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Overdose Education and Nasal Naloxone Rescue Kits for Bystanders Associated with Decreased Opioid Overdose Death
In a study of communities in Massachusetts with high numbers of opioid overdose deaths, the implementation of overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) was associated with a significant reduction in opioid overdose death rates. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) in collaboration with... More
BUSM Faculty Discusses Chinese Medicine and Healing, Feb. 12
Learn about Chinese healing practices across time and cultures with Linda Barnes, PhD a medical anthropologist and a scholar in the study of world religions. She is a nationally regarded expert in the field of Chinese medicine in the U.S. and has served as an expert reviewer for the National Institutes of Health’s National Center... More
Feb. 6 Photography Exhibit Features Work of Women with Intellectual Disabilities: Growing Older, Growing Stronger
Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) are living longer than ever before, but aging and elderly women with ID face significant health disparities and other challenges. This population can sometimes be invisible. Growing Older, Growing Stronger is a photography exhibit featuring the work of aging women with ID. It was produced using Photo... More
Boston University School of Medicine Appoints New Member to Dean’s Advisory Board
Pedram Salimpour, MD, MPH, has been named a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board (DAB) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). DAB members serve three-year-renewable terms actively participating in medical school strategic planning and external relations initiatives. DAB members are leaders in medicine, technology, business and other sectors of society. They share a passion for... More
BUSM Study Shows Potential of Differentiated iPS Cells in Cell Therapy without Immune Rejection
A new study from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that tissues derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in an experimental model were not rejected when transplanted back into genetically identical recipients. The study, published online in Cell Stem Cell, demonstrates the potential of utilizing iPS cells to develop cell types that could... More
Jan. 28 Free Film Screening “MONSTER” Followed by Panel Discussion
Students, faculty and staff on the BU Medical Campus are invited to a free film screening of the play MONSTER followed by a panel discussion on The Manufacture of Life: Medical Ethics and Human Experimentation. Based on the the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the screening and panel discussion will be held on Monday, Jan. More
Abuse During Childhood Linked to Uterine Fibroids in African-American Women
According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported sexual or physical abuse before age 11 had a greater risk of uterine fibroids in adulthood compared with women who had no such abuse history. The association was strongest for women who experienced sexual abuse. The study, which... More
Never Smoked. Lived Right. Died of Lung Cancer. The Puzzle of Cancer in Nonsmokers.
Avrum Spira’s aunt died of lung cancer almost 20 years ago. She was a nonsmoking exercise buff in her 40s who hadn’t been exposed to any known toxins; she worked in a government office, not a coal mine. “One of the healthiest people you could imagine, did everything right,” says Spira... More
Jan. 28 Celebrate the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
All members of the BU Medical Campus are invited to a special presentation commemorating the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Marcelle Willock, MD, former professor and chair, Department of Anesthesiology, BUSM, and former Dean, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, will discuss how Dr. King influenced her life and career and will share... More
Jan. 25 Guest Lecture on Health and Economic Impacts of Air Quality in a Changed Climate
Health and Economic Impacts of Air Quality in a Changed Climate is the topic a Jan. 25 lecture being given by Noelle Eckley Selin, PhD, Department of Engineering Systems and Atmospheric Chemistry, Engineering Systems Division and Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This lecture is part of the Gijs... More
BU Awards Community Grants Supporting Youth Organizations in South End and Roxbury
Boston University today announced two grants of $2,500 to local community organizations offering programs and services that benefit youth in the South End and Roxbury. The two recipients are Boston City Lights and Mandela Resident Cooperative Association, Inc. (MRCA). These organizations work to make a difference in the lives of young people in Boston. Boston... More
NIH Concludes that BU Biolab Poses Minimal Risk to Community, Decision Comes After Thorough and Comprehensive Analysis
On Jan. 2, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a Supplemental Record of Decision on Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) affirming that the lab poses minimal risk to the surrounding community. The issuance of the Supplemental Record of Decision, published in the Federal Register, follows a thorough and comprehensive analysis by distinguished... More
Barbara Gilchrest Named 2012 Charter Fellow by National Academy of Inventors
