Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are better able to remember new verbal information when it is provided in the context of music even when compared to healthy, older adults. The findings, which currently appear on-line in Neuropsychologia, offer possible applications in treating and caring […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researcher James A. Hamilton, PhD, professor of biophysics and physiology, with joint appointments in biomedical engineering and medicine, is the recipient of the 2010 Avanti Award in Lipids. This award is being bestowed by the Biophysical Society Award Committee for Hamilton’s innovative contributions in the application of nuclear magnetic […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found that African-American women who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods have greater weight gain and are more likely to develop obesity than African-American women of the same educational levels who live in more affluent neighborhoods. Thus, neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) may contribute to the black-white […]
The BUSM Committee on Faculty Affairs is pleased to announce the 2010 Educator of the Year Awards, selected from student nominations. The awards will be presented at the BUSM graduation ceremonies. Graduate Sciences: Gwynneth D. Offner, Ph.D., Medicine Preclinical Sciences: Ann C. Zumwalt, Ph.D., Anatomy and Neurobiology Clinical Sciences: Daniel C. R. Chen, M.D., Medicine […]
Are disparities in blood pressure a function of differences in treatment intensification (TI)? Treatment intensification is when providers initiate and intensify therapy for patients with elevated blood pressure. It is complex and includes discussions between patients and providers. BUSM researchers, Meredith Manze, MPH, Adam Rose, MD, MSc, Michelle B. Orner, MPH, Dan Berlowitz, MD, MPH, […]
Marie-France Demierre, 43, a professor of dermatology and medicine at the School of Medicine and director of the Skin Oncology Program in Dermatology at Boston Medical Center, died unexpectedly on April 13 at Boston Medical Center. Demierre lectured all over the world and was internationally recognized for clinical expertise in the management of melanoma. She […]
For decades, Richard Goldstein has been trying to unlock a genetic puzzle that holds the secret to a more effective vaccine for a pneumonia strain that kills more than a million children a year worldwide. For his work, the BU School of Medicine professor of pediatrics was recently awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant from the […]
US News & World Report named Boston University School of Medicine as the 34th research medical school in the US. Up from its rank of 35th last year, BUSM is tied with USC’s Keck Medical School and Dartmouth Medical School. See the rankings here. U.S. News uses several standards to assess the schools. School reputation […]
BUSM offers grant proposal training to assist principal investigators in preparing individual research grants for submission to various federal agencies and private foundations. The one-day training is offered semi-annually and is open to all BUSM faculty members who are preparing first-time, amended, or competitive renewal applications. Training emphasizes style, substance, and organization of individual sections […]
Join BUSM Associate Professor Michele David, MD, MBA, MPH, FACP as she delivers the keynote address at The 2010 William A. Hinton Lecture “Massachusetts Health Care Reform in Communities of Color: Lessons Learned”. Dr. David will speak on Health Disparities: A Physician’s Journey from Haiti to Advocacy. She will address the following: Why she began […]