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BY Jessica Colarossi Darrell Kotton and his team imagine a future where they can use a patient’s own cells to fix lung damage caused by disease—reprogramming cells in a laboratory dish and transplanting them back into the patient. The new lung cells would replicate, like regular cells do, replacing the damaged and diseased areas of […]
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion! Associate Professor Gene Kwan, MD, MPH, Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine, is a global health clinical scientist who studies health services to identify and treat cardiovascular disease in rural low-income countries. He uses implementation science to test strategies for heart failure […]
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 on the latest science […]
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 has been a Framingham Study […]
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 since December 2023. Dr. Huang […]
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent promotion. Associate Professor Nhan Do, MD, MS, Medicine, specializes in medical bioinformatics focused on effective development and delivery of knowledge tools in the clinical and research workflow. He is the director of the Boston VA Cooperative Studies Program Informatics Center, and […]
We are pleased to announce that Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, has accepted the position of director of the Framingham Center for Population and Prevention Science, principal investigator of the Framingham Heart Study, and chief of the section of preventive medicine within the department of medicine at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and […]
Better heart health through education: Q&A with Gene F. Kwan, MD, MPH March/April 2024 | Volume 23 Number 2 Dr. Gene F. Kwan, a cardiologist and global health researcher, is an assistant professor at Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Since 2008 he’s worked in rural Rwanda and Haiti collaborating with each country’s […]