Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announces the establishment of an endowed Professorship in Child Health and Well-Being in the department of Pediatrics. This anonymously donated endowment reinforces the importance of supporting clinical practice focusing on public policies related to ending hunger and hardship in young children. The inaugural incumbent of this professorship is Deborah […]
With weeks of rain apparently over, the sun shines on the top three floors of the new student residence as they peek out above the top of the building at 801 Albany Street. Much work has been completed over the past week including the completion of the fifth, sixth and seventh floor concrete decks. Both […]
Richard K. Babayan, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Urology at BUSM and chief of the Department of Urology at Boston Medical Center, was honored by the American Urological Association (AUA) at their annual meeting in Washington, DC, for his contributions to the field of medicine, the specialty of urology and the AUA. […]
Boston University’s Agganis Arena is the scene of many proud moments in the lives of BU students, faculty, and staff. There could be no more satisfying and rewarding event for the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Class of 2011 and their families than the medical school commencement ceremony held there May 21. “I speak […]
A BUSM student is one of only two recipients of the 2011 Massachusetts Medical Society’s Information Technology Awards. The honor recognizes the development of an information technology tool that helps physicians practice medicine, teach medicine, or pursue clinical research. Two awards of $3,000 each are presented annually by the state medical society, to one medical […]
The BUSM Department of Family Medicine, invites the BMC campus-wide Domestic Violence Advisory Committee as well as all members of the Boston University Medical Campus and BU and BMC affiliated health centers to attend the second annual Lynne Stevens Lecture on Tuesday, May 31. Lynne Stevens, MSW, served as an assistant professor of Family Medicine […]
BUSM researchers have discovered new details about the underlying mechanisms of skin hardening syndromes. The team connected pharmacological properties of the Novartis Pharma AG drug called balicatib to the skin disorder for the first time after investigating adverse reactions suffered by patients participating in a clinical trial for the treatment of osteoporosis. These findings appear […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have found that by adding one family physician per 1,000, or 100 per 100,000, could reduce hospital readmission costs by $579 million per year, or 83 percent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) target. These findings currently appear on the website […]
Conan Kornetsky, PhD, director of the laboratory of behavioral pharmacology and professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at BUSM, has been selected to receive the 2011 Bernard Lown University of Maine Alumni Humanitarian Award for his research on the neural mechanisms involved in the behavioral effects of drugs. Kornetsky will accept the award at the University […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) hosted legislative aides and medical education staffers participating in an Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) initiative where they received a compressed “medical education” followed by “residency”. The goal of the program is to inform policymakers on issues affecting the future of medical education. […]