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11/26 Provost Workshop: “Communicating Science”
Tuesday, Nov. 26 3-5 p.m. Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge With 35 years of experience as a journalist, Dean DiChristina is among the nation’s most accomplished science journalists, editors and managers. She has been both editor-in-chief and senior vice president of Scientific American (2009-19) and executive vice president, editorial and publishing, of its parent company Springer Nature (2015-19), overseeing the... More
Nominations for 2020 BUMC Staff Management Acumen and Performance (MAP) Program
The BUMC Provost’s Office is looking for candidates for the 2020 Staff Management Acumen and Performance (MAP) Program. The five-month program will begin on Tuesday, Jan. 7, on the Medical Campus and is geared to leaders, managers or individual contributors who are looking for the next step in professional development – to gain leadership skills... More
Parking and Transportation Services for Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2
The following schedule and services will be in effect for Labor Day: Parking: All parking facilities will be open. Employees with 610 Garage access may park in the 710 Garage on Labor Day. Those without parking garage access, may park in the 710 Garage for $8 on the holiday. Shuttles: No shuttles will be operating, including the... More
Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa Appointed GMS Associate Provost Ad Interim
Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, has been appointed Associate Provost/Dean ad interim for Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), effective September 1. Dr. Stearns-Kurosawa will be a member of the senior leadership teams of the School of Medicine and Medical Campus. She will oversee curricula and execution of all graduate programs including recruitment, More
New BUMC Public Safety Phone Number
Public Safety services between Boston University and Boston Medical Center have been separating over the past several months. The final separation step is the call dispatch function. Effective at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, the phone number to reach BU Medical Campus Public Safety services will be 617-358-4444. Boston Medical Center Public Safety will... More
Nominations for 2019 IHSIP & BUMC Emerging Leaders Program
The Provost’s Office is looking for candidates for the 2019 IHSIP & BUMC Emerging Leaders Program. The two-day workshop will be held Oct. 25-26 at BU’s Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy (on the Fenway Campus) and focuses on developing the leadership skills of some of our most promising junior faculty. Sessions taught by faculty... More
Donald Thea, MD, MSc, Honored by Antioch College for “Profound Effect on Human Condition”
Donald M. Thea, MD, MSc, professor of Global Health at the School of Public Health (BUSPH) and director of the MD/MPH dual degree program at the Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health, was recognized with a 2019 Alumni Award from Antioch College. Alumni Awards are earned by select Antiochians every year and conferred by the... More
Mobile and Electronic Health ARC Research Highlighted at University-wide Event
Wearable technology. Text messaging. Apps. Social media. You likely use these technological innovations in your day-to-day life – but did you know they can be used to improve health outcomes? The intersection between digital innovations and health outcomes was in the spotlight during a recent Boston University “Research on Tap” event that showcased the Mobile and... More
Parking and Transportation Services for Thursday, July 4
Shuttles No shuttle services, including the HealthNet patient shuttle, will be running. The BUS (Boston University Shuttle) will NOT be operating. Weekday service will resume on Friday, July 5. Please visit www.bu.edu/thebus for additional information. Parking All parking facilities will be open. 610 Garage monthly parkers may park in the 710 Albany Street or Doctors Office Building (DOB)... More
BUMC Celebrates 14th Annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day
More than 100 enthusiastic faculty, staff, trainees and students from MED, SPH, GMS, GSDM and BMC attended the 14th Annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day on May 29 in Hiebert Lounge. Karen Antman, MD, BU Medical Campus Provost and School of Medicine Dean, opened the event, emphasizing the important roles educators play in education and... More
Big Data, Big Impact
. Part Four of a Five-Part Series . Know What’s Good for Your Health? Artificial Intelligence Data and algorithms can spot medical concerns early and point to solutions . Every day, it becomes a little harder to find a corner of healthcare not being touched in some fundamental way by data analytics. That Fitbit on your wrist may soon send your resting heart... More
