By amcbrier February 25th, 2025
Dean Antman, respective Associate and Assistant Deans, incoming MD class of 2019, very proud parents and family and distinguished guests
For me this is truly an honor to be asked to speak at the White Coat ceremony for Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. I spent a little time... More
By amcbrier February 25th, 2025
A message from Angelique Harris, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
Black History Month provides us with the opportunity to consider the many ways Black Americans have contributed to American life, history, and culture. Since 1976, as a nation, we have come together each February to celebrate the achievements of Black Americans, More
By amcbrier February 25th, 2025
On October 18, 2017 parents, nurses, pediatricians, family physicians, optometrists, ophthalmologists, orthoptists, opticians, educators, public health professionals and others from organizations across Massachusetts joined to advocate for legislation to support a statewide comprehensive children’s vision health program — H3224 an act to establish a children’s vision registry and special commission on childhood vision and... More
By amcbrier February 25th, 2025
@busmalumni Check out Adam Johnson’s (MED ’18, shown in foreground holding the selfie stick) 6-week Summer Medical Exposure Bootcamp (SMEB). His goal: “to spark students’ interest in the health professions in efforts to eliminate health disparities for future generations.”
This summer, BUSM MD candidate, Adam Johnson (MED 18), partnered with Boston... More
By amcbrier January 6th, 2025 in Featured, News, Research
Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic disease of unknown etiology with a clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic disease to organ failure. While some patients with sarcoidosis have spontaneous disease remission, others may require treatment for symptom management, organ involvement, and/or risk reduction of disease progression.
Data on sarcoidosis treatment in the U.S. is... More
By amcbrier January 6th, 2025 in Featured, Military, Research
The prevalence of armed conflicts, terrorist attacks and industrial accidents necessitates clinician understanding of blast injuries in both civilian and military settings. Blast injuries are a complex form of trauma, resulting from the explosive release of energy. The severity and types of injury depend on the proximity to the blast, More
By amcbrier January 6th, 2025 in Featured, Research
In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant complications associated with this condition include ischemic stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease, dementia and mortality.
In... More
By amcbrier January 6th, 2025 in Featured, Grant Awards, Research
Hui Feng, MD, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics and medicine, has received an RO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The five-year, $3.1M award will support the project, “Mechanisms of Immunosuppression in MYCN-driven Neuroblastoma.” Feng will team with Derin... More
By amcbrier January 6th, 2025 in Awards & Honors, Faculty Affairs, Featured
The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences & Education and Grant Strategist Elaine Lee, PhD, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for January.
Elaine joined the BU community in February 2017. Her nominators say, “She is always willing to step in whenever... More
By isev November 14th, 2024 in Research
These disparities highlight opportunities for further exploration to retain a stable, effective healthcare workforce. More