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Two BUSM Faculty Receive Alzheimer’s disease Grants

July 11th, 2013

David Harris, MD, PhD, chair and professor of biochemistry and Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD, professor of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), have received Massachusetts Neuroscience Consortium (MNC) Awards. Each will receive a $250,000 grant allowing their teams to explore new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease.   Harris is... More

Pediatric Residents get a Reality Check during Poverty Simulation

July 8th, 2013

Goal: Keep food on your table, keep the lights on in your house, keep your kids in school, and get to work. Sounds easy enough, right? Does it still sound easy when your family’s budget is consistently $250 short of what you critically need? This was the challenge posed to 35 new pediatric residents of the Boston... More

BUSM Investigator Receives National Blood Foundation Grant for Blood Disease Research

July 8th, 2013

George Murphy, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of Hematology and Oncology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and co-director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston University and Boston Medical Center has received a two-year, $75,000 research grant from the National Blood Foundation to investigate blood disorders. Murphy’s laboratory studies... More

Boston University Study Identifies Molecular Circuitry that Helps Tuberculosis Survive for Decades

July 8th, 2013

In a study from Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), researchers have generated a map of the cellular circuitry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB). This information, which is being published online as an Advanced Online Publication in the journal Nature, sheds new light on the bacterium's ability to survive inactive... More

BUSM/BMC Radiologist Named Deputy Editor of Leading Radiology Journal

July 3rd, 2013

Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, professor of radiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and section chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Boston Medical Center (BMC), was appointed a Deputy Editor of the Radiology Editorial Board by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Guermazi is the first faculty member from either institution to take on... More

Medical Schools Using Social Media for Faculty Development

July 3rd, 2013

Physicians and scientists at academic medical centers face many competing demands for their time. Efforts to help them improve their teaching or scholarship traditionally have taken place in face-to-face lunchtime workshops. As clinical volume and the difficulty of obtaining external funding increases, faculty members have less opportunities to devote to their own professional development. Researchers from... More

BUSM Researcher Warns Banned Fountain of Youth Drug May be Making a Comeback

July 3rd, 2013

Despite it being more than 30 years since the “fountain of youth drug” Gerovital H3 was banned in the United States, it may be making a comeback. In an editorial published in this month’s Journal of the American Geriatrics Society BUSM researcher Thomas Perls, MD,  points out that a few U.S.-based anti-aging and longevity clinics... More

Fertility peaks around age 30 for both males and females, Boston University study finds

July 2nd, 2013

A new study co-authored by researchers from the BU Schools of Public Health and Medicine found that declines in fertility occurred slightly later than previous studies have suggested. Most previous studies have been conducted in fertility clinic populations or populations using natural family planning, whereas this study was conducted in a population of... More

BUSM’s Anurag Singh, PhD, Receives Top American Lung Association Grant

July 1st, 2013

Anurag Singh, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine, has received an American Lung Association (ALA) Lung Cancer Discovery Grant to expand his research on targeted therapies for drug resistant cancers. The Lung Cancer Discovery Grant, an award of $100,000 per year for up to two... More

BMC, BUSM Geriatrician Honored with Ewald W. Busse Award

July 1st, 2013

Thomas Perls, MD, MPH, a geriatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been honored with the Ewald W. Busse Research Award. One of the most prestigious in the field of gerontological research, the award is given every four years in conjunction with the World... More

Four MED Profs Earn Top Honors

June 24th, 2013

Recognized for teaching, mentorship, and medical expertise Four School of Medicine faculty members were recently honored for their excellence in teaching, devotion to students, and respect for patients. “Boston University School of Medicine very much values its master teachers,” says Karen Antman, Medical Campus provost and MED dean. “Alumni comment on the dedication of the faculty to... More

A Vacation Home Becomes a Dental Sanctuary in Teacapan, Mexico

June 19th, 2013

A group of American and Canadian ex-patriots once found a beautiful, but poor fishing village in Mexico and chose to live half the year there. They wanted to give back to this community that gave them the chance to live in such beautiful surroundings. So they teamed up with Project Stretch to build and run... More

