12/2 Tis the Season to Mingle
Join us for some good music, food and company with fellow students staff and faculty to celebrate a successful semester on campus.
November is Native American Heritage Month
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, BU GMS has compiled a list of notable books written by Indigenous authors. We want to share these great reads in an effort to amplify Indigenous voices and celebrate the diverse cultures of the Native American community. To learn more about Native American culture, More
Student Spotlight: Elissa Everton
Despite being a New Jersey native, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) graduate student Elissa Everton has no intention of leaving Boston. “Are you kidding me? This is the powerhouse of biomedical research. Everyone you meet here is involved in something awesome,” Everton said. The fifth-year graduate student’s path didn’t always... More
Dollar$ and $ense: November 2021
Fall 2021 Loan Awarding & Reductions If you have not borrowed up to the cost of attendance and planned on requesting additional federal financial aid to be awarded as a fall only loan, please contact our office by November 30th with your request. On the other hand, if you have borrowed... More
Genetic Counseling Receives New Grant to Promote Diversity
On this year’s Genetic Counselor Awareness Day, Boston University School of Medicine’s MS Genetic Counseling Program (BUGCP) is announcing two exciting new initiatives to continue enhancing the training and expertise within the field of genetic counseling. For the 2021-2022 admissions cycle, BUGCP will offer enrollment in a dual degree MS MPH... More
C3 gFIRST Mentor Spotlights for First Gen Week
In honor of celebrating national First-Generation College student day, BU's Graduate Medical Sciences Community Catalyst Center (C3) has peer mentor spotlights to highlight our first-generation student mentors and all of their contributions to the GMS community and their peers. Please click below to read more about our mentors Matt, Elissa and... More
Student Affairs Raffle Winners
Congratulations to the students who won our recent Student Affairs raffle! The following students received gift cards to Chequers Cafe/Peet's Coffee: Qiuyang Zhang Fatemeh Hooshmand Yuehan Li Keven Cheung Stacy Jankowski Karina Franca Claudia Scialdone Gabriel Chavez Kamran Khan Thank you to everyone who came by our GMS office from 10/13... More
GMS Students Receive Funding For Medical Device Designs
MInT, or the Medical Innovation and Technology entrepreneurship program, launched in spring 2021 thanks to innovation-minded graduate students from Graduate Medical Sciences at BUSM, College of Engineering, School of Public Health and Questrom School of Business. The goal of MInT is to empower early-career scientists with hands-on medical innovation design... More
C3 Community Chats
Our Community Catalyst Center is hosting various community chats throughout the rest of the fall semester! These are informal social events to allow GMS students to get to know peers with similar backgrounds and experiences. Each of our five affinity groups, gSOC (students of color), gFIRST (first-generation students), gMAV (military and... More
Learning Community on Inclusive STEM Teaching
The CTL and PDPA invite graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to join a Learning Community on inclusive teaching in STEM courses. The Learning Community will have a synchronous and asynchronous component: participants will meet weekly over Zoom on Thursday mornings from 9:30-11 am during October and November to build on their... More
Additional Places to Eat on the Medical Campus
As the weather turns colder, please remember that eating and drinking is permitted only in designated areas, but not in public spaces such as the Instructional (L) Building Lobby, the library or classrooms. Designated areas (New areas are in blue text): Eating outdoors remains the safest option. An individual office is also safe-please shut... More
Dollar$ and $ense: October 2021
2021-22 COA Increase Appeal Process – Now Open! Student Financial Services has begun reviewing Cost of Attendance (COA) Increase appeals for the 2021-22 academic year. You can view the information about the appeal process, qualifying expenses that can be considered, and access the 2021-22 Cost of Attendance Increase Request form on our website. Please keep in... More
Celebration and Recognition for the Class of 2020
Nearly 18 months after they completed their studies, members of BUSM’s MD, PhD and Master’s programs from the Class of 2020 were invited back to the Medical Campus to celebrate their accomplishments at a recognition event on Saturday, Oct. 2. The event coincides with BUSM Alumni Weekend and an All-University... More
Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 officially marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month! We are proud to support and uplift our Hispanic and Latinx community at Graduate Medical Sciences. If you know of an event or resource you’d like added to this list, please email Sara Frazier. Events City Hall Lighting Ceremony for Hispanic Heritage... More
Medical Campus Study Space Finder
For students on the Medical Campus looking to find study space, there is an application and mobile-friendly website that displays rooms available for study in real time. Students may look for rooms in a specific building, date, time and room type (group study or individual). Students can control what they want... More
Welcome to GMS | Fall 2021
Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa, PhD Associate Provost and Associate Dean ad interim Welcome to the GMS community! It is a new academic year and a new beginning as our campus opens again to incoming and returning students. The faculty and staff are delighted to welcome your energy, enthusiasm and new ideas into the classrooms, More
C3 Community Catalyst Center Launches!
