Dr. Dasgupta honored as the recipient of the GMS Exceptional Teaching Award during COVID-19
Dr. Shoumita Dasgupta has been honored as the recipient of the GMS Exceptional Teaching Award during COVID-19, on behalf of the GMS Awards Committee. This award recognizes faculty who “embraced the GMS mission during the COVID-19 crisis and went above and beyond the expected contributions despite the challenges of the pandemic.” Dr. Dasgupta was nominated […]
Dr. Zhang honored as a recipient of the 2021 Spivack Young Investigator Award
Dr. Xiaoling Zhang has been honored as the recipient of the 2021 Spivack Young Investigator Award as part of the Jack Spivack Excellence in Neuroscience Awards. These awards were established in 2013 to honor the work of outstanding BUSM faculty conducting research in Parkinson’s (PD), Alzheimer’s (AD), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and other neurological disorders. Dr. […]
Dr. Gyungah Jun awarded new pilot grant to study genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian-Americans and Asian-Canadians
Dr. Gyungah Jun, along with fellow Principal Investigators, Li-San Wang, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Helena Chui, of the University of Southern California, and Van Ta Park, of the University of California—San Francisco, has been awarded a two-year, $4.8 million pilot grant by […]
Dr. Jun receives a new subaward agreement from the University of Southern California
Dr. Gyungah Jun has recently received a subaward agreement from the University of Southern California for a U01 award, titled “Ultrascale Machine Learning to Empower Discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease Biobanks.” For this grant, Dr. Jun will serve as a PI for the Genome Guided Drug Discovery Core and will contribute her expertise regarding aspects of […]
Dr. Lindsay Farrer & Dr. Rhoda Au awarded new grant to establish the Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program
NIH Grant Will Establish New Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Dr. Lindsay Farrer & Dr. Rhoda Au have been awarded a new grant from the NIH that will help establish the new Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program (FHS-BAP). The FHS-BAP will concentrate on a number of functions, including continued study of FHS participants […]