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Search Committee Formed for GSDM Chair of Periodontology & Oral Biology
“I am pleased to announce the formation of a Dean’s Advisory Search Committee for the position of GSDM Chair of the Department of Periodontology & Oral Biology,” said Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter. Professor and Chair of Health Policy & Health Services Research Dr. Raul Garcia will serve as the Chair of the Search Committee. The following... More
Simple Interventions Drastically Reduce Newborn Deaths in Africa, BUSPH Study Finds
Training community birth attendants in rural Zambia in a simple newborn resuscitation protocol reduced neonatal deaths by nearly 50 percent -- a finding that shows high potential to save lives in similar remote settings, a team of Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) international health researchers is reporting. Findings published Feb. 3 in the BMJ... More
CReM Seminar: Regulation of Stem Cell Fate, Feb. 15
Join the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) on Tuesday, February 15 as it hosts Dr. Helen M. Blau, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmocology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Blau is also Director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology in the... More
From Childhood Trauma, Adult Tumors: Groundbreaking MED study links child abuse and fibroid tumors
Among children who have known the trauma of child abuse, the list of potential side effects is long: bad dreams and bed-wetting. Stuttering and substance abuse. Anxiety, aggression, withdrawal, and chronic difficulties in school. But a new study by the Boston University School of Medicine suggests that child physical and sexual abuse can also have implications for the health and biological function of abuse victims far into adulthood. The groundbreaking study, which followed more than 60,000 women over 16 years, found that those who were abused as girls were more likely to develop uterine fibroids decades later as adults. More
JBC Highlights Work of GSDM Trackman Lab
Dr. Philip Trackman has demonstrated, for the first time, that lysyl oxidase-like-2 is critical for normal cartilage formation. The lysyl oxidase family is made up of five members, or isoforms: lysyl oxidase (LOX) and lysyl oxidase-like 1 – 4. All five isoforms share similarities that are expressed in lysyl oxidase or lysyl oxidase-like enzyme activity. It... More
Jan. 28, DoM Special Seminar: Breaking Big Toys – Virtualization and Storage for Demanding Research & Academic Environments
Basic and clinical research has seen an explosion of data-hungry technology. From whole genome sequencing, to microarrays, to clinical data capture we are challenged with find places to store and process all of the data generated by modern laboratories. Join Matt Cowger, a leading international expert on storage virtualization, as he presents a seminar to address... More
Feb. 9 Public Health Forum: The Public's Love/Hate Relationship With Epidemiology
Join David Savitz, PhD, as he presents the talk "The Public's Love/Hate Relationship With Epidemiology: The Burden of Being Relevant" at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at noon in L-112. Savitz's talk will cover how epidemiologic research, particularly studies addressing environmental health concerns, is of interest to the public because it provides... More
Excavation for the Foundation Begins at Student Residence
Work continues on the construction of the student residence at 815 Albany Street on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). The most recent work involves an excavator digging a hole for the foundation. This picture was taken on Jan. 18, 2011. The second picture taken Jan. 4, 2011, shows trenches being dug in preparation for the foundation... More
As Four Loko Furor Wanes, Jell-O Shots Still Substantial Part of Underage Drinking, Study Finds
Alcoholic gelatin shots still represent a "substantial proportion" of how underage drinkers obtain alcohol, with one in five study participants reporting having one shot in the last 30 days, says a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health researchers. The pilot study, published online in the journal Substance Use and Misuse, is the... More
Klein Recognized by BMC, Establishes Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) professor of pediatrics Jerome Klein, MD has been recognized by Boston Medical Center with the establishment of The Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. The award was presented by Ravin Davidoff, MD, BMC’s Chief Medical Officer to Dr. Klein in its inaugural year to commemorate this milestone and... More
BUVSDA Spreads Holiday Cheer at YMCA
Members of the Boston University chapter of the Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA), lead by chapter president Arnold Nguyen DMD 12 and CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri volunteered at the Annual Holiday Party at the Wang YMCA in Chinatown on Sunday, December 12. Volunteers set up two tables with oral health activities for the... More
Howland Named to Federal Panel on Falls Prevention
Jonathan Howland, a professor of community health sciences at BUSPH and director of public health and injury prevention research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Boston Medical Center, has been appointed to the CDC's expert panel on Falls Prevention.jo The panel's mission is to work with the Centers for Disease Control and other federal agencies... More
One Brady on the Field, One in the Field: QB's Sister, Studying at BUSPH, Brings Help to Uganda