BUMC’s TranSComm Receives Silver Award as a Bike Friendly Business

June 18th, 2013

Transportation Solutions for Commuters (TranSComm), the transportation management association serving BU Medical Campus and Boston Medical Center, accepted a Silver Award at Mayor Menino’s Bike Friendly Business Awards on May 17. Maureen Lacey, director of TranSComm, said she is “delighted that our medical center has been awarded the Silver Award for the last four years!” TranSComm has... More

Learn About the Impact of Digital Simulation Technology on Medical Education and Surgical Practice

June 17th, 2013

Dean of the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine Ralph Clayman, MD, will present, “Digital and Simulation Technology: Impact on Medical Education and Surgical Practice,” on Thursday, June 20 in Keefer Auditorium from 2:30-3:30 p.m. A pioneer in minimally invasive techniques, Clayman revolutioned kidney and urinary tract surgical procedures and is listed among the “Best... More

June 19 Seminar: Systems and Software to Support Research at BUMC

June 17th, 2013

Come to the MISU/BUMC Medical Informatics Seminar, “Systems and Software to Support Research at BUMC,” to learn about the current state of informatics support for research at BUMC and see where the institute is heading. The seminar will also cover how BUMC is navigating important HIPAA privacy issues that affect informatics research support. BUMC currently provides... More

LAW’s Hylton, MED’s Costello Named Warren Distinguished Professors

June 17th, 2013

Join eight faculty in career honor With a PhD in economics from MIT and a law degree from Harvard, Keith Hylton has melded the two disciplines in his teaching and research, using each to illuminate the other. A leader in the increasingly important field of mass spectrometry, Catherine Costello teaches and collaborates with medical researchers, pharmacologists, More

June 14 BUMC Housing Fair

June 13th, 2013

Are you looking for a new roommate or an apartment during the upcoming year? Housing Resources is hosting a free Housing Fair on Friday, June 14, 11a.m.–1p.m. in the Hiebert Lounge. Incoming and continuing students on the BU Medical Campus are welcome to attend. Meet property managers, realtors, landlords, BU Rental Property Management, Boston's Rental... More

BU Professors Call on Physicians to Speak Out against Unethical Force-Feeding

June 13th, 2013

Three BU professors from the schools of public health and medicine – concerned that the Guantanamo Bay detention center has become a “medical ethics-free zone” -- are calling on individual physicians and medical groups to speak out against the force-feeding of mentally-competent hunger strikers and to support military physicians there who refuse to participate. In a... More

BUSM Researcher Receives Grant to Examine Food Insecurity in Households with a Child with Special Healthcare Needs

June 13th, 2013

Ruth Rose-Jacobs, ScD, associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a research scientist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has received funding for a two-year study to examine the association between the presence of young children with special healthcare needs in households and food insecurity. Rose-Jacobs, also a child development researcher... More

Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories Appoints Facilities Director

June 10th, 2013

Charles (Chuck) N. Pantinas has joined the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) as the facilities core director. In this role, Pantinas is responsible for the creation, maintenance and oversight of engineering standards and the ongoing design and commissioning of the NEIDL. In addition, Pantinas is tasked with continuing the development and implementation of network-wide... More

Researchers Show that CRF in the Amygdala is Responsible for Compulsive Overeating

June 10th, 2013

Researchers from Laboratory of Addictive Disorders at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that direct injection in the amygdala, an area of the brain involved in anxiety, of a drug which inactivates corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a hormone key mediator of anxiety and stress, completely blocks both the compulsive overeating and the anxiety generated... More

Emergency Drill to be Conducted at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories

June 10th, 2013

On Wednesday, June 12 at approximately, 9 a.m., Boston University (BU) will conduct a full-scale emergency response drill at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at 620 Albany Street. This drill is part of the NEIDL’s ongoing safety and training program for laboratory personnel and internal and external response officials. This drill will simulate a... More

Neurochemical Traffic Signals May Open New Avenues for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

June 5th, 2013

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have uncovered important clues about a biochemical pathway in the brain that may one day expand treatment options for schizophrenia. The study, published online in the journal Molecular Pharmacology, was led by faculty within the department of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics at BUSM. Patients with schizophrenia suffer from... More