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An Extraordinary Concert
On Friday, Oct. 16, the BUMC Arts Lab, BUSM Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity, and the BMC Neurology Department hosted, “An Extraordinary Concert” – a creative collaboration between neurology patients and BUMC musicians. The concert is an opportunity for patients who have been successfully treated by the Department of Neurology to thank their care... More
BUMC Influenza (Flu) Vaccination Clinic Nov. 2
The Occupational Health Center will be offering an additional influenza (flu) vaccination clinic for those who were unable to attend the previously scheduled clinics. The vaccine is available at no cost to BUMC employees. We encourage you to protect yourselves and those around you during this flu season. For information regarding the 2015-2016 flu vaccine please... More
Oct. 29 Symposium: Ebola, The Disease and Immune Privilege
Medical Campus students, faculty and staff are invited to the “Ebola, The Disease, and Immune Privilege” symposium. Thursday, Oct. 29 1-6 p.m. BUSM Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge The Symposium will feature guest speaker Ian Crozier, MD, an infectious disease specialist who while helping to fight against the Ebola outbreak in Kenema, Sierra Leone in August 2014, contracted the disease... More
Rocking with the BU Medical Campus Band
Ensemble fuses genres, fuels camaraderie In the video above, members of the BU Medical Campus Band perform and talk about the rewards of making music together. Photo by Esther Ro (COM'15) As everyone knows, getting into medical and dental school is fiercely competitive. And for those choosing academic medicine, that M.D. tacked to their name promises admission... More
Poverty Expert Sheldon Danziger to Give 2015 Bicknell Lecture
Economic inequality, not government programs, cause of stagnant poverty rate A generation ago, in a now-famous speech to Congress, President Ronald Reagan pronounced antipoverty programs an abject failure. “The government fought a War on Poverty, and poverty won,” he said. Critics of the War on Poverty (legislation first proposed by Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 State of the... More
BU Awarded $23.4 Million NIH Grant
For turning discoveries into treatments, diagnostics, improved health BU’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has been awarded a $23.4 million, four-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) renewal grant to train and support scientists across both campuses in conducting cutting-edge clinical research and turning their discoveries into treatments, diagnostics, and improved public health. CTSI is part of... More
BUMC Influenza (Flu) Vaccine Clinics Oct. 13, 15
The Occupational Health Center will be offering influenza vaccine at no cost to BUMC employees. We encourage you to get the vaccine during one of the scheduled clinics to not only protect yourself, but also your colleagues and your family. For information regarding the 2015-2016 flu vaccine please refer to the Occupational Health Center's website... More
GSDM Students and Faculty Volunteer at Local Book Fair
Five members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community—three 4-year DMD students, one two-year Advanced Standing DMD student, and a faculty member—volunteered at the 29th Annual Charles C. Yancey Book Fair on July 25 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center on Tremont Street. The Book Fair, which offered... More
The Power of Scholarships
Gratitude, excitement and anticipation – these three words describe the 2015 BUSM Scholarship Dinner on Thursday, Sept. 24. In a candle-lit room at the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston, 18 medical students gathered together to meet – for the first time – their scholarship donors. “Today is really important,” said Nick Smith, BUSM Class of 2016. “Getting to... More
New GSDM Students Gather for 2015 Professional Ceremony
Four-year DMD 19 and two-year AS DMD 17 students from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) marked the end of their first week of orientation on Friday, July 31, at one of the most significant events in the educational careers of our dental students, the annual Professional Ceremony. The students marched into... More
Mental Health Clinic for Students Opens on Medical Campus
Twice-a-week Behavioral Medicine services A new Medical Campus mental health clinic, housed at the Soloman Carter Fuller Building, opened earlier this month and will be staffed on Mondays and Wednesdays by SHS Behavioral Health clinicians. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi Some years ago, a School of Public Health survey reported that half of Medical Campus students had... More
Peregrine Falcons Find a Home at the Medical Campus
High above Talbot Green a pair of watchful eyes scopes the concrete canyon below looking for its next prey. This isn’t a scene from Mission Impossible. It’s more like a National Geographic documentary. Perched on a window ledge atop the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Building, two peregrine falcons have decided to make the BU Medical... More
Grant Preparation Workshops Begin Sept. 17
BU Medical Campus Investigators, graduate students and faculty members are invited to a grant preparation workshop on Thursday, Sept. 17 to learn more about the process of submitting individual research grants (R01) to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This workshop, which will be held on the BU Medical Campus, will include presentation by Sarah... More
BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute Renewed
Boston University's Clinical and Translational Science Institute, directed by David Center, MD has received a four-year, $23,487,980 renewal from the National Institutes of Health. David Felson, MD leads the section to train the next generation of translational scientists and George O'Connor, MD directs the clinical resources, which will facilitate the testing and translation of discoveries between... More
Student Behavioral Health Services Available on Medical Campus
Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 2, behavioral medicine services for students will be available on the Medical Campus. All full-time students are eligible for care, regardless of health insurance. Part-time students who have the Aetna Student Health insurance also are eligible. The clinic will be located in the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Building, 85 E. Newton St., More
New Campus Faculty Development Appointments Announced
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA, professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at BUSM and BUSPH, and a clinical cardiologist at BMC, has been appointed BUMC Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Robina M. Bhasin, EdM, also has been appointed BUMC Director of Faculty Development. Benjamin is deeply engaged in the professional development of health care... More
Linda Hyman to Serve One-Year Term as Director of NSF Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences
Beginning September 14, Linda Hyman, PhD, Associate Provost for Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS), will be ‘on loan’ to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to serve as Director of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences. The Division comprises the areas of molecular biophysics, cellular dynamics and functions, genetic mechanisms and systems, and synthetic biology. Her... More
Boston University’s PA students mark milestone
Filled with hope and motivation to help others, 33 new students entering the Physician’s Assistant (PA) Class of 2017 donned their white coats for the first time today as part of the program’s second annual “White Coat Ceremony.” Surrounded by family and friends, the students – who hailed from all parts of the country – were... More
10th Annual McCahan Day Draws 100+
More than 100 faculty, staff, residents and students attended John McCahan Medical Education Day at the BU Medical Campus. Hosted by the Department of Medical Sciences and Education, it was held on May 20. This was the 10th anniversary of the annual event that showcases academic innovation and teaching ideologies. The theme of the day... More
Young Investigators Gather for Inaugural Genetic Epidemiology and Functional Genomics Workshop
Thirty-five young investigators gathered on the BU Medical Campus for the inaugural Genetic Epidemiology and Functional Genomics Workshop held in July. The meeting was hosted by the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), the Center for Translational Epidemiology and Comparative Effectiveness Research and Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology at BU School of Medicine (BUSM). Hailing from nine states... More
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health Recognizes BUSM for Building Capacity in Hospital Nutrition
Carine Lenders, MD, MS, ScD, Associate Professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Physician Nutrition Specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and Elizabeth Henry, DrPH, MHS, who will graduate from BU’s School of Public Health (BUSPH) in September, have received the People’s Health Medal from the Social Republic of Vietnam’s Ministry... More
Dan Berlowitz Honored as VA Researcher
Dan R. Berlowitz, MD, MPH, has been selected as the recipient of the VA's 2015 Under Secretary's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research,the highest honor for a VA health services researcher. It represents exceptional achievement in improving the health and quality of care of Veterans, inspiring and training the next generation of health... More
Could an Ebola Treatment Already Exist?
Research led by a NEIDL scientist finds hope in Zoloft, Vascor What if Zoloft and Vascor—safe prescription drugs that you can pick up at your CVS for depression and heart trouble, respectively—could treat Ebola? A government study led by a researcher at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) suggests that this may be the case. If confirmed effective... More
Translational Research Highlighted During Annual GSDM Research Retreat
Translational research was the theme of the 2015 Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Research Retreat which took place on April 13th, 2015, in the Hiebert Lounge. Translational research applies findings from basic science to enhance human health. Along with team science, a translational science approach to research is increasingly important... More
Medical Campus Celebrates Promotions
MED, SPH profs move up the ranks The Medical Campus recently promoted 11 professors whose research interests range from promoting the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to preventing child abuse. Photo by Alex S. MacLean Doctors can prescribe the treatment, but it’s up to their patients to follow their advice. A. Rani Elwy, a recently promoted School... More