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Moment of Silence, Reflection for Orlando Victims
On Friday, June 17, Medical Campus students, faculty and staff joined together in a moment of silence and reflection in remembrance of the lives lost and irrevocably changed during the tragedy that occurred in Orlando, Florida. In honor of those no longer with us and to express what cannot be said with words, pianist Moises... More
Register for Mentoring the Mentor: Training for Clinical and Translational Researchers
The Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CSTI) is accepting registration for “Mentoring the Mentor: Training for Clinical and Translational Researchers.” This is a sophisticated interactive training program that uses case studies developed and vetted with other CTSI groups around the country. All Medical Campus mentoring research faculty are encouraged to advantage of this rare... More
GSDM Gives Back at 2016 Special Olympics
On Saturday, June 4, students, faculty, and staff from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) participated in the Healthy Athletes® Special Smiles® initiative at the Special Olympics Massachusetts Summer Games at Harvard University’s Murr Center. More than 1,800 athletes from the Greater Boston area converged on Harvard University’s Athletic Complex to participate in... More
STaRS Scholars Join 19 BUMC Research Labs
The Summer Training as Research Scholars (STaRS) program welcomed 19 high achieving undergraduates to an immersive 10 week summer research experience in laboratories across the Medical Campus. Students are typically rising juniors or seniors. The BUSM STaRS program, funded by the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, has trained 48 scholars since 2013, receiving more... More
BU-CTSI Offering Free Research Consults
The Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (BU-CTSI) offers consultations through the Clinical Research Informatics and Technology Consultation (CRITC) Service for BU/BMC researchers. The CRITIC consultations help researchers identify, develop and implement the effective and efficient use of information technology and informatics in their clinical studies. Free 1-hour One-on-One Consultations Are Available Contact Christopher Shanahan, MD, MPH, More
BUMC Public Safety Awards Ceremony
Watch the video! The BUMC Department of Public Safety recognized 40 members of the department for their exemplary service Tuesday, June 7. Approximately 175 family and friends of the honorees and BUMC/BMC faculty and staff attended the ceremony. Norwood Chief of Police Bill Brooks delivered the keynote address. Jeffrey W. Hutter, DMD, MEd, Dean and Spencer N. More
CTE Investigators Launch $16 Million Study
A former football player describes brain disease symptoms and angst Tim Fox, the 62-year-old former New England Patriots safety, was describing to a room full of brain scientists at the Boston University School of Medicine (MED) the ferocious style of play that he’d been trained in from an early age, one that had led to countless... More
Pilot Grant Program Seeks Applicants
The Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences (CIIS) seeks pilot projects that will improve the processes and outcomes of health care delivery. More
Lynne Stevens Memorial Addresses Human Trafficking and Health Care
On May 24 the Department of Family Medicine hosted the Seventh Annual Lynne Stevens Memorial Lecture, delivered by Elaine Alpert, MD, MPH, a scholar in family violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking at the University of British Columbia (UBC) who consults internationally on education, policy, public health and prevention. During the lecture Alpert described the scope, More
NEIDL Ventilation Monitoring Was Temporarily Halted
March malfunction posed no public health threat A malfunctioning network switch at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) resulted in a shutdown of parts of the lab’s ventilation monitoring system for eight hours on March 21. The malfunction impeded the flow of air out of the Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) labs. More
11th Annual McCahan Day Inspires, Innovates BUMC Educators
On Thursday, May 25, more than 100 faculty, staff, residents and students attended the 11th Annual John McCahan Medical Education Day on the BU Medical Campus, an interactive event that aims to showcase the wide variety of educational innovations and research activities taking place on campus. Named after John McCahan, MD, former associate dean for Academic... More
May 30 Memorial Day Parking and Transportation Services
Parking and Transportation Services for Memorial Day observed on Monday, May 30 Shuttle Services NO SHUTTLE SERVICES including the HealthNet service and Boston University Shuttle (BUS). Parking All parking facilities will be open. 610 Albany Street garage monthly parkers may park in the 710 Albany Street or Doctors Office Building (DOB) garages. All valid 610 Albany Street garage access will be... More
BioScience Academy Receives Additional Funding
