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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
Before Using Drugs to Prevent Heart Disease, Try Better Oral Health
In a Boston University/University of Helsinki collaboration, the oral enzyme salivary lysozyme (SLZ) was proven a stronger marker of metabolic syndrome in people with heart disease than C-reactive protein (CRP), which doctors currently look at before prescribing preventive heart disease drugs. Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for heart disease. “This indirectly suggests that improving oral... More
Tackling Child Marriage Will Take Education, Enforcement
"Cultural traditions are hard to change. We have to work within existing community structures and bring recognition to communities about how child marriage compromises opportunities and health for women and their children." So says Anita Raj, professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, in an article in the August 4 issue... More
GSDM’s Kantarci Presents New Method for Accelerating Tooth Movement
Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Associate Professor Dr. Alpdogan Kantarci traveled to Barcelona, Spain in mid-July to attend the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) General Session. At the meeting he co-chaired a session titled, "Biology of Tooth Movement," and also gave an oral presentation titled, "Photobiomodulation-induced Orthodontic Tooth Movement." The oral presentation was based... More
Study Finds Acute Stress Reaction Linked to Higher Risk of Suicide
People diagnosed with acute stress reaction are more likely to complete suicide than the general population, according to a new study led by researchers affiliated with the Boston University School of Public Health. "Clinicians and public health professionals should be aware of the importance of screening for suicidality among people immediately following a traumatic or stressful... More
Director of Multimodal Whole Animal Imaging Core Appointed at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Ronald Killiany, PhD, the director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CBI) at Boston University Medical Campus has been appointed director of the Multimodal Whole Animal Imaging Core at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University (NEIDL). Killiany also serves as associate professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Boston... More
Researchers Investigate Differences in Quality of Primary Care Delivered by US Resident and Staff Physicians
Research on the quality of US resident physician performance levels has often been limited by lack of a comparison group or strict focus on specific diseases and geographical areas. In order to gain insight on differences in quality of care provided by resident physicians and staff physicians, Boston Medical Center (BMC) researchers investigated performance... More
Cheese! Second Year Dental Medicine Students Enjoy End of Year Pizza Party
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) DMD students enjoyed a pizza luncheon on the last day of their second year. This annual event, sponsored by the Alumni Association, was held immediately following the students' last exam, Oral Biology II. The party also celebrated the students' entrance into third year where they... More
Campus Researchers Provide Update in Pain Medicine
More than 75 million Americans suffer with chronic pain. Pain accounts for 20 percent of all outpatient visits, over $100 billion dollars per year in direct and indirect costs while analgesics account for 12 percent of all prescriptions. In an effort to provide generalist physicians with the most current literature and data on chronic pain management... More