By Lisa Brown April 14th, 2025 in Research
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine has been awarded funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The funding award will support a study, “Comparing treatment use, retention, and patient outcomes pre- and post-implementation of federal policy changes regulating buprenorphine and methadone treatment for opioid use disorder,” led... More
By amcbrier March 28th, 2025 in Awards & Honors, Faculty Affairs, Featured
The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Lidya Wlasiuk, MD, MPH, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for April. Wlasiuk joined the BU community in 2015. She is the director of the third-year family medicine clerkship and an attending family physician... More
By amcbrier March 28th, 2025 in Awards & Honors, Featured
The Dean’s Office is pleased to announce that Teresa Acosta, has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for April.
Acosta serves as the assistant program manager for the BUMC Faculty Development & Diversity Office and assistant director of training & education for the BU American Heart Association Summer Undergraduate Research... More
By amcbrier March 28th, 2025 in Featured, Research
It is expected that in 2025, approximately three million articles will be indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science. If each undergoes peer review by two experts, and an additional 2 million articles undergo peer review, but are rejected—approximately 10 million peer reviews will be conducted this year—a staggering... More
By amcbrier March 27th, 2025 in Grant Awards, Research
Venetia Zachariou, PhD
Venetia Zachariou, PhD, Edward Avedisian Professor and chair of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics, has received a Distinguished Investigator award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF). The one-year, $100,000 grant will fund her research “Targeting G Protein Pathways In The Periaqueductal Gray To Optimize The Actions Of... More
By amcbrier March 27th, 2025 in Featured
Editors of medical journals deal with allegations of research misconduct, defined by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in the U.S. as fabrication, falsification and plagiarism. Research misconduct threatens the validity of science, undermines trust in science and contributes to misinformation and disinformation about science.
Howard Bauchner
According to former editor-in-chief of... More
By amcbrier March 27th, 2025 in Announcements, Faculty Affairs, Featured, Student Life
Need a quiet place to pray, reflect, or simply take a break from the busyness of campus life? The new Prayer and Meditation Room is now open! For students, staff and faculty, this space offers a welcoming environment for personal meditation, prayer or quiet contemplation.Located in the Housman Bldg, 10th... More
By amcbrier March 21st, 2025 in Events, Featured, Student Activities, Student Life
Michael Batista, who was accepted into the psychiatric residency program at Mount Sinai Hospital, embraces Lillian Vo who placed in pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine.
On Friday, March 21, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine fourth-year medical students gathered at the George Sherman Union’s Metcalf Hall to learn where... More
By amcbrier March 19th, 2025 in Awards & Honors, Faculty Affairs, Featured
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion.
Professor
Huiping Zhang, PhD, Psychiatry, focuses on the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying substance use disorders (SUDs) and related psychiatric conditions. Dr. Zhang is a pioneer in studying DNA and RNA methylation changes, as well... More
By amcbrier March 14th, 2025 in Research
Digital voice recordings contain valuable information that can indicate an individual’s cognitive health, offering a non-invasive and efficient method for assessment. Research has demonstrated that digital voice measures can detect early signs of cognitive decline by analyzing features such as speech rate, articulation, pitch variation and pauses, which may signal... More