{"id":138157,"date":"2025-10-01T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=138157"},"modified":"2025-10-02T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:12:23","slug":"rachel-flynn-phd-named-distinguished-faculty-of-the-month-for-october","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/rachel-flynn-phd-named-distinguished-faculty-of-the-month-for-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Flynn, PhD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for October"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRachel Flynn, PhD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for October\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">October 1, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"149\" height=\"185\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2019\/03\/COM-Flynn_Rachel.jpg\" alt=\"head and shoulders of Dr. Flynn\" class=\"wp-image-69382\"\/><figcaption>Rachel Flynn, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology &amp; Biophysics <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Rachel.Flynn\">Rachel Flynn<\/a>, PhD, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Flynn joined the BU community in July 2013. She is director of the PhD program in pharmacology and director of the American Cancer Society Postbaccalaureate Research Fellows Program. Dr. Flynn teaches and mentors undergraduate, graduate and medical students in the area of cancer biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her nominators say, \u201cDr. Flynn fosters a positive and welcoming environment where everyone feels comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe creates an atmosphere where students are not afraid to make mistakes or ask questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr. Flynn expertly balances the guidance of students while at the same time fostering their independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/DistinguishedFaculty_Updated_2022-636x636.png\" alt=\"Graphic image of red and white badge for distinguished faculty from Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-109094\" width=\"197\" height=\"197\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology &amp; Biophysics Rachel Flynn, PhD, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for September. Dr. Flynn joined the BU community in July 2013. 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