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2012 Perkins Award Winners Reception, May 1
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May 3 CSTI Lecture: Commercialization of Academic Discoveries and Enabling Patients to Benefit from Your Hard Work
As part of the Meet the CTSI monthly lecture series, the Medical Campus research community is invited to join Michael Pratt, Harald Steltzer and April Effort to learn about “Commercialization of Academic Discoveries and Enabling Patients to Benefit from Your Hard Work.” Each month the CTSI will introduce one or more of its faculty, clinicians, staff... More
Bicknell to Offer 'Lessons from a Life in Public Health' in Lecture
William J. Bicknell has brought his public health expertise to 62 countries and has the distinction of founding BUSPH's high-profile Department of International Health -- but ask him what drives his commitment to international health and he offers the simplest of explanations: "Because it's not nice for people to hurt. And most people can hurt less,"... More
GSDM's Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Hosts the 4th Donald F. Booth Education Day & “Return to Residency” Program
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery hosted the fourth Donald F. Booth Education Day & “Return to Residency” Program on April 11. The event featured two sessions, the first on Maxillofacial Surgery, and the second on Emerging Technologies and Modern Implantology. Three world-renowned speakers presented their work on a variety of topics related to the title of each... More
Perkins Award Winners Announced, Yearly Nod to Distinguished Staff Service
It’s a lot of work to keep and update the academic records of hundreds of medical students. Or to manage biochemistry research laboratories (especially when they’re under major renovation). Or to juggle a marketing campaign, a new software installation, and summer term administration. Three staffers have received one of the annual John S. Perkins Distinguished... More
Winners of GSDM’s 2012 Science Day Honored
The winners of GSDM’s 2012 Science Day were celebrated at a luncheon on April 10. Students who took first place in the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and post-doctoral fellow poster and oral presentation categories, and the winner of the ADA/Dentsply Award, were all presented with awards. Their posters decorated the perimeter of the Hiebert Lounge and attendees... More
BUSM’s Sean Palfrey, MD, FAAP, Named First Massachusetts CDC Childhood Immunization Champion
Sean Palfrey, MD, FAAP, professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at BUSM and BUSPH, and Director of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MCAAP) Immunization initiative has been named the first Massachusetts recipient of the 2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Childhood Immunization Champion Award. Established this year by the... More
“My First Year at JAMA”, Editor-in-Chief Howard Bauchner, MD, Returns to BUMC as Alpert Lecturer
Save the date, May 17! Join Howard C. Bauchner, MD, Editor-in-Chief of JAMA and Scientific Publications and Multimedia Applications as he speaks on “My First Year at JAMA.” Dr. Bauchner was named Editor-in Chief on July 1, 2011, after serving as a faculty member of pediatrics and community health sciences on the Medical Campus for 25 years. He also served as the vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at BMC/BUSM and assistant dean, alumni affairs and continuing medical education at BUSM. More
Boston University 2012-13 Keyword Initiative, RESILIENCE
Beginning in September, BU students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in a year of creative discussion and action on the theme of RESILIENCE as part of the College of Fine Arts Keyword Initiative. Each year a new keyword is selected and this is the second year of the project. Resilience is elasticity, buoyancy, More
BU Interdisciplinary Student Team Places in Emory Global Health Competition, also Wins Audience Choice Award
Boston University was well represented at the Emory Global Health Case Competition on March 31. The team of six included a medical student, an MD/MBA student, three MBA/MPH students and a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, placed second out of a roster of 23. This was the first year that BU has participated. The... More
BU Takes On Cancer: Finding Lung Tumors Sooner, Genes and Proteins May Be Early Warning System
Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, it will kill about 160,000 people in 2012, more than the next four cancers combined. Avrum Spira wants to lower these numbers by diagnosing it earlier and preventing its development. For the last decade, Spira, a School of Medicine professor... More
BU Dentists Rock Out to Benefit BMC Food Pantry, BUMC Band Makes Guest Appearance
Join The Mental Blocks, a band composed of Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine faculty and students on Saturday, April 28, at a concert to benefit the Boston Medicine Center (BMC) Food Pantry and Demonstration Kitchen. BMC is the only hospital in Boston with a Food Demonstration Kitchen, which promotes nutrition and healthy eating. The... More
GSDM’s Pushkar Mehra Inducted Into Prestigious Society
Chair of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs Dr. Pushkar Mehra was inducted as an active member of the American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons (ASTMJS) at the 2012 annual meeting, held in Naples, Florida in March. Membership in this highly selective organization is by invite-only and is restricted to only... More
