Department of Medicine – Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
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Diversity Statement
The Department of Medicine at BUMC values the diversity of all people regarding their race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexuality, religious tradition, socioeconomic status, ability, age, language, and nationality. All DOM faculty, students, staff, and trainees have the right to work and fully participate in the culture of the department. We celebrate and respect our differences in order to prepare our students and trainees for a career in medicine, clinical service, teaching, and research. We are committed to recruiting, retaining, and advancing faculty, trainees, and staff from diverse backgrounds and working to create and sustain an environment that is welcoming, inclusive, and in which all feel that they belong.
Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge that Boston University is on what was originally the territory of the Wampanoag Nation. We respectfully note that Indigenous peoples were stewards of the land and sea where BUMC resides. We regret that Indigenous peoples were brutally subjected to genocide and removal from this area. We pledge to honor the rich traditions of the Indigenous peoples of the US with gratitude by pursuing our activities with respect for life in all its forms and manifestations.
Medicine News
BUMC Faculty Promotions – June 2022
Associate Professor Joshua Campbell, PhD, BUSM, Medicine/Computational Biomedicine, has established his lab as one of the leading computational genomics groups developing novel algorithms and software to address unmet needs across a variety of cancers. His group has developed novel statistical methods to identify transcriptional modules in single-cell RNA-seq data and mutational signatures in cancer […]
DoM Faculty Promotions – May 2022
Congratulations to the following faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Professor Elizabeth Klings, MD, BUSM, Medicine/Pulmonary/Critical Care, is an adult pulmonary/critical care physician and clinician investigator who has a unique career niche in pulmonary hypertension (PH) of sickle cell disease (SCD). She has built a portfolio of publications, committee work and invited lectures, which has […]
Ad Interim Leadership for the Framingham Heart Study
Joanne Murabito, MD, and George O’Connor, MD, have agreed to serve as ad interim directors and co-principal investigators of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), effective 9/1/2022, replacing Vasan Ramachandran, MD, who will be leaving BU in September to become the founding Dean of the University of Texas School of Public Health at San Antonio. We are planning a national […]
George O’Connor, M.D., M.S. – Interim Chief of the Section of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Medicine
We are delighted to announce that George O’Connor, M.D., M.S. has agreed to serve as Interim Chief of the Section of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Medicine starting September 1, 2022. Dr. O’Connor is Professor of Medicine based in the Pulmonary Section. He is internationally known for his studies of the epidemiology of chronic […]
Dr. Vasan Ramachandran Appointed Founding Dean, University of Texas School of Public Health at San Antonio
Vasan Ramachandran, MD, has been appointed the founding Dean of the University of Texas School of Public Health at San Antonio, effective in September. A member of our community since 1993, Dr. Ramachandran is the Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Biology, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at BUSM and BUSPH, and Chief of […]
BUMC Faculty Promotions – April 2022
Congratulations to the following faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor Thomas Treadwell, MD, BUSM, Medicine/Infectious Diseases, a trusted and skilled provider for hundreds of HIV-seropositive patients, founded one of the first community HIV programs in Massachusetts in 1985, currently providing care for ~300 HIV-infected patients. Dr. Treadwell provides inpatient consultation on the […]
Angelique Harris, PhD, Named Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
We are pleased to announce Angelique C. Harris, PhD, associate professor of medicine, director of faculty development and diversity for the Department of Medicine and BUMC director of faculty development, has been appointed associate dean for diversity & inclusion, effective immediately. Dr. Harris has designed, implemented and led innovative programs that provide and promote more […]