Graduate Medical Sciences believes that graduate education is enriched by diversity and a strong sense of community among peers. This philosophy sparked the idea for the Graduate Medical Sciences Community Catalyst Center (C3), which officially launches this week. The center’s goal is to foster holistic success for the diverse GMS... More
Physician Assistant Graduation Ceremony Sends 30 Graduates into the Field
“When I look out at all of you, that word that comes to mind is ‘grit,’ said Program Director Susan White, MD, as she opened the small, in-person graduation ceremony for the Physician Assistant Program, held Aug. 12 in Hiebert Lounge. “As a class, you’ve shown a tremendous amount of... More
Dollar$ and $ense: August 2021
Fall 2021 Bill Settlement Have you applied for financial aid for Fall 2021? If you will be enrolled in classes for the 2021-22 school year, please visit GMS Applying for Aid page for all relevant application information. The Fall 2021 or Spring 2022 Application Requirements section includes links to the 2021-22 FAFSA and the 2021-22 GMS Financial Aid Application. Please note, in... More
22 STaRS Share Their Summer Research
The Summer Training as Research Scholars (STaRS) Program concluded its 10-week research experience with a virtual symposium held Aug. 5. Overseen by Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), the STaRS Program is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH. It has trained over 150 scholars and received more... More
Healthcare Emergency Management Program Trains COVID-19 Response Workforce
Kevin “Kip” Thomas, MBA, PhD, Program Director for the MS in Healthcare Emergency Management, had been working as Executive Secretary of Homeland Security when he completed a vulnerability assessment for Washington D.C. and certified the national labs. That assessment led him to notice a void in the healthcare side of... More
Teaching Fellow Applications Open
Dear Students and Postdocs, We are soliciting applications for teaching fellows for breakout sessions in the first year PhD curriculum. The curriculum is composed of 4 core modules and additional elective modules that cover Foundations in Biomedical Sciences (FBS). These courses have small breakout discussion sessions that focus on classic papers, More
Alumni Spotlight: Alaina Geary (GMS ‘20)
Alaina Geary is a September 2020 graduate of the Health Professions Education program and a current surgical resident at Boston Medical Center. She recently won a McCahan Day award for her project: 3-Year Evaluation of a Resident-As-Teacher Program for General Surgery Residents. Q: Can you talk a bit about how your... More
New Summer Hours for COVID Testing Centers
Below are the new testing center hours effective now through Sunday, July 18: Mondays through Fridays BUMC: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Kilachand: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Agannis, 808, and Annex: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays BUMC: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m Kilachand: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. ... More
Meaning-Making for First-gen Grad & Professional Students
What is meaning making? According to Roger Kegan’s theory of meaning-making development, meaning making “is a conceptualization of how human beings make meaning of themselves, of others, and of their experiences throughout their life-span.” In this 4-week series, you’ll have the opportunity for personal self-reflection through free writing and small... More