Boston University’s BioScience Academy has received nearly $100K to train unemployed and/or underemployed Massachusetts residents with additional skills for jobs in life sciences. This award is part of more than $2 million in grants from the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (WCTF) that supports regional partnerships between businesses, educational institutions, community-based organizations and workforce development groups. The... More
Capitalizing on a Teachable Moment Motivates Parents of Kids with Asthma to Quit Smoking
First Study to Prospectively Test the Effectiveness of a Teachable Moment Parents who smoke are more likely to quit smoking after receiving motivational smoking cessation counseling following a “teachable moment” (TM) such as witnessing their child experience an asthma attack. The study, which appears in the journal Addiction, also found that in-home counseling visits, including feedback on... More
Barriers to Integrated Pediatric Dental Care Common at Federal Health Centers
Time constraints, professional boundaries, and a lack of training and shared electronic medical records are among the key reasons why oral health often is not integrated into pediatric primary care at federally qualified health centers, according to a new study led by a School of Public Health researcher. The study, published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, More
Air Pollution Not Tied to Weight Gain in Adult Women
In an article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Laura White, associate professor of biostatistics, and colleagues from the Slone Epidemiology Center at BU probed the association between ambient air pollution exposure and weight gain over 16 years among a large group of African American women in the long-running Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS). More
Trustee Gives $10 Million to Redirect Fight against Prostate Cancer
Shipley Foundation gift will fund research in personalized medicine Each year, more than 100,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States undergo a prostatectomy, a surgical procedure that leaves most of them unable to function sexually and many of them incontinent. The majority would live just as long with no treatment at all. It’s “Dark... More
Earth Day Festival and Puppies on Talbot Green
Talbot Green was the place to be on Thursday, April 14! The North Shore Animal League of America's puppy van, along with Boston Medical Center's Healing Paws therapy dogs helped spread some puppy cheer to faculty, students and staff on the Medical Campus. BUMC's Earth Day Festival also set the scene for a fun and interactive day... More
BU/VA Thank Veterans on Anniversary of Gulf War
n April 6, 1991, Iraq accepted the provisions of United National Security Council Resolution 687, thus ending the Gulf War. On April 9, 2016, Boston University joined with the VA Boston Healthcare System to host an event to thank those who served. Dr. Terence Keane, Associate Chief of Staff, Research and Development at the VA Boston... More
New BU Profiles Mentoring Feature
Do you consider yourself to be a Mentor, or are you looking for a Mentor in a particular area? BU Profiles has a NEW Mentoring Section which: Is highly visible and showcases faculty mentoring expertise. Makes it easy for students, trainees and faculty to find mentors across BUMC. BU Profile holders can edit their profile and add a dedicated... More
Art Days 2016
Did you miss BUMC’s Art Days 2016? Take a look at this campuswide event and see who’s channeling their inner Monet.
Third Annual Giving Day Today, April 6
24-hour fundraising drive: challenges, activities, social media shout-outs Today, the Boston University community will come together for the University’s third annual Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising drive that will benefit the BU Annual Fund. In addition to raising money online, there will be activities across the Charles River and Medical Campuses and a community-wide social media... More
Medical Campus Employees Receive Service Awards
Each year Boston University holds recognition events to honor employees who have reached service milestones in their careers at BU. A luncheon was held March 31 to honor faculty and staff who have completed 10 and 25 years of service. In total, there were 87 people honored for 25 years and 238 honored for 10-year service... More
Faculty and Students: Submit an Abstract for McCahan Day
Last year more than 100 faculty, staff, residents and students attended John McCahan Medical Education Day at the BU Medical Campus. Now is your chance to submit an abstract for a workshop or a poster. This year the event will be held on Wednesday, May 25 and it will be hosted by the Department of... More
Help When Needed: Faculty & Staff Assistance Office
Free, confidential counseling for navigating work and life issues Karen Brouhard (left) and Bonnie Teitleman, both licensed clinical social workers, are counselors at the Faculty & Staff Assistance Office. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi This is the first in a series about Boston University services available to faculty and staff to help with work-related and personal issues. BU’s Faculty... More