Barbara Gilchrest, MD, professor and Chair Emeritus of the department of dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and dermatologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named a 2012 Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Gilchrest is among four faculty members at Boston University nominated to the NAI in 2012. This... More
BU Medical Campus Early Education Center Now Enrolling
Little Sprouts a child-care and early-education center on the ground floor of the Medical Student Residence at 815 Albany St., is now open. Toddler and preschool openings are available and priority will be given to BU Medical Campus employees and students, members of the BUMC Residency Programs, BU Charles River Campus employees and Boston Medical... More
GSDM Faculty Awarded Inaugural Seed Grants
The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) named three faculty members as winners of the inaugural Seed Funding Competition. GSDM’s Research Endowment Fund awarded the 2012 winners $15,000 each in grant funds to enhance research at the school. These grants are intended primarily to support new investigators but can also be used... More
BUSM, BMC Faculty Member Receives Award for Physician Excellence
Edward Bernstein, MD, vice chair of academic affairs and professor of emergency medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and an emergency medicine physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been named the recipient of the 2012 Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. Selected by a senior committee of BUSM and BMC physicians, the... More
GMS Classes Participate in Dec. 19 Emergency Management Drill, Bakst Auditorium
An emergency management exercise will be taking place in Bakst auditorium on Dec. 19, 1-6 p.m. Response activity may be visible from the areas adjacent to the Bakst including the Instructional building lobby, the hallway between the lobby and Bakst and rooms L109, L110, L111, L112. This drill is the final examination for two GMS... More
Study Identifies Improved Method for Assessing Endoscopists’ Skills
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have published a study identifying a better method for grading endoscopists, physicians who perform colonoscopies. Their findings were recently published online in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Through screening colonoscopies, endoscopists are able to identify and remove pre-cancerous adenomas, ultimately reducing the rate of... More
Peace Corps Director Honors BUSPH Master’s International Program
The Peace Corps has gone through myriad changes since its founding in 1961, adapting to issues of the times ranging from AIDS to education to new market economies. But one thing hasn't changed, according to Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet: "It is, without question, for most people, the best thing they ever did." Hessler-Radelet came to... More
Dec. 11 Emergency Drill Planned for NEIDL
On Dec. 11, BU will be conducting a discussion-based exercise at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). Researchers, facility staff, local health officials and first responders will be testing and reviewing the response to a variety of medical incident scenarios. This exercise is part of the NEIDL’s ongoing safety and training program. Participants... More
Dec. 12 Dermatology Lecture featuring Dr. Zhi Liu
Zhi Liu, PhD, Professor of Dermatology, Microbiology and Immunology, Director of Dermatology Laboratories, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, will be speaking on BP180/type XVII Collagen in Skin Autoimmunity and Tumorigenesis. For the past sixteen years, Dr. Liu has focused his research on understanding the immunopathogenesis of bullous pemphigoid using animal models developed... More
BUSM CME Program Reviewed as Superior
BUSM’s Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) has completed two accreditation reviews and one random audit as part of our external evaluation process with the following results: The Accrediting Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) - “Accreditation with Commendation.” The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) - “Accreditation with Distinction, the highest recognition awarded by the American... More
Nobel Laureate Jack W. Szostak Speaking on BUMC Dec. 18
Jack W. Szostak, PhD, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Howard Hughes Investigator, who together with colleagues was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their discovery of how telomeres protect chromosomes, will be speaking... More
Dec. 6 Fall 2012 Thematic Seminar Series Lecture: The Cytoskeleton in Health and Disease
The Fall 2012 Thematic Seminar Series, which focuses on the Cytoskeleton in Health and Disease, concludes on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. with a presentation on Guarding the genome: centromeres, aneuploidy and tumorigenesis. This lecture is being given by Don W. Cleveland, PhD, Departmental Chair of Cellular & Molecular Medicine Professor of Medicine, Neurosciences... More
BU-Led Research Maps the Route to Dementia: Largest-ever study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy
The youngest weren’t even old enough to drink legally—six high school football players who developed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) before dying. Their brains were among 68 cases in a new, largest-of-its kind study that describes for the first time four progressive stages of CTE. Published today in the journal Brain, the study... More