News & Updates

BU Researcher Receives National Honor from the American Society for Clinical Investigation

(Boston)—Titilayo Omolara Ilori, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, is one of 50 recipients of its 2023 Young Physician-Scientists Awards from the American Society for Clinical Investigation. The award recognizes physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have... More

2023 Dahod Awards – Dahod Assistant Professorship

We are pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Dahod Assistant Professorship, Mollie Barnard, ScD. In August 2008, Shamim Dahod (CGS’76, CAS’78, CAMED’87) and her husband Ashraf gave $10.5M to the School to establish the Shamim and Ashraf Dahod Breast Cancer Research Center, as well as these programs and... More

2023 Sexual Medicine Research Fund Award – Jai Marathe, MBBS, MS

We are pleased to announce that Jai Marathe, MBBS, MS is one of the recipients of the 2023 Sexual Medicine Research Fund award. Jai Marathe, MBBS, MS, assistant professor of medicine/infectious diseases, and Deborah Anderson, professor of medicine/infectious diseases, are developing products using topical monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for contraception and STI... More

BUMC Faculty Appointments and Promotions – December 2022

Professor Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, Medicine/Gastroenterology and Microbiology, is a pioneer in nuclear reprogramming, establishing one of the first methodologies for the generation of induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) and co-founder and co-director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at BU, a world recognized stem cell institution. His laboratory has published... More

DoM “Top Docs” 2023!

Cardiac Electrophysiology Robert Helm Kevin Monahan Cardiovascular Disease           Gary Balady Sheilah Bernard Robert Eberhardt Alice Jacobs Ashvin Pande Clinical Genetics Jodi Hoffman Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Sara Alexanian Sonia Ananthakrishnan Alan Farwell Stephanie Lee Elizabeth Pearce Gastroenterology David Lichtenstein Robert Lowe David Nunes Geriatric Medicine Heidi Auerbach Lisa Caruso Hollis Day Won Lee Hematology Vaishali Sanchorawala Infectious Disease Sabrina Assoumou Internal Medicine Thomas Barber Melissa DiPetrillo Warren Hershman Angela Jackson Susan Phillips Jeffrey Samet Charles Tifft Interventional Cardiology Claudia Hochberg Medical Oncology Gretchen Gignac Matthew Kulke Adam Lerner Nephrology Laurence... More

Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD Named Assistant Dean for Diversity & Inclusion

Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD, has been selected by an advisory search committee comprising faculty and staff to serve alongside Karin Schon, PhD, Alexis Ramirez, MD, and Ebonie Woolcock, MD, as Assistant Deans for Diversity & Inclusion at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. They replace Drs. Rafael Ortega, Thea James, Ali Guermazi, More

BUMC Faculty Promotions – July-September 2022

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion.   Professor Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH, Medicine/GIM; School of Public Health, Community Health Sciences, is a primary care clinician-investigator internationally recognized for her collaborative, innovative approaches to addressing health disparities among women historically marginalized. As director of... More

Message from Dr. Hollenberg – New Chair of Medicine

As Chair of the Department of Medicine I look forward to our journey ahead. While the Covid-19 pandemic has changed and will continue to change medicine our Department will remain committed to its missions including: A. outstanding and equal care for all; B. health equity; C. research that spans all... More