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Leadership in Healthcare: A Conversation with Former Governor Dukakis
The BU Advocacy Training Program presents December Advocacy Grand Rounds, Leadership in Healthcare: A Conversation with Former Governor Michael Dukakis. Governor Dukakis, Massachusetts' longest serving governor and former Democratic Presidential candidate, has lectured extensively on healthcare policy and reform. Come hear about the changing landscape of healthcare in the US. Where: BUSM Instructional Building, L-303 When: Thursday, Dec. More
Training Medical Professionals to Teach
New online program now open for registration Many medical students dream of being able to teach one day, but the intensive rigors of their curriculum leave them little time to acquire the skills that would prepare them to do so. The same is often true for doctors and nurses who have developed areas of expertise and... More
BUSM Faculty Named Top Docs
Boston Magazine has released its annual Top Docs issue. Sixty-two BUSM faculty and BMC physicians from 29 specialties are listed as “tops” in their respective fields, and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, assistant professor of medicine and director of infection control at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL) at Boston University is featured on the cover with... More
Five BUMC Faculty Members Elected AAAS Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journals Science, Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling has named five members of the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) community AAAS Fellows. They are: BU School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty David Michael Center, MD; Ronald B. Corley, PhD;... More
BUSM’s Thea James Receives 2014 Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award
Thea James, MD, associate professor of Emergency Medicine at BU School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2014 Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award, which recognizes health care providers who demonstrate extraordinary compassion in caring for patients and families. One of the region's most prestigious honors, recipients are chosen based on how well they embody the... More
Going Public with Ebola
NEIDL director Ronald Corley said during the forum that the Ebola virus is not airborne, and there are almost no examples of a virus that has changed its mode of transmission once it’s in the human population. Above: panelists Jamie Childs (from left), Paul Biddinger, Nahid Bhadelia, and Corley. Photo by Jackie RicciardiNEIDL director says... More
GSDM Students Travel to Gracias, Honduras, to Provide Dental Care
This past September, two Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students volunteered their time and talent treating Honduran residents in a very small, remote town called Gracias. During the week of Sept. 13–20, Stephanie Leung DMD 15 and Thomas Mosley DMD 15 participated in an externship under the guidance of Medical, More
BU Researcher Awarded Grant to Pilot Autism Intervention
A BU School of Public Health and School of Medicine researcher will lead a $3 million study aimed at addressing racial and economic disparities in the early identification and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among young children. The five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health will allow a team led by Emily Feinberg, More
Center for Regenerative Medicine to Create First Open Access Lung Stem Cell Repository
The BU/BMC Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) has been awarded a grant to establish the first-of-its-kind stem cell repository that researchers across the country can access for free. The five-year $2.7 million federal grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will help expand and grow stem cell research aimed at developing treatment for... More
“When Patients Heal You” BUMC Concert Nov. 21
The BU Arts Outreach Initiative, BUSM Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity, and the BMC Neurology Department announce the third annual “When Patients Heal You” concert on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium. A creative collaboration between neurology patients and BU/BUMC musicians, the concert features musical performances by patients of the BMC Neurology Department... More
BU Experts: U.S. Response to Ebola Raises Ethical, Legal Questions
It was the bike ride seen ‘round the world. When Maine nurse Kaci Hickox hopped on a bike last Thursday, openly defying a quarantine order to stay home after she had treated Ebola patients in West Africa, she intensified a legal and ethical debate likely to have far-reaching consequences in the U.S., according to a panel... More
BU Scientists Get a Lesson in Telling Their Stories
Alan Alda, famous for his roles in M*A*S*H* and PBS’s Scientific American Frontiers, made a guest appearance on the Medical Campus – via video recording, that is. On Oct. 21, the School of Medicine welcomed faculty from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science for a one-day workshop to help BU scientists communicate their work... More
