Medical Scholars Research Fellowship (MSRF)
The MSRF provides research opportunities and mentoring to students who aspire to become physician-scientists and are dedicated to making fundamental discoveries that improve health. The fellowship supports one year of mentored, rigorous research training in fundamental biomedical research.
New Publications—Pediatric provider burnout
Congratulations to Cameron Hill (M2) and co-authors for publishing a new study: “Pediatric Provider and Staff Burnout in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers“, in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. This study provides important insights into the factors that contribute to burnout among pediatric providers and staff in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs). These findings encourage […]
Student Presentation – “American College of Physicians (ACP) National Abstract Competition”
Congratulations to Vikram Daesety (Medical Student Class of 2025) who recently participated in the American College of Physicians (ACP) National Abstract Competition and was selected as a Poster Finalist. His research was performed in Dr. Andrew Wilson’s lab in the Center for Regenerative Medicine. The poster was entitled “Building a Lentivirus-Based Luciferase Reporter to Measure […]
New Publications – “Glaucoma and Systemic Disease”
We are pleased to announce the research study “Glaucoma and Systemic Disease” by medical student Eugene Hsu that was published in Life as part of the Special Issue Eye Manifestations of Systemic Disease. Abstract: “Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world, making it imperative that providers in multidisciplinary healthcare teams understand […]
Research year
We are pleased to announce the official approval of the Research Year program. This optional program is for BU medical students that want to engage in a full year of research between M2 and M3 or M3 and M4.
Medical Student Research Symposium 2023
Congratulations to all of our medical student researchers that participated in the 2023 Medical Student Research Symposium. Special thanks to Suzy Sarfaty, Isabel Dominguez, and Ana Gregory for organizing the event. Thanks to David Keough for the photography.
Elyse Olesinski’s research selected for AMA Research Challenge
The American Medical Association Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty research event for medical students and fellows to share and present their research. Elyse’s research was performed with a medical oncology research team at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School investigating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) pathologies. Specifically, her projects have focused on identifying underlying […]
My research: Development of surgical soft robots
I’ve always wanted to be a Doctor. With parents that are physicians, I was inclined to become a physician at a very young age. Not long after, I started also dabbling in computers and programming, which ultimately led me to pursue a Biomedical Engineering degree at BU. This degree afforded me the flexibility of combining […]
My research: What happens inside the lungs during pneumonia
This summer, I am doing research in the pulmonology department specifically with pneumonia working with Dr. Mizgerd and Dr. Crossland. Over the decades, we have for some reason ignored what happens inside the lungs during pneumonia, and instead focused on the cause of the pneumonia (like the flu, COVID, etc). So, this research project wants […]
New publications—Syringe Service Program
Over the past year, I worked with Drs. Angela Bazzi and Raagini Jawa to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Syringe Service Programs (SSPs) staff well-being. SSPs provide essential harm reduction and prevention services for people who inject drugs. We found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, SSPs underwent unprecedented shifts in operational procedures […]