News
GSDM Endodontics Welcomes New Residents and Honors Dr. Harold J. Levin
Herbert Schilder Professor in Endodontics and Director of the Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics Dr. George Huang hosted a reception to welcome the new and returning residents of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics on Friday, November 5, at The Castle. Dr. Huang addressed the crowd, thanking them... More
Nov. 17 Public Health Forum: Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program
Join Sherry Pagoto as she presents the talk "Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program in Clinical and Community Settings: Triumphs and Challenges" at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, November 17 at noon. The Diabetes Prevention Program was a major multicenter clinical research study completed in 2002 that found weight loss through dietary changes and increased... More
BUSM and BUSPH Researchers Collaborate to Receive Ellison Foundation Award
The collaborative Boston University Medical Campus research team of Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Jennifer Schlezinger, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Health, and Gerald Denis, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology successfully competed for one of several Ellison Foundation Awards that are made to investigators at Tufts, Harvard, and Boston University each... More
New BU Research Center (BUSM, BUSPH and Sargent) Seeks Innovative Therapies, Products to Halt the Crippling Advance of Arthritis
Julie Keysor is a swing-dancing 44-year-old who also likes to hike, bike, snowshoe, sail, and fish. None of which would seem remarkable were it not for the fact that Keysor has arthritis, diagnosed when she was just 25. That circumstance, and the fact that Keysor’s five-year-old daughter also suffers from a form of the disease, explains... 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
Learn About GMS Programs, Open House, Nov. 18
The Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, the branch of the school of medicine engaged in graduate education is hosting an open house and graduate fair to showcase 12 Masters degree programs. At this event prospective students will have an opportunity to meet program directors and other prospective students; find out admissions criteria, learn about... More
GSDM Research Highlighted in Nature Chemical Biology
Work from Associate Dean for Research Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska’s laboratory has unveiled a link between the canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway and protein N-glycosylation by showing that the first N-glycosylation gene, DPAGT1, is a target of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. Under conditions of Wnt activation, DPAGT1 transcription is upregulated though the binding of beta-catenin to Tcf... More
BU's Outreach Van Project's Mental Health Panel, Nov. 18
Are you interested in learning more about mental health issues in the homeless population? Boston University's Outreach Van Project is hosting its first event November 18, which will include a panel discussion on such topics as schizophrenia, agoraphobia, depression, bipolar disorder, and learning disabilities. The panel will include: Dr. Karen Henley, BMC psychiatrist, Dr. James Bonnard, More
GSDM's Dr. Elizabeth Krall Kaye Comments on Possible Dietary Treatment for Periodontal Disease
In a commentary published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association November 2010 Issue, Professor Dr. Elizabeth Krall Kaye weighs in on the findings of researchers from Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, which were also published in the same issue. The researchers found that n-3 fatty acid intake is inversely... More
BUSPH's Malcolm Bryant to Head APHA's International Health Section
In his 25-plus years as a public health physician, Malcolm Bryant has devoted much of his time to designing and implementing maternal and child health programs around the world. Now, he will be putting his expertise to use shaping global health programming and policy in a new way beginning this November. Bryant, MBBS, MPH, an associate... More
Koh Tells BU Colleagues: Health Reform Will Improve Prevention
Many Americans are focused on the insurance regulation aspects of healthcare reform -- who will be covered, for what, and when. Not the case for Howard Koh, a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) graduate and former faculty member of BUSPH and Boston University School of Medicine who is now assistant secretary for health in... More
MED’s First Student Residence, Groundbreaking on $40 million complex
Officials broke ground yesterday on the Medical Campus’ first student residence, an endeavor that will provide affordable housing for students who may face up to $170,000 in bills for their medical school education. “This facility will make the burden of a medical education a little bit lighter to carry,” said President Robert A. Brown as a warm, blustery wind whipped the tent where city officials, trustees, donors, administrators, and School of Medicine faculty and students had gathered. More
TB Risk Higher Among Health Care Workers in South Africa, New Study Finds
Health care workers in South Africa are at increased risk of acquiring drug-resistant tuberculosis -- a transmission pattern that should be addressed through policies that prioritize occupational risk reduction for health care workers, according to a new study co-authored by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher. The study by a team including BUSPH Epidemiology... More
