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No Link Found Between PTSD and Cancer Risk
In the largest study to date that examines Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a risk factor for cancer, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), have shown no... More
Long-term Exposure to Air Polution May Pose Risk to Brain Structure, Cognitive Functions
Air pollution, even at moderate levels, has long been recognized as a factor in raising the risk of stroke. A new study led by scientists from Boston University School of... More
Biomedical Researcher Neil Ganem Named Searle Scholar
Neil Ganem, PhD, assistant professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been named a 2015 Searle Scholar. Ganem is one of... More
BUSM’s Eric Hardt and Thea James Lead Team for Mother’s Day Walk for Peace
On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 10, Boston University School of Medicine faculty members Eric Hardt, MD, and Thea James, MD, will be participating in the 19th annual Mother’s Day Walk... More
BUSM Opens New Clerkship Sites in California
Boston University School of Medicine has developed an affiliation with Northern California Kaiser Permanente to offer two new clinical clerkship sites for our third-year medical students. Beginning in May 2015, 12... More
Football: Child’s Play, Adult Peril?
BU Today Robert Stern, PhD, neurology, neurosurgery, CTE Center; Julie Stamm, PhD candidate As the 100 million viewers tuning in to this Sunday’s Super Bowl can attest, Americans adore football. And for many, More
A Sacred Privilege: Caring for Patients
In two lines they marched, the 164th entering class of BUSM, greeted by the smiles and clicking cameras of family and friends. With a white coat draped over their arm, they entered the tent raised for the White Coat Ceremony held Monday, August 6. The white coats signify the students’ entry into the profession of medicine. More
AAMC President and CEO Visits BUMC
Darrell Kirch, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), visited the Boston University Medical Campus on June 13, during which he presented “The Role of Boston University School of Medicine in Transforming Health Care" before a full Keefer Auditorium crowd. More
BUSM Student Receives AMA Foundation Research Seed Grant
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) student Alexander Lankowski, class of 2013, was awarded a $2,499 grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation’s Seed Grant Research Program. Established in 2000, the program provides small grants to medical students, physician residents and fellows to conduct basic science or clinical research projects. More
Boston University Researchers Report NHL Player Derek Boogaard Had Evidence of Early Chronic Encephalopathy
Researchers at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (BU CSTE), a collaboration with the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) and the Bedford (MA) Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center, announced today that National Hockey League (NHL) player Derek Boogaard had evidence of early stages of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma, when he died May 13, 2011, at the age of 28. More