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Scleroderma Treatment Breakthrough ID’d by BUSM Researchers
A major treatment breakthrough for scleroderma may soon be available for the estimated 300,000 Americans who suffer with this condition. More
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health Recognizes BUSM for Building Capacity in Hospital Nutrition
Carine Lenders, MD, MS, ScD, Associate Professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Physician Nutrition Specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and Elizabeth Henry, DrPH, MHS, More
NIH Awards BUSM $1.6 million for Pneumonia Research
Joseph Mizgerd, ScD, professor of medicine, microbiology and biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), and director of the University’s Pulmonary Center, recently was awarded $1.6 million from the... More
BUSM’s Kurosawa Joins NIH Study Section
Shinichiro Kurosawa, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology & laboratory medicine, has accepted an invitation from the Center for the Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as... More
Biggest Research Threat at Academic Medical Centers: Reduced Funding and Decrease in Clinical Revenue
Reductions in federal support and clinical revenue not only jeopardize biomedical research at academic medical centers, but may ultimately impact clinical medicine according to an opinion piece in the journal... More
Medical Campus Celebrates Promotions
MED, SPH profs move up the ranks The Medical Campus recently promoted 11 professors whose research interests range from promoting the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to preventing child abuse. Photo... More
Catching Lung Cancer Early
New test may prevent invasive procedures and save lives “The ability to test for molecular changes allows us to catch or rule out the disease earlier, without invasive procedures,” says BU... More
BUSM Graduates: Influencing Lives Every Day
“There will be few days in your lives as exciting and momentous as this one,” shared Howard Bauchner, MD, MED '79 and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical... More
A Special Day for GMS Graduates
“If you want to make a difference, think boldly, out of the box and take a chance. If we learn from our mistakes, they aren’t mistakes, they are learning experiences. More
BUSM Students Awarded Fellowships by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Two medical students from Boston University have been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to conduct full-time biomedical research in its Medical Research Fellows Program. Joseph Park and... More