News & Updates
AY24 DoM Annual Report!
DOM DEIA Week Schedule Announced!
Learn more about DEIA Week here! Monday, March 10th Poster Showcase | Hiebert Lounge (Lunch will be served) | 11:30AM-1:30PM Posters created by DoM faculty, staff, and trainees to illustrate the ongoing DEIA work in the areas of research, education, programming, patient care, and beyond. Tuesday, March 11th Panel + Discussion | Hiebert Lounge (Breakfast will be served)... More
NP Week and APP Spotlights!
Congratulations to the 2024 Evans Days Awardees!!
Join us in congratulating all 2024 Evans Days Awardees! Outstanding Citizenship Award Laura Lowery, PhD – Hematology & Medical Oncology Adam Lerner, MD – Hematology & Medical Oncology Clinical Quality Improvement Award Hospital reAdmission Reduction Program (HARP) Team Clinical Innovation Award Andrew Wilson, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Junior Faculty Mentoring Award Jean Liew, MD, More
Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD’s Book Release! “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA”
A geneticist and internationally recognized anti-racism educator provides a powerful, science-based rebuttal to common fallacies about human difference. Well-meaning physicians, parents, and even scientists today often spread misinformation about what biology can and can’t tell us about our bodies, minds, and identities. In this accessible, myth-busting book, geneticist Shoumita Dasgupta draws... More
Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, Named Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine
We are delighted to announce that Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, will be named the Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine effective Oct. 1. A professor of medicine at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and professor of epidemiology at BU School of Public Health, Dr. Benjamin... More
DoM Bridge Funding Awardees!
The talented awardees all have inspiring and innovative research areas of focus, in key areas that impact our patients’ health and well-being. Please join us in congratulating the following people: Dr. Karen Jacobson, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease. Dr. Jacobson’s expertise is in studying tuberculosis transmission and outcomes. Dr. Jacobson’s... More
DoM 2024 Research Publications, New Research Grants & Foundation Awards of Note!
Research Publications: Our faculty continue to receive significant mainstream media coverage for their exceptional published research. Kimberly Bertrand’s study in the journal Environmental Research reported long-term use of chemical hair relaxers by postmenopausal Black women was associated with increased risk of uterine cancer. Elizabeth Pearce’s study in JAMA Network Open... More
Department of Medicine Announces New Section Chief of Gastroenterology!
The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce that Dr. Christopher S. Huang will become the next Section Chief of Gastroenterology, effective September 1, 2024. Dr. Huang will also be appointed to the Franz J. Ingelfinger, MD Professorship in Gastroenterology. He has served as the interim Section Chief of Gastroenterology... More
DoM STARDoM July Awardees!!
Join us in congratulating this month’s STARDoM awardees, Jean Donald Juillet and Raquel Silveira! Jean Donald "Don" Juillet "He makes the clinic run smoothly and always with a smile on his face. He is tireless and will go the extra mile to help our patients. He embodies all that is BMC - More