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GSDM Students Win Competitive ADA Student Scholarships
The American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) recently awarded two DMD 16 students—Andrew Brattain and Casey Smauder—ADA Foundation Scholarships. Smauder received the Predoctoral Dental Student Scholarship and Brattain received the Underrepresented Minority Dental Student Scholarship. Schools may submit one application per scholarship program for about 25 awards. With 65 accredited dental schools in the US, that makes... More
Slone Study Finds Frequent Experiences of Racism Associated with Greater Weight Gain among African American Women
A recent analysis conducted by investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University has found that frequent experiences of racism were associated with a higher risk of obesity among African American women. The findings, which currently appear online in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found the relationship between racism and obesity was strongest among... More
BUMC Art Days March 31- April 1
Submissions due Friday, March 28 Exhibit: Monday-Tuesday, March 31-April 1 Receptions begin at 3 p.m. on both days BUSM Instructional Building, 14th Floor Hiebert Lounge All students, faculty and staff at the Boston University Medical Campus are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 24th annual "Art Days", founded by former BUSM Dean Aram Chobanian to foster... More
Lessons on Protecting Patient Data
Leaders at Boston University and Boston Medical Center have collaborated to produce a new guide to protect patient data. The full article, by Thomas J. Moore, MD; Quinn R. Shamblin, CISM, CISSP, PMP, GIAC GCFA; Sumit Sehgal, CISSP, CISA; Robert Sprinkle, MS; Stanley M. Hochberg, MD; and Ravin Davidoff,MBBCh; can be found at https://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/ocr/ClinicalResearchNewsletter/article.aspx?article=484 Data... More
March 5 Cathy Shine Lecture: Do Government Agencies Protect Patients?
Failures in regulation and information dissemination by the FDA and medical licensing boards Is there a role for regulatory agencies in creating an environment to improve the health of patients? Dr. Wolfe presents the case that, yes, some agencies have a role, but have dangerously failed to perform it adequately. A prime example is the FDA, More
GSDM Alumni Reunite in Dubai
In early February more than 80 alumni, faculty, and friends of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) gathered at The Address Dubai Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for an evening of reunion. The alumni reception and dinner was hosted by Dean and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hutter with Dr. Thomas Kilgore, Professor... More
Legacy of Sexual Violence in the Congo is Focus of Two-day Event, Feb. 27-28
Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — first thought to be the bitter residue of wars that wracked the country for most of the past two decades — has spread into an epidemic of sexual abuse of children, gang rape, forced incest and other horrific crimes. In conflict-torn areas of the eastern... More
Submit Grant Proposals for Fall BU Arts Initiative Project by March 18
To encourage the continued development of an intellectual community around the arts at BU and enhance the student-life experience, the BU Arts Initiative offers grants to faculty, students and staff for projects that directly engage students in the arts. A BU Arts Council committee will review all proposals. The deadline for Fall 2014 project proposals... More
Learn All About Renting in Boston, Feb. 27
BUMC students: Do you have questions about renting an apartment? Join BUMC Housing Resources Manager Barbara Attianese and Steve Handler from Beacon Realty Properties as they provide an overview on how to rent an apartment and information on housing resources. All About Renting in Boston Thursday, Feb. 27 Noon-1:30 p.m., L-112 or 5:30-7 p.m., Keefer Auditorium Steve has worked in... More
GSDM Students Share Unique China Externship Experiences
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) DMD ‘14 students Alena Mehtani, Erica Weinberg, Erik Harriman, and Grant Murray presented to to a packed classroom about their two-week international externship to two world-renowned institutions for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) located in China. The October 2013 trip commenced an expansion of GSDM’s Global... More
Life and Times as a Physician According to Former U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary
Louis Sullivan, MD, BUSM Class of 1958, knows what it means to “break ground,” the title of his recently published autobiography. His journey took many twists and turns beginning as an African-American growing up in segregated Georgia, coming north for medical school in predominantly white Boston, becoming chief of hematology on the Medical Campus, serving... More
GSDM’s Helmerhorst Delivers Keynote Address at AADR Boston Meeting
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Dr. Eva Helmerhorst delivered the keynote lecture at the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Boston Section Semiannual meeting in December, on the BU Medical Campus. Boston Section President and Associate Professor in the Department of... More
Meeting the Needs of America’s Heroes: A Lifetime and Community Obligation
