Welcome to Fall 2024 at Graduate Medical Sciences!
The Fall 2024 semester has officially begun at Graduate Medical Sciences! This semester, we are thrilled to welcome 469 new students to GMS, including 422 master’s students and 47 PhD students. These students represent 16 master’s programs and five PhD programs. The cohort comes from 34 different countries and 38 states. They attended 223 undergraduate institutions. The majority of our new GMS students arrived to campus on Friday, Aug. 30 for a full day of Orientation activities, where they learned more about GMS and other campus resources, met leaders from across the Medical Campus and connected with peers, faculty and administrators in... More
SFS Updates and Special Advance for Living Expenses
A message from Student Financial Services regarding updates and special advances for living expenses: Hello Graduate Medical Sciences Students, We hope you’re well. We wanted to share information with you about the process to request living expenses for the start of your academic year. As you are likely aware, the U.S. Department of Education delayed the delivery of the 2024-2025 FAFSA. Because of this issue and our transition to MyBU Student, financial aid awards have been subsequently delayed for both federal and private loan borrowers. Many of you rely on financial aid to cover your out of pocket living expenses. To ensure that... More
PA White Coat Ceremony Welcomes 22 Students to the Class of 2027
Now donning their white coats, the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) Class of 2027 has officially entered the study and professional practice of medicine. The cohort’s 22 students celebrated their White Coat Ceremony surrounded by faculty, staff, family and friends on Friday, Aug. 9, in Hiebert Lounge. The students comprise the program’s 11th class and will one day join more than 200 PA alumni who have graduated since 2016. The annual ceremony marks the beginning of the 114.5 credit-hour professional-degree program, which spans over 34 months. For the next 18 months, the incoming PA class and first-year medical... More
STaRS Scholars Present at 2024 GMS Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
The 2024 Summer Training as Research Scholars (STaRS) cohort concluded their 10-week internships at the Graduate Medical Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, held in Hiebert Lounge on Aug. 6. The symposium began with oral research presentations by the STaRS scholars, followed by an afternoon poster session that included STaRS and research volunteer students. The 2024 STaRS Scholars are: Danesha Derima (University of the Virgin Islands) Katherine Lopez (Williams College) Anya Ganesh (McGill University) Joaquin Martinez (Boston University) James Gonzalez Inocente (Boston University) Jenny Medina (University of California, Irvine) Caslie Jean-Francois (The College of New Jersey) Nicolás Santamaría Hopkins (Wheaton College, Massachusetts) Ivy Lin (Boston University) Joseph Vann (Bates College) This year’s presenting volunteer... More
Forty-seven Students Join the MS in Oral Health Sciences Class of 2025
The Master of Science in Oral Health Sciences (OHS) program welcomed 47 new students to its Class of 2025 during its Orientation event on Thursday, August 1. This year's class is represented by students from 13 different states, including 12 from Massachusetts and six each from California and New York. Six students are joining the cohort from Canada, with another three from China, the Philippines and South Korea. Twenty-five students in the incoming cohort graduated with undergraduate degrees in biology, with the remaining students graduating in other-science majors. The OHS program at Graduate Medical Sciences is uniquely positioned to set its students... More
GMS Faculty Spotlight: Esther Bullitt, PhD
Esther Bullitt, PhD, is a professor of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. She is the director of both the biophysics and physiology graduate programs within Graduate Medical Sciences. Dr. Bullitt was recently awarded a Shared Instrumentation Grant by the National Institutes of Health, which helped to fund BU’s new Cryo-EM Core Facility. The facility celebrated the “First Light” of its Glacios-2 cryogenic electron microscope (cryo-EM) in April 2024. The instrumentation allows investigators to determine structures of macromolecules at near-atomic resolution. Graduate Medical Sciences spoke to Dr. Bullitt about her career at BU, the Shared... More
Congratulations to Our 2024 Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Award Winners!
Graduate Medical Sciences and the Russek Foundation are pleased to award nine high-achieving graduate students and recent alumni with 2024 Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Awards: Robert Fisher (Graduate Program in Genetics & Genomics) Lucy Peterson (Program in Pharmacology) Yi Guan (PhD in Anatomy & Neurobiology Program) Anna Smith, PhD (Graduate Program in Molecular and Translational Medicine) Remi Janicot (Biochemistry PhD Program) Erika Smith-Mahoney (Microbiology Program) Daniel Kirsch (PhD Program in Pathology) Kelton Wilmerding, PhD (Graduate Program for Neuroscience) Annalise Miner (Behavioral Neuroscience PhD Program) The Russek Student Achievement Awards celebrate the ongoing accomplishments of GMS students at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Award winners were chosen... More
Welcome to Melissa L. Gilliam, Boston University’s 11th President
A Conversation: Boston University President Melissa L. Gilliam on First Impressions, Challenges and Ambitions BU Today; July 1, 2024 On Monday, July 1, Melissa L. Gilliam took office as Boston University's 11th president. Dr. Gilliam is a physician, educator, scholar, research scientist and leader in higher education who was named as the next president in fall 2023. Before coming to BU, Dr. Gilliam served as a provost and executive vice president of The Ohio State University, and previously spent most of her career at University of Chicago. BU Today sat down with Dr. Gilliam to discuss her first impressions of the University, opportunities challenges... More
C3 Ice Cream Socials Return for Summer 2024!
Students, faculty and staff on campus for the summer joined the Community Catalyst Center for its first Summer Ice Cream Social on June 27. This is the third summer in a row that C3 has hosted these socials, brought back due to their ongoing popularity from the GMS community. Those who stopped by could choose from four different flavors of ice cream, complete with a toppings bar of sprinkles, Oreo cookies, M&Ms, fruit and syrup. The event was a great opportunity to take a quick mid-day break, relax, catch up together and enjoy a sweet treat. The social was well attended by... More
Pride 2024: LGBTQIA+ Resources from BU and Beyond
Happy 2024 Pride Month! In honor of Pride, we have compiled a list of resources for celebrating and supporting our LGBTQIA+ community. Below, you will find resources, information, and events, from Boston University, the greater Boston community and beyond. We recognize that this is not an exhaustive list, and we are always willing to add more resources, information and events. Please email GMS Community Relations Specialist Sarah Rowan at srowan@bu.edu if you have a resource you would like us to include below. Resources at Boston University Resources and Organizations Around Boston and Beyond Pride Month BU and Community Events Boston University Events Faculty & Staff Pride... More