Researchers Derive Purified Lung and Thyroid Progenitors from Embryonic Stem Cells
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have derived a population of pure lung and thyroid progenitor cells in vitro that successfully mimic the developmental milestones of lung and thyroid tissue formation. The research, which will be published in the April 6 edition of the journal Cell Stem Cell, More
April 10 Spring Thematic Seminar Series, Last Lecture “Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease"
The last of the 2012 Spring Thematic Seminar Series lectures “Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease” will be held on Tuesday, April 10. Featured speaker, Richard J. Youle, PhD, Senior Investigator, Chief, Biochemistry Section, NIH, NINDS in Bethesda, Md., will be speaking on “Mitochondrial Quality Control and Parkinson’s Disease”. Dr. Youle’s... More
CTSI Translational Research Symposium April 26
The Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is holding the Third Annual Translational Research Symposium on Thursday, April 26, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will be held at the Boston University Metcalf Trustees Center, located inside the John and Kathryn Silber Administrative Center, One Silber Way, 9th Floor on the Charles River Campus. More
BUSM Researchers Uncover Liver’s Role in Preventing Dissemination of Lung Infection
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered the regulation and functional significance of the acute phase response during a lung infection. The findings, which will be published in the May edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrate that the liver responds in order to increase defenses in the blood that prevent... More
TranSComm Members Recognized for Outstanding Effort
Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) received an Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) award from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT). The Pinnacle Award, the highest level of recognition given, was awarded to TranSComm by Richard A Davey, Secretary and CEO of Massachusetts DOT. The award recognizes Massachusetts... More
Spring 2012 Thematic Seminar Series, April 3, Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease
Please join The Department of Biochemistry and The Evans Center on Tuesday, April 3, at 3 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium for second part of the Spring 2012 Thematic Seminar Series Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease. More
April 1 Spring Carnival Sponsored by BUDS Seeks Volunteers
A special spring carnival is taking place on April 1 in Hiebert Lounge for all area individuals with developmental disabilities. Co-sponsored by the Boston University Down Syndrome (BUDS) program and the Boston University Developmental Disability (BUDDs) awareness group, with the support from the BUSM Alumni Association, the carnival will feature games, crafts, prizes, snacks, and... More
GSDM Students Bond During Mexican Mission Trip
Four fourth-year DMD students who didn’t know each other very well boarded a plane together in early March headed to Mexico, and returned a week later as the best of friends. The students: John Keyes, Kimberley Ung, Vera Chernomordik, and Oshin Anjirghooli joined team leader Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Frank Schiano and GSDM alum Ismael... More
Spring 2012 Thematic Seminar Series, Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease, March 27
Join David G. Nicholls, PhD, Professor of Mitochondrial Physiology, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, Calif., and Visiting Professor, University of Lund, Sweden as he speaks on “The bioenergetics of mitochondria in the cell.” This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and The Evans Center. It is the first part of the Spring 2012 Thematic Seminar Series, Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease and will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 3 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium. More
Learn About Emerging Topics in BU VA Collaborations, March 30
Join your colleagues for a faculty development opportunity exploring “Emerging Topics in BU/VA Collaborations” on March 30. The goal of this workshop is to provide a continuous means of fostering collaborations among BU/VA faculty and to keep investigators up-to-date about the complex issues that arise between affiliated institutions. A variety of panelists from the Medical Campus and the VA will give thumbnail viewpoints with ample opportunity for Q&A. Panel moderators will summarize action points for future discussions. More
BUSM Class of 2012 has a 97 Percent Match Rate, Surpasses National Rate
Surpassing this year’s National Residency Matching Program rate of 95 percent, the highest in 30 years, members of the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Class of 2012 had a 97 percent match rate. “These are the best results in a decade at BUSM and the Class of 2012 was accepted at many of the... More
GSDM Students Extend Lobbying Effort North to Maine
Marc Horton DMD 14, David Haluska DMD 12, and Erik Harriman DMD 14 traveled to Augusta, Maine on February 7, to participate in a lobbying event sponsored by the Maine Dental Association (MDA). The students met with officials from the MDA in the afternoon and in the evening they joined member dentists at the MDA’s... More