"Meeting the Needs of America's Heroes: A Lifetime and Community Obligation" Jonathan Woodson, MD Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense, United States Government Dr. Woodson will discuss the major medical advances that have led to the highest survivability from warfare in history. He will also offer insight into the nation's long term-obligations... More
After the Storm
Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine, Feb. 10 Lecture with Louis Sullivan, MD
Dr. Louis Sullivan, BUSM ’58, will be discussing his newly published autobiography, Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine, on Monday, Feb. 10, at 4 p.m. in the 670 Albany Street Auditorium, First Floor. A 1958 graduate of BUSM and former faculty member who currently is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board, Dr. Sullivan is the... More
Depressive Symptoms Linked to Adult-onset Asthma in African-American Women
According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported high levels of depressive symptoms had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women who reported fewer depressive symptoms. The study, which currently appears online in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, was led by... More
BU Awards Community Grant To Franklin Park Coalition to Support Youth Programming
Boston University today announced a grant of $2,500 to the Franklin Park Coalition (FPC). Boston University makes ongoing grants to local community organizations offering programs and services that benefit youth and make a difference in the lives of young people in Boston. The FPC advocates for Franklin Park, a 527-acre historic green space located in the... More
Study Finds Decreased Life Expectancy for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
The first large scale study in the U.S. on the mortality of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been published and provides new information about the life expectancy of people with the disease. The study appears in the journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. David Kaufman, ScD, associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston... More
Jan. 28 Lecture: “Head Games: CTE and the Long-Term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma”
Robert A. Stern, PhD, will present the 2015 Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences Dudley Allen Sargent Distinguished Lecture. A professor of neurology, neuosurgery, and anatomy and neurobiology at the School of Medicine, he will speak on "Head Games: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the Long-Term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma." When: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, More
BU ADC Professor Awarded Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant
Representatives of the Alzheimer’s Association (AA) presented Wendy Qui, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and pharmacology with a check for $239,000 on Wednesday, Jan. 15 to support her research. Dr. Qui received the funding as part of the Alzheimer’s Association Investigator-initiated Research Grant Awards program. The presentation took place preceding Dr. Qui’s lecture, “Amylin... More
BUSM Professor Receives 2013 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Katherine Iverson, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been named as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Iverson, who is also a Clinical Research Psychologist at the VA Boston Healthcare System, was recognized for her outstanding contributions to research and clinical... More
BU Epidemiologist Honored by the American Journal of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiologic Research
The American Journal of Epidemiology (AJE) and the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) has selected an article written by Lauren A. Wise, ScD, a senior epidemiologist at BU’s Slone Epidemiology Center and an associate professor of epidemiology at BUSPH, among the 2013 Articles of the Year, a newly created award sponsored jointly by the AJE... More
Consequences of Malnutrition May Be Reversible Later in Childhood
SPH study challenges conventional wisdom Experts have long maintained that the damage children suffer if malnourished during gestation and in the first two years of life—commonly referred to as the 1,000-day window of opportunity—is irreversible and cannot be offset by interventions later in childhood. But a new study coauthored by a BU School of Public Health researcher... More
BUSM Professor Receives the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence
Edward Alexander, MD, professor of medicine and physiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a nephrologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named the 2013 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. Selected by a senior committee of BMC and BUSM physicians, the award was presented at the Medical Executive Committee meeting... More
Jan. 17 Workshop: Bridging Clinical, Teaching and Scientific Roles in the New Healthcare Landscape
Bridging Clinical, Teaching and Scientific Roles in the New Healthcare Landscape, to be held Jan. 17 at Bedford VA, is a program for BU/VA faculty, staff and researchers designed around the theme of the Affordable Care Act. The eighth in a series sponsored by BU Sponsored Programs and Bedford VA Research Service to assist and... More