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. […]
Progress at the new student residence progress is clearly obvious as you walk past the construction site at 815 Albany Street. The recently erected steel skeleton contrasts against the blue sky. The steel work that began on April 11 should be completed by Friday, May 6. The second half of the slab on grade is […]
Two new drug safety studies conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provide strong evidence that women taking oral contraception with drospirenone have an increased risk of nonfatal venous thromboembolism, or blood clots, compared to women taking oral contraception with levonorgestrel. The two studies were led by Susan S. Jick, D.Sc., director […]
BUSM Professor of Medicine in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition within the Department of Medicine, Lewis E. Braverman, MD, FACE, was presented the H. Jack Baskin, MD, Endocrine Teaching Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) at its 20th Annual Meeting in San Diego, on April 14. This award is given […]
Two students at Boston University School of Medicine, Lisa Mahoney and Paul Romesser, have been named 2011 Massachusetts Medical Society Scholars. The Society’s Scholar Awards are presented annually to fourth-year medical school students who demonstrate excellent academic performance, community involvement, and financial need. Each honoree receives a $10,000 scholarship. Since the inception of the program […]
Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD, a BUSM professor of pharmacology and neurology, has accepted an invitation to serve as a member of the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration (CMND) Study Section for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Wolozin’s term will begin July 1 and continue until June 30, 2013. The NIH selects members to […]
Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, cardiovascular scientist, clinician and teacher, presented the first annual Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD, Lecture to the medical campus community including members of Dr. Kirshenbaum’s family on Wednesday, April 6. Loscalzo is the Hersey Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical […]
Suzanne Mitchell, MD, MS, an assistant professor of Family Medicine, has been awarded a KO8 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This five-year grant will allow her to study the effect of shared medical decision making on health disparities in vulnerable populations. The KO8 grant is awarded to promising early career researchers […]
Pietro Cottone, PhD, an assistant professor of pharmacology and psychiatry, Laboratory of Addictive Disorders at BUSM, has been awarded a five -year $1.6 million grant to study the neurobiology of compulsive eating from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). In the last decades, the epidemic spreading of eating disorders and obesity has raised the […]