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Epigenetics in Lung Cancer: From the Bench to the Beside, Oct. 7 Seminar
Join the BUSM Pulmonary Center on Thursday, Oct. 7, as it hosts distinguished visitor, Vice President for Research and Director of the Lung Cancer/Population Sciences Programs at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center in Albuquerque Steven Belinsky, PhD. Dr. Belinsky will speak on “Epigenetics in Lung Cancer: From the Bench to the Bedside.”... More
Your Money or Your Life? Bicknell lecturer: health reform must focus on better, not just cheaper, care
The typical American nurse spends one-third of her day focused not on patient care but on documentation, such as taking computer data and printing it out, only to reenter it in another computer. Only 3 percent of physicians contact their patients by email, “which is smaller than the number of priests who email their parishioners,” according to Harvard economist David Cutler. Those were among the many medical inefficiencies Cutler cited Friday in the School of Public Health’s 11th annual Bicknell Lecture, Controlling Health Care Costs: Your Money or Your Life? More
Study Finds Language Barriers may Play Role in Health Care Disparities
Researchers from Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) and have found that individuals who do not speak English at home are less likely to receive colorectal cancer screenings (CRC) as compared to those who do speak English at home. The findings, which currently appear on-line in the Journal of... More
Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Pharmaceuticals Found in Wastewater
Pharmaceuticals are an emerging contaminant for aquatic ecosystems due to discharge of treated wastewater effluent. Using zebrafish as a model organism, Dr. Joanna Wilson has been testing the developmental, reproductive and transcriptional impacts of four common, environmentally relevant pharmaceuticals. Several of these pharmaceuticals are known to have reproductive side effects in humans. ... More
GSDM Student Saves Life on Transatlantic Flight
Mohammed Nadershah OMFS 11 was recently a passenger on a Lufthansa Boston to Frankfurt, Germany transatlantic flight when disaster struck. An announcement came through the cabin asking for any doctors on board to help with a medical emergency. Armed with the experience he had gained as a resident in the Boston University Henry M. Goldman... More
Oct. 1 Bicknell Lecture, "Controlling Health Care Costs: Your Money or Your Life?"
What will happen to the cost of health care under the Obama Administration's new national health care law? Hear leading experts discuss this topic and others regarding controlling health care costs as part of the 2010 William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health "Controlling Health Care Costs: Your Money or Your Life?" at Boston University School of Public Health. The event will be held on Friday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, on the first floor auditorium of 670 Albany St., on the Boston University Medical Campus. A continental breakfast will be available at 8:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. More
Establishment of Office of Post-doctoral Affairs (OPA)
This message was sent to all faculty, students and staff on BUMC on Friday, September 24, 2010 Today is National Post-Doc Appreciation day and I am delighted to announce that we are launching an office on the medical campus that will be focused on support of this critical constituency of Boston University. The Office of... More
David Sherr Wins BU Ignition Award to Advance Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment
David Sherr, PhD, a professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health, has been named a recipient of Boston University's highly sought-after Ignition Award, which he will use toward the development of a drug to prevent and treat breast cancer. Ignition Awards are presented to four BU researchers twice a year by the... More
Med Campus Band On Call Friday Night: Berklee musicians join in benefit for food pantry
There will be doctors in the house—as well as nurses and medical and public health students—for tonight’s eclectic program of jazz, blues, pop, and Latin music to benefit the Boston Medical Center Food Pantry . And if last year’s sold-out collaboration between the BU Medical Campus Band and Berklee College of Music... More
BU Poised to Impact Cancer Research: Cross-campus collaboration nets $2 million NIH nanomedicine grant
The National Cancer Institute’s Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer has tapped a multidisciplinary research team, comprising members of the Charles River and Medical Campuses, to launch a training center to help grow the next generation of nanomedicine researchers in cancer. The announcement comes with a five-year, $2 million grant. An offshoot of nanotechnology, nanomedicine is medical... More
Evans Center Research Retreat Day: Collaborative Research and Future Growth, Sept. 20
The Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research is holding "Retreat Day: Collaborative Research and Future Growth" on Monday, Sept. 20. Evans Center Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARC) Directors will present summaries of ARC research achievements and plans from this first year. ARCs include investigators from the medical campus and across campuses who share common interests... More
Sovereign Bank Gift to Support Global Health Practice Opportunities for BUSPH Students