Parking and Transportation Services for Memorial Day
Memorial Day is observed on Monday, May 27. More
BUMC Faculty Promotions to Associate Professor Announced
Thirty-two faculty members have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. See the full list. More
Sandro Galea Aims to Change the Conversation around Health with New Book
SPH dean says more focus should be on preventing, not treating In his provocative new book, Well: What We Need to Talk about When We Talk about Health, Sandro Galea, dean of the BU School of Public Health and Robert A. Knox Professor, argues that as a society, we’ve been thinking about health the wrong way:... More
BU Receives Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant
Funding will develop new brain imaging techniques to better understand diseases like CTE, Alzheimer’s There is currently no way to track the subtle brain changes caused by traumatic head injuries or degenerative neurological diseases—but that’s finally poised to change. A $4.9 million grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) has been awarded to the Center... More
Natasha Hochberg Awarded 2019 Global Programs/BU Foundation-India Seed Fund
Associate Professor of Medicine Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH, has been awarded the Boston University Global Programs and Boston University Foundation-India Spring 2019 Seed Fund. Her research proposal “Scaling Up Nutritional Interventions to Stop Tuberculosis in India,” seeks to determine optimal implementation strategies for nutritional interventions as part of the effort to combat tuberculosis (TB) in... More
Julie Palmer Named Director of Slone Epidemiology Center
Many thanks to David W. Kaufman, who will step down effective June 30. More
New Method for Evaluating Cancer Risk of Chemicals is Quick, Precise, Inexpensive
Researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health have developed and evaluated a fast, accurate and cost-effective approach to assessing the carcinogenicity of chemicals—that is, whether exposure to a chemical increases a person’s long-term cancer risk. As a result, they have generated one of the largest toxicogenomics datasets to date, and have made... More
GSDM Celebrates “Topping Off” of Addition, Renovation Construction Project
Wet weather couldn’t dampen spirits as the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine community gathered on Friday, March 29, 2019, to celebrate the “topping off” of the School’s Addition and Renovation Construction Project. Huddled under umbrellas and clad in rain ponchos, a crowd of about 100 watched as a crane hoisted a large steel beam—painted... More
POV: We Need a Health New Deal Now
Inequality and climate change are threats to our physical well-being In recent weeks, talk of a Green New Deal has entered the political debate, with the aim of overhauling the country’s transportation system, providing universal healthcare, creating a federal jobs guarantee, investing in infrastructure, and other goals reminiscent of the original New Deal. Today, the United States... More
Parking and Transportation Services for Patriot’s Day, April 15
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BUSM Student’s Bernese Mountain Dog Captivates, Comforts BMC Patients
Otis’ charm proves irresistible to students as well When Cara Guenther started medical school, she yearned to spend more time visiting with patients. But the demanding curriculum often made that difficult. That changed after Ms. Guenther, a third year student at the School of Medicine, got a Bernese mountain dog named Otis. She’d always wanted a Bernese... More
Poor Oral Health May Increase the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer Among African American Women
In the U.S., studies show that African Americans are more likely to get pancreatic cancer (PC) than Caucasians. Poor oral health, specifically adult tooth loss and periodontal disease prevalence, has a similar pattern. Using data from the Black Women’s Health Study, researchers from the Slone Epidemiology Center at BU found that compared to African American... More
Medical Campus Student Lounge Now Open
The L14 Medical Campus Student Lounge, complete with a kitchen, soft seating, a handicapped accessible bathroom and lots of natural light, is now open to enrich student study and relaxation spaces on campus. Many thanks to John Barton and the facilities staff for the rapid completion of this investment in large group assembly and community space. Watch... More
Now Open! New L13 Study Space in the Alumni Medical Library
The renovation of the 13th floor of the Alumni Medical Library is complete! Students representing each of the schools on the Medical Campus cut the ribbon for the Learning Resource Center. They were flanked by, from left, BUSPH Associate Dean for Education Lisa Sullivan, PhD, BUMC Provost and BUSM Dean Karen Antman, GSDM Associate Dean... More