GSDM Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Team Returns to Ukraine
Chair of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Dr. Pushkar Mehra led a carefully selected surgical team to Dnepropetrovysk, Ukraine in September 2010. During the eight-day trip, the team performed more than 50 consultations and surgeries on underserved children affected... More
Biochemistry-Medicine Joint Seminar Series: Molecular Mechanisms of Aging: Nov. 2, 16, and Dec. 9
The Department of Biochemistry and the Evans Center in the Department of Medicine are sponsoring their first joint, thematic seminar series. The purpose of the series is to highlight a cutting edge topic in biology with disease relevance. The theme for the fall series is “Molecular Mechanisms of Aging”. Tuesday, November 2, ... More
CSI: BU Offers Nation’s Only Master’s in Forensic Anthropology
The forensics lab is Hollywood-perfect: cramped, fluorescent-lit, skeletal remains splayed on five tables under a ceiling that’s cracked and discolored in spots. At one table, students Danielle Trull-Donahue and David Agoada pore over a heartbreaking cache—the tiny bones of a child—trying to decipher all they can about the human being that these remains once were. Welcome... More
GSDM's Dr. Erdjan Salih Uncovers Missing Link
The Journal of Biological Chemistry recently published an article titled, "The Isolation and Characterization of Glycosylated Phosphoproteins From Herring Fish Bones," written by Associate Professor Dr. Erdjan Salih and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston, Drs. Hi-Yan Zhou and Melvin Glimcher. The article is based on a research discovery made by the... More
Oct. 29 Pike Conference to Examine Care and Advocacy for America's Veterans, Sponsored by BU Schools of Law and Public Health
One in four veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from an illness caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, according to a BUSPH-based research panel. Almost two decades after the war ended, however, no effective treatments have been found. This year's Pike Conference will explore the post-Gulf War experience of veterans seeking medical help, the problems encountered and concrete advocacy steps that can be taken to improve the quality of care. More
BUSM to Break Ground on New Student Residence, Oct. 28
Members of Boston University’s (BU) administration along with elected officials from the Boston community will celebrate the groundbreaking for the long-awaited construction of a student residence on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. at 815 Albany Street on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). The nine-story, $40 million structure is designed by Beacon Architectural Associates with... More
Vegetable Consumption Associated with Decreased Risk of Estrogen Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer in African American Women
Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who consume more vegetables are less likely to develop estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer than women with low vegetable intake. The study results, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, were based on data from the Black... More
Notch Signaling in Leukemia, Oct. 13 Seminar
Join the BUSM Pulmonary Center on Wednesday, Oct. 13, as it hosts distinguished visitor, Dr. Jon C. Aster, MD, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology of Harvard Medical School’s Brigham & Women's Hospital. Dr. Aster will speak on the biology of Notch, specifically “Notch Signaling in Leukemia.” This seminar will be... More
Oct. 13 BUSPH Public Health Forum: Roadmap to Health Care Reform
Join Stacy Kern-Scheerer, JD, MPH, assistant counsel with the U.S. Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel, as she presents the talk "Roadmap to Reform: The Legislative Process Behind Federal Health Reform" at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, October 13 at noon. The U.S. Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel is the nonpartisan office of... More
National Depression Screening Day, Oct. 7, Free Anonymous Screenings
Mental health experts from BU Behavioral Medicine will be on the medical campus to provide depression screenings at BU School of Public Health, Talbot 106 E on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2- 6 p.m. The screening is simple and free, and can help identify if you might be experiencing symptoms of depression, other mood problems, More
GSDM Faculty Discusses Methodological Issues in Research at International Symposium
Research Associate Professor Dr. Sok-Ja Janket was invited as a special lecturer to the Seoul National University Symposium in early September. The Symposium was a forum to determine the curriculum of epidemiologic education in dental/public health graduate schools. Her lecture was the keynote speech and was titled, "Methodological Issues in Oral and Systemic Health Research.” Her... More
BUSM’s Sege Finds Unemployment Linked with Child Maltreatment
The stresses of poverty have long been associated with child abuse and neglect. In a study presented Sunday, Oct. 3, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco, researchers directly linked an increased unemployment rate to child maltreatment one year later. “When times are bad, children suffer,” said study author... More