PRIDE Month Recommended Reads
RAFFLE CLOSED Congratulations to our raffle's winners: Michaela Carrier, Elissa Everton, Meagan Lauber, Yamini Adusumelli, James Merrington and Senegal Carty! Happy reading! All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto By: George M. Johnson Detransition, Baby: A Novel By: Torrey Peters Felix Ever After By: Kacen Callendar Red, White, and Royal Blue: A Novel By: Casey McQuiston The Hours: A Novel By: Michael Cunningham We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation By: Matthew Riemer
PREP Symposium Celebrates ’21 Scholars
On May 27, BU PREP scholars - Chantal Aaron, Autumn Grimins, Hapshepsut Jackson and Moises Ramirez - shared their capstone projects with faculty, staff, mentors, and program alumni at this year's Class of 2020-2021 Zoom Symposium. The students highlighted their research and conclusions in their presentations, answered questions, shared the journeys that led them to the BU PREP community and discussed the next steps in their career journeys. GMS applauds our PREP scholars on their hard work and celebrates their bright futures! We'd like to give a special thanks to the program directors, Drs. Fadie Coleman and Andrew Henderson and Program Administrator... More
Fadie Coleman Wins 2021 Metcalf Award
Teaching her first class last fall at the School of Medicine, postdoctoral associate Marianne Collard naturally had beginner’s jitters. But in Fadie Coleman, Collard found a mentor who’d taught students from college to middle and high school—and was only too happy to teach a fellow teacher. “I met with Dr. Coleman weekly, where she helped me refine my syllabus, plan class lessons, and evaluate students’ learning,” providing guidance that was “exceptional,” Collard wrote in a letter nominating Coleman (CAS’97, MED’16), a MED assistant professor of medical sciences and education, for a 2021 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, one of Boston University’s highest teaching... More
MD, PhD Graduates Encouraged to ‘Lean In’
Typically MD, PhD and MD/PhD graduates are cheered on with plenty of pomp and circumstance by family and friends who gather to celebrate their achievements. While the setting looked different this year, the cause for celebration and cheer remained the same. A virtual ceremony was held again this year to maintain safe physical distancing. Noting that it was not what the School had planned, BU Medical Campus Provost and BUSM Dean Karen Antman, MD, addressed graduates in a prerecorded ceremony, available here. “Commencement is really only the end of the beginning of your education as a physician. Today your diploma is the credential... More
Dr. Rachel Levy-Bell Named New MHCBM Director
Dr. Rachel Levy-Bell will become the new Director for the nationally accredited Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine program, effective July 1, 2021. Dr. Levy-Bell earned a PsyD degree from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, interned at Cook County Hospital (Chicago) and Temple University Hospital (Philadelphia), followed by a post-doctoral appointment at BMC in the Psychiatry department. As a licensed psychologist and educator, she has been MHCBM faculty since 2002, rising to Associate Program Director in 2017 while emphasizing development of clinical training models and culturally competent supervision needs of students, psychiatry residents and social workers at BMC. She has... More
Is Science for Me?
On a mission to empower the BU student community to share their own pathways to science, two Graduate Medical Sciences students teamed up to create: Is Science For Me? M.S. Candidate Raissa Zuim Dantes de Souza and PhD Candidate JoColl Burgess, both in the department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, are gathering short-memoirs about students' socioeconomic status (SES) as it relates to their decision to study science. "Although educational experiences are restricted to individual differences, research has illustrated that SES can influence one's educational attainment and further disparage an individual's academic success," reads the project description. "This project aims to engage... More
SNAP Benefits For Eligible BU Students
Due to a change in federal law, students who filed a 20/21 FAFSA and had an expected family contribution of zero and/or were determined eligible for Federal Work Study – though not necessarily working – may be eligible for SNAP benefits for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. More information about this recent SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefit change and how college students may be temporarily eligible for SNAP is available here. SNAP is a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service program that provides eligible recipients with a monthly allocation. It enables you to buy food through an EBT... More
Fighting Stress with Care Packages
We care about the wellbeing of our GMS community, and know how hard the ongoing challenge of this pandemic is on all of us. Recently, the GMS Student Affairs, Professional Life, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion offices teamed up with the Wellbeing Project to provide care packages to our students. Items like hot chocolate packs and cookies were intended to help the 200 students who signed up de-stress in time for midterms. "We really enjoyed getting to see so many of our GMS students and provide them with these much-deserved self-care items," said Kimberly Arena, GMS Associate Director of Graduate Affairs. “Midterms... More
Rosie’s Place Donation Drive
The Graduate Medical Science Student Organization (GMSSO), Women's Professional Development Committee (WPDC), Biomedical PhD Student Organization (BPSO) and Minority & International Scientists Organization (MISO) recently co-sponsored a donation drive to benefit Rosie's Place. Rosie's Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Currently, the organization offers meals and shelter as well as support, housing and education services. These GMS student organizations collected 646 items and 37 ten-piece care kits in total. Items donated ranged from haircare and skincare products, dental hygiene products, hand sanitizer, disposable masks and more. Thank you to our wonderful student groups for organizing... More
Congratulations to the Welcome Back Raffle Winners
After the holiday break, Graduate Medical Sciences decided to hold a "Welcome Back" raffle for our students. 10 lucky winners received a Barnes & Noble gift card to use, to help with either purchasing textbooks or getting some new BU gear to start off the semester. The winners are: Katie Marino Ioanna Yiannakou Silvia Gunderson Kaina Chen Eugenia Cojocaru Shelby Redfield Jennifer Freire Megan Snyder Kelly Wingfield Rebecca Suthard For those who picked up BU merchandise recently, take a picture and tag us on Instagram - we'd love to see your new gear!