Boston University has received a gift of $900,000 from Sovereign Bank, a part of Banco Santander, half of which will go to Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) to support international field practicum experiences for students. The gift of $450,000 to BUSPH over three years will be awarded to international health students with demonstrated financial... More
BUSM Lecture Honors Victim of 9/11 Tragedy
The ninth annual Sue Kim Hanson Lecture in Immunology will be held at noon on Friday, Sept. 17, in BUSM’s Keefer Auditorium. The annual lecture honors Sue Kim Hanson, MA, PhD ’02, a former researcher in BUSM’s Pulmonary Center. Hanson, her husband and their daughter were passengers on one of the airplanes that struck the... More
BMC to Hold Workplace Violence Drill Sept. 16
Please be advised that on Thursday, Sept. 16, Boston Medical Center will be conducting a workplace violence (Code Green) DRILL during the evening hours. The event will take place in and around the Moakley Building, 830 Harrison Ave. The drill will test the hospital’s response to workplace violence. In addition to BMC staff, it will involve... More
BUMC Band Jams with Berklee Musicians Sept. 17 to Benefit BMC Food Pantry
On Friday, Sept. 17, musicians from the Berklee College of Music, in the spirit of reciprocity, will play with the BUMC Band in a concert to benefit BMC's Food Pantry. The BUMC Band is a diverse ensemble composed of medical students, faculty and staff whose mission is to foster interpersonal relation at the medical center... More
BUSPH's Heiger-Bernays: Time to Revisit Food Safety Regulations
Since mid-August, more than half a billion eggs have been recalled after hundreds of people became sick with possible salmonella poisoning. It is the largest national outbreak associated with salmonella enteritidis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To prevent future outbreaks, the entire U.S. food safety regulation program needs to be revisited, says... More
Veterans Event Draws Student Volunteers With Ties to Armed Forces
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri led a team of volunteers at the Massachusetts Stand Down at Clifford Park on August 27 and 28. The two-day event, presented by the VA Boston Healthcare System in cooperation with Volunteers of... More
Your Brain on Yoga: Calmer, More Content, According to BUSM Study
Even the most mainstream psychiatrists might agree that yoga is like chicken soup—it can’t hurt. But researcher Chris Streeter has gone a step further toward validating yoga’s potential to help treat depression and anxiety. In a study recently released in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the BU School of Medicine assistant professor of... More
BUSPH Study Observes Link Between Decongestant Use in Pregnant Women and Lower Risk of Preterm Birth
A new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) epidemiologists has found that women who took over-the-counter decongestants during their pregnancies are less likely to give birth prematurely. Preterm birth -- deliveries at less than 37 weeks' gestation¬ -- is the leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality in developed countries, but its... More
Italian Youths Who Drink Wine at Family Meals Less Likely to Develop Harmful Adult Drinking Patterns, Study Finds
Italian youths whose parents allowed them to have alcohol with meals while they were growing up are less likely to develop harmful drinking patterns in the future, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher. In a paper published in the journal Addiction, Research and Theory, a research... More
$4 million NIH Grant Establishes Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Center at BUSPH
Although techniques to measure physical rehabilitation outcomes have been greatly improved in recent years, there is no gold standard to gauge the success of rehabilitation efforts for sick or injured patients. A grant awarded to the Health & Disability Research Institute (HDR Institute) at Boston University School of Public Health aims to address this problem by... More
3Is (Infection, Immunity, Inflammation) and Atherothrombosis: New Directions for Improving Patient Care, Sept. 7
Atherothrombosis is the main underlying cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is poised to become the number one cause of death globally. The Center for Anti-Inflamatory Theraputics at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) are jointly holding a conference on 3Is (Infection, Immunity, More
Time for a Change in US Health Care Delivery System
In a paper published in a special edition of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry released in June 2010, Professor and Chair of Health Policy & Health Services Research Dr. Raul Garcia discussed enhancements needed for oral health care services in order to eliminate oral health disparities. The article is titled, "Envisioning Success: the... More
Head Trauma Linked to ALS-Like Disease: researchers find neurological condition in former athletes
Over the past two years, BU researchers have linked head injuries in former athletes to depression and dementia, making headlines and leading to rule changes in the National Football League. Turns out that these problems may not be the only ones collision athletes like football players, boxers, and hockey players need to worry about. The... More
Oral contraceptive use associated with increased 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 use oral contraceptives have a greater likelihood of developing breast cancer than nonusers. The study results, recently published on-line in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, were based on data from the Black Women’s Health Study... More