While Boston was fixated on the status of her brother's injured knee during the 2008-09 football season, Nancy Brady quietly slipped off to Kampala, Uganda, for a six-month fellowship that would bring her into contact with doctors, nurses and villagers battling global diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Never one to seek out the limelight, More
GSDM's Henshaw Named 2011 Recipient of the William J. Gies Award for Innovation
The ADEAGies Foundation recently announced it will honor Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Professor & Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships and Extramural Affairs Dr. Michelle Henshaw with the 2011 William J. Gies Award for Innovation in the Dental Educator category. "Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Henshaw for being selected for this prestigious... More
Preliminary Study Suggests Frequent Cycling May Affect Male Fertility
Bicycling for five or more hours a week is associated with low sperm count and poor sperm motility among men, according to a study led by a researcher from the Boston University School of Public Health and BU's Slone Epidemiology Center. The study, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, surveyed 2,200 men attending fertility... More
BUSM's Holick Receives American Association for Clinical Chemistry’s Van Slyke Award
BUSM Professor Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, is the recipient of the 2010 Van Slyke Award from the American Academy for Clinical Chemistry New York Metro Section. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the science of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine. Holick, an internationally renowned expert in vitamin D and skin research, was chosen to... More
Dating Violence Among Young People
Adolescents who hit or punch a sibling or peer are more likely to do the same to a dating partner than nonviolent teens. This is the disturbing finding of a new study led by researchers at the BU School of Public Health. The study, published in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and released online yesterday, is the first to directly link sibling, peer, and dating physical violence in a representative sample of high school students, according to lead author Emily Rothman, an SPH associate professor of community health sciences. More
GSDM’s Trackman Shares Labs' Expertise on CCN Family of Genes and Proteins
Professor Dr. Philip Trackman recently spoke at the Sixth International Workshop on the CCN Family of Genes, hosted by the International CCN Society (ICCNS) from October 20 - 24, in Newcastle, N. Ireland. He spoke about mechanisms of the tissue specificity of human gingival overgrowth with a presentation titled, “GSK-3beta: A Novel Tissue-Specific Regulator of CCN2... More
Genes Link Puberty Timing and Body Fat in Women
Scientists have discovered 30 new genes that control the age of sexual maturation in women. Notably, many of these genes also act on body weight regulation or biological pathways related to fat metabolism. The study, which appears in Nature Genetics, was a collaborative effort by the international ReproGen consortium, which included 175 scientists from 104... More
BUSM Researchers Show an Oncolytic Virus Switches Off Cancer Cell Survival Signa
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a mechanism by which specific viruses acting as oncolytic agents can enter and kill cancer cells. This finding, which is currently featured in an online edition of the Journal of Virology, could help lead to the development of more targeted treatments against many types of... More
CReM Lecture: Targeted Genome Modification Using Engineered Zinc Finger Nucleases, Dec. 7
Join the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) on Tuesday, Dec. 7 as it hosts Dr. J. Keith Joung, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Pathology for Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Joung also serves as the Director of the Molecular Pathology Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Joung’s... More
Symposium Honoring Jerry Brody , Wednesday, Dec. 1
The Pulmonary Center is proud to present an “Airway Development and Disease Symposium” honoring Jerome S. Brody, MD, for his 23 years of leadership as Pulmonary Center Director, in Bakst Auditorium (L101) on Wednesday morning, Dec. 1, beginning at 9 a.m. Three distinguished visitors with concentrations in stem cells and development, genomics and cancer, and... More
Dec. 8 Public Health Forum: Defining the Alzheimer's Disease Phenotype
Join Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD, as she presents the talk "Defining the Alzheimer's Disease Phenotype" at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at noon in L-112. Blacker is the director of the Gerontology Research Unit at MGH and is an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Her primary work... More
GSDM Outreach Focuses on Local Adult Learners
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri and a team of student volunteers provided outreach to adult learners at the Notre Dame Educational Center (NDEC) in South Boston on November 16. The outreach efforts involved health promotion, education, screenings, and referrals. More
Researcher Wins Award to Fight Breast Cancer, David Sherr’s Ignition Award for pioneering drug work
For cancer researcher David Sherr, the fight against the disease isn’t just professional. It’s personal. Sherr’s wife died from multiple myeloma a dozen years ago. Now the School of Public Health environmental health professor, Sherr, who is also a professor of pathology and laboratory science at BU School of Medicine, has received a BU Ignition Award to seek a breakthrough in treating and preventing breast cancer, one of his fields of research. More