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On the Road to Residency, the Class of 2011 Match Across the Country
With a countdown from Dean Antman to the stroke of noon, members of the BUSM class of 2011 excitedly stepped forward to receive their Match Day letters from faculty and administrators. With 161 BUSM students in the match this year, 33 of them will be staying on campus for residency at Boston Medical Center, others are heading across the country from New England to California and Canada. Forty-five percent of the class is pursuing internal medicine, pediatrics and family medicine. More
Less Weight Gain Found Among African American Women in Dense Urban Areas Than in Auto-Oriented Sprawling Areas
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) Slone Epidemiology Center have found that African-American women who live in more densely populated urban areas gain less weight than those in more sprawling auto-oriented areas. The results, which appear in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, were based on data collected in... More
What Kids Drink: Teens' Alcohol Preferences
Nearly half of underage drinkers prefer liquor to beer and are more likely to binge drink, drink and drive, and engage in risky sexual behaviors, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher. "We know a lot about the consumption of alcohol beverages among youth in terms of the... More
GSDM Volunteers Fight Cavities in Teacapan
For three weeks in a row each year the children of Teacapan—a small fishing village in Mexico—receive dental care from Project Stretch volunteers. The other 49 weeks of the year dental care is largely unavailable to them. GSDM volunteers, under the leadership of Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Kathy Held, have participated in a week-long... More
BUSM’s Jackson Appointed to HHS Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine and Director of the Primary Care Training Program at BUSM Angela Jackson, MD was appointed by the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, to the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry. The committee advises and makes recommendations to the... More
BUMC Research Symposium touts interdisciplinary research and collaboration
The inaugural Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) research symposium, held on March 10, brought together researchers from multiple disciplines to discuss traumatic brain injury (TBI) as it relates to sports and combat deployment. Medical Campus Provost Karen Antman, MD, delivered opening remarks that highlighted the collaborative efforts behind the creation of the symposia. “These symposia were established... More
Learn about Common Statistical Issues in Medical Research March 17
Join Howard Cabral, PhD, MPH, co-director, Biostatistics Graduate Program, and director, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Core, CTSI, as he speaks about Common Statistical Issues in Medical Research. This one hour lecture is sponsored by the BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). Successful biomedical and public health studies require careful planning and conduct. Study... More
American Medical Association Names New JAMA Editor-In-Chief: Howard C. Bauchner, MD, to Become 16th Editor in Journal’s 127-Year History
Howard C. Bauchner, M.D., from Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, will become the next JAMA Editor-in-Chief on July 1, 2011, according to Michael D. Maves, M.D., the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Association. Dr. Bauchner will be the 16th editor in the journal’s 127-year history. More
BUMC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) Established
*Update* Read about the new Office of Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs Visit the website The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA), recently established on the Boston University Medical Campus, is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of postdocs and focuses on supporting them. The Office is housed within the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS). Postdoctoral fellows... More
BUSM Summer Research Program Serchuck Award Winners
The BUSM Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) offers first-year Boston University medical students scholarships to complete eight-week research projects with a BUMC faculty member. This past summer 23 students participated in the program. These participants showcased their research results at the annual medical student summer research symposium on Feb. 10, 2011 in Hiebert Lounge. As... More
Novel Mechanism for Control of Gene Expression Revealed
GSDM Professor Dr. David Levin discovered recently a novel, evolutionarily conserved mechanism for the regulation of gene expression. The study describing this work titled, “Mpk1 MAPK Association with the Paf1 Complex Blocks Sen1-Mediated Premature Transcription Termination,” appears in the March 4 issue of Cell. Normal cell growth, embryonic development, and responses to stress, require... More
March 9 Public Health Forum: A Revolution in the Environmental Health Sciences Brings Challenges and Opportunities
Join John Peterson Myers, PhD, as he presents the talk "Bad News and Good News: A Revolution in the Environmental Health Sciences Brings Challenges and Opportunities" at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, March 9 at noon in BUSM Instructional Building, room L-112. Myers is the founder and CEO of Environmental Health Sciences, a Virginia-based... More
Diet and Exercise Restore Immune Function in Obesity
Boston University scientists say that moderate daily exercise and dietary control might reverse immune dysfunctions found in people with obesity. Overeating and a sedentary lifestyle are well-known risk factors for obesity, which is linked to hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, gum disease, certain cancers, and asthma. Research has suggested that a change in immune function is a predecessor... More
March 3: Health Law Scholar and Patients' Rights Activist Lori Andrews to Address Patient Safety
Lori Andrews, path-breaking bioethicist, legal activist, scholar, and author, will present the first annual Cathy Shine Lecture, Thursday, March 3, at Boston University School of Public Health. The lecture will be held at noon in Room L-110 of the Boston University School of Medicine Instructional Building on the Boston University Medical Campus, 72 East Concord St. More
BUSM Professor Co-authors First Book on Deaf Ethnicity
In the first book to examine the 300-year ancestry of deaf people in America, Richard C. Pillard, MD, a professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and his co-authors argue that deaf people who use sign language to communicate are members of an ethnic group. The book, “The People of the... More
BUSPH Study Finds Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People at Increased Risk for Sexual Assault
A new study led by researchers at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has found that across 75 different research reports, lesbian and bisexual women may be up to three times as likely as heterosexual women to report having been sexually assaulted in their lifetime, and that gay men appear to be approximately 15... More
GSDM Students Push Boundaries of Dentistry and Adventure in Guatemala
All three said they’d go back in a heartbeat. “I’ve wanted to do something like this ever since I was in undergrad,” said Ty Eriks DMD 11. “The experience was definitely life changing.” Eriks, along with Alex Vasserman DMD 11 and Tadeu Szpoganicz DMD 11 traveled to Poptun, Guatemala, January 6 to January 17, with Liga... More
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