey during October, the newest Research Advocates took part in rigorous sessions on the science […]
A recent study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows an increased risk of stroke and mortality among patients diagnosed with severe sepsis and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) during hospitalization. Allan J. Walkey, MD, assistant professor of medicine at BUSM and a pulmonologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), is the lead […]
While it is easy to see the progress of the brick work on the exterior of the new student residence, it is harder to see behind the white tarps that are hiding the installation of the curtain wall system that includes glass and decorative metal panels. This work is in full swing and when completed […]
Gerard M. Doherty, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and chief of Surgery at Boston Medical Center effective January 1. Doherty comes to BUSM/BMC from the University of Michigan, where he is NW Thompson Professor of Surgery, vice chair of the Department of Surgery and […]
James Holsapple, MD, has been appointed chair and chief and of Neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC). Holsapple has been an associate professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics at BMC/BUSM since 2009. “Since his arrival, he has quickly established himself as a leader, establishing a new and vibrant pediatric […]
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind to demonstrate an association between the antidepressant escitalopram and improved general pain, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), have found that opioid-dependent patients treated with escitalopram experienced meaningful reductions in pain severity and pain interference during the first three months of […]