Thirty-one students graduated from Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) CityLab Academy today. CityLab Academy is a free nine-month academic and laboratory skills training program for qualified high school graduates interested in pursuing a career and further education in biotechnology.
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have found that heavier intrauterine cocaine exposure (IUCE) is associated with mild compromise on selective areas of neurocognitive development during middle childhood. The BUSM study appears in the May issue of Neurotoxicology and Teratology. BUSM researchers evaluated whether the level of IUCE or the interaction between IUCE and […]
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have found that pictures allow patients with very mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to better recognize and identify a subject as compared to using just words. In addition, the researchers found that these patients can rely on a general sense of knowing or familiarity but not recollection to support […]
Two Boston University School of Medicine students have been named 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society Scholars. Marshall Robert Chamberlin and Christie Lynn Morgan are among eight scholars, two from each of the state’s four medical schools, who will be honored at the Society’s Annual Meeting on May 7 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston.
Richard Junghans, MD, associate professor of surgery at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Chief of Surgical Research was named principal investigator of a grant to research how breast cancer patients’ own cells can be modified to fight their disease. Dr. Junghans along with colleagues at Roger Williams Medical Center received the $5.9 million […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that among preteens, the use of photographs to measure ultraviolet (UV) exposure, could motivate them to improve sun protection practices and limit number of sunburns. These findings appear in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association. Skin cancer is the […]
Aram V. Chobanian, MD, President Emeritus, Boston University and Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine, is receiving dual honors at this year’s annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society: he will be honored with a Committee Chair Service Award for his longtime and exceptional leadership and he’s been selected to deliver the Society’s prestigious Shattuck Lecture. The award will be presented May 7 at the Society’s Annual Awards Luncheon, part of the organization’s annual meeting. The Shattuck Lecture will be delivered Saturday, May 9.
Suspect tied to two other assaults Boston police have arrested Philip H. Markoff, a second-year Boston University School of Medicine student, in connection with the killing of a woman who advertised massage services on Craigslist and was later shot to death at the Marriott Copley Place. Markoff, 22, who lives in Quincy, is also believed […]
Margaret Kelly-Hayes, EdD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, CRRN has been selected as the Helen B. Spaulding Community Conscience Award Recipient by the American Stroke Association. Kelly-Hayes is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and serves as an investigator in the Framingham Heart Study. The Helen B. Spaulding Award is given […]
Marie-France Demierre, MD will be honored as a Medical-All Star by the Boston Red Sox prior to their April 24 game at Fenway Park. Every Friday night throughout the season, the Red Sox recognize an outstanding member of the medical community during the pre-game ceremony.