Resilience and Mindfulness, Nov. 4
Boston University Health Promotion Series When: Tuesday, Nov. 4, noon - 1 p.m. Who: Karen Brouhard, BU Faculty and Staff Assistance Office Where: BUSM Instructional (L) Building; Room L201 (72 East Concord St., Second Floor) Description: Life is full of challenges. While we often have no choice over which challenges we encounter, we do have some control over how we... More
Joining Forces: TBI/PTSD Conference to be Held Nov. 4
In 2011 the White House established the Joining Forces initiative to promote the education, research and clinical care for military members with TBI and PTSD. The Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) was one of the original participants in the program. This year the Medical Campus will host the Third Annual Joining Forces Conference on Tuesday, More
BUSM #30, BUSPH #25 in Inaugural U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings
U.S. News released its latest rankings tool, Best Global Universities, today and Boston University is listed 37. The new rankings offer the most comprehensive assessment of research universities worldwide as well as by region and country. As an interesting comparison, U.S. News ranks BUSM 32nd, BUSPH 11th and BU 42nd in the U.S. on its list... More
GSDM Volunteers Help Kids Prepare for Kindergarten
On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 34 members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community volunteered their time at the 15th Annual Countdown to Kindergarten Celebration. Countdown to Kindergarten is an annual event at the Children’s Museum in Boston for families to learn about all things kindergarten. This was GSDM’s... More
Medical Campus Hosts Updates on Ebola
Members of BU schools of Medicine and Public Health are presenting updates on the Ebola outbreak. On Thursday, Oct. 30 from noon to 2 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium, join medical and public health experts from BUSM and SPH, the NEIDL and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) for “Ebola from the Front Lines” as... More
Finding a Cure for ALS One Ice Cube at a Time
Eager onlookers cheered and shouted as pre-doctoral class representatives doused Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter with two massive buckets filled with ice water. Drs. Guarente and Calabrese were soaked right alongside him—and it was all because of Dr. McManama. On August 22, 2014, Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Dr. John Guarente, and Assistant... More
Albany Street Safety Tips
As a result of the ongoing BMC construction project there are significant changes to vehicular and pedestrian traffic patterns on Albany Street and Massachusetts Avenue. More
NIH Funding Information
NIH Appropriations for FY 2015 [Under the Current Continuing Resolution (CR)]: Following previous practice under continuing resolutions (CR), the NIH on Oct. 1 announced it will issue non-competing research grants “at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award (generally up to 90 percent of the previously committed level).” The notice states... More
Saitz Named Senior Editor of Journal of Addiction Medicine
Dr. Richard Saitz, chairman of BUSPH’s Community Health Sciences Department, has been named the senior editor of the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Saitz, a general internist and primary care physician who is also a professor of medicine at the BU School of Medicine, will assume... More
Oct. 16 Pike Lecture
Abuse of Mentally Ill Patients at Bridgewater State Hospital: How the Media Can Help Medicine and the Law Protect Patients Michael Rezendes of the Boston Globe will review a year of investigative reporting on the state’s prison for the mentally ill and explain how his reporting led to revelations of major abuses and significant reforms. Michael Rezendes... More
Inaugural Physician Assistant Class Celebrates PA Week Oct. 6-12
The inaugural class of BUSM’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program celebrated National Physician Assistant Week, Oct. 6-12. First-year PA students organized events to share information about and appreciation of PAs. The week's activities included the distribution of appreciation buttons, complementary treats and bookmarks with facts about the PA profession. In addition, the BU PA Program hosted a... More
Fighting Ebola: NEIDL Director Ron Corley on Fox Boston
Ronald Corley, PhD, director of BU's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, discusses how the NEIDL hopes to study diseases, like Ebola, to stem their spread.
BUSM/VA Research Team to Study Effectiveness of LED Helmets for Treating TBI and PTSD in Returning Vets
Yelena Bogdanova, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at BUSM and a psychology researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System, was recently awarded a 2-year, $200,000 grant from VA Rehabilitation Research & Development for her project titled “Noninvasive LED Treatment to Improve Cognition and Promote Recovery in Blast TBI.” Rehabilitation of blast traumatic brain injury (TBI)... More