Pulmonary Faculty Introduce T35 Medical Student Training Grant
Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery’s Jenny Siegel and Carl Streed published in AAMC News
Keeping our promise to LGBTQ+ patients Drs. Jenny Siegel and Carl Streed of BMC’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery discuss the challenges members of the LGBTQ+ community often face when interacting with healthcare providers and the pressing need to train future physicians to provide compassionate, informed, and appropriate care to LGBTQ+ patients. Read More.
Dr. Tuhina Neogi is new Chief of Rheumatology
We are delighted to announce that Tuhina Neogi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, has accepted our offer to become Chief of the Rheumatology Section effective January 1, 2019. Dr. Neogi received her M.D. from the University of Toronto and Ph.D. from the Boston University School of Public Health. She leads an internationally known research […]
Discovery of the Month: Dec 2018
“Retinoic Acid Signaling is Essential for Airway Smooth Muscle Homeostasis” Felicia Chen, Fengzhi Shao, Anne Hinds, Sean Yao, Sumati Ram-Mohan, Timothy A. Norman, Ramaswamy Krishnan, and Alan Fine Team led by Dr. Felicia Chen of the BU Pulmonary Center demonstrates that “Retinoic Acid signaling maintains airway smooth muscle homeostasis by preventing excessive activation of the TGF-β pathway. We conclude that tonic RA signaling is […]