Expectations for Library Usage
To: GMS Students Date: September 30, 2022 Subject: Expectation for Library Usage On Behalf of Kate Flewelling, MLIS, AHIP, Director of Alumni Medical Library: BUMC students – Now that we are all back on campus, I want to reach out to introduce myself and to provide some helpful tips about Alumni Medical Library. The library […]
Oral Health Science Faculty Works to Eliminate Dental Disparities in Latinx Community
Raul Garcia, professor at Goldman School of Dental Medicine and faculty in the GMS Oral Health Sciences program, is working hard to increase access to quality dental care within underserved communities. His work was recently featured in a BU Today article highlighting seven Latinx researchers making a difference with their scholarship and science. Garcia discussed […]
C3 Gear-Up Week Builds Community with Five Different Events
To mark the first full week of classes, the GMS Community Catalyst Center (C3) hosted “Gear-Up Week” from September 12 to 16. With five different events throughout the week, students had the chance to build their community, enjoy some sweet treats and swag and learn the best ways to succeed academically, professionally and personally while […]
Updates to the BUMC & BMC Shuttle Services
From The Weekly Digest Boston University School of Medicine September 16, 2022 Boston University and Boston Medical Center are members of the Newmarket Business Improvement District (NBID) and all employees and students now have free access to the shuttles that the NBID operates. In order to board the shuttles, please be sure you have your […]
Fall 2022 Welcome BBQ Closes Out a Successful First Week of Class
This year’s newest GMS students closed out their first week of classes with a Welcome BBQ, co-sponsored by Boston University School of Public Health. The Friday, September 9 event brought first-year GMS and SPH students together for food, music and lawn games outside on Talbot Green. It was catered by Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen […]
Welcome to Fall 2022 at GMS!
Welcome – or welcome back – to another year at Graduate Medical Sciences! Our campus is quickly filling up with students once again as we prepare for classes to start in just over one week. This year, GMS is welcoming a brand-new class of 425 new students – master’s, PhDs, and MD/PhDs – to campus. […]
STaRS and UROP Scholars Present at GMS Summer Research Symposium
This year’s Summer Training as Research Scholars (STaRS) cohort culminated their 10-week onsite internships with the GMS Summer Research Symposium held on August 11, 2022. Hosted in Hiebert Lounge, the GMS Summer Research Symposium gave the STaRS scholars an opportunity to present their independent research projects to audiences of GMS faculty, BUSM faculty, staff and […]
Daniel Cifuentes, PhD, Studies RNA Regulation with Zebrafish and Viruses
This summer, Dr. Daniel Cifuentes, an assistant professor of biochemistry at Graduate Medical Sciences, received one of several $75,000 BU Ignition Awards aimed at helping promising research initiatives find a potential pathway to commercial success. The Cifuentes Lab works on a variety of projects that study the fundamental mechanisms of RNA regulation, a universal process […]
GMS Faculty Spotlight: Dan Tzizik, PA
Dan Tzizik is the associate director of didactic education for the Physician Assistant Program. He has been a member of the New Hampshire National Guard for over two decades and joined the BU PA Program as a faculty member in 2020. Tzizik is also a faculty mentor for the GMS Community Catalyst Center gMAV affinity […]
Oral Health Sciences Program Welcomes 43 New Students to Class of 2023
Most incoming Graduate Medical Sciences students won’t arrive to campus until September 2, but one GMS cohort got a head start this week: the Oral Health Sciences program. The program welcomed 43 new students to its Class of 2023 during yesterday’s OHS-specific Orientation event. The class is comprised of 23 female students and 19 male […]