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Nobel Prize Winner Shimomura to Speak on BUMC, Nov. 17
Osamu Shimomura, PhD, BUSM Professor Emeritus and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry will address the BU Medical Campus community on November 17, 2009. He will speak on "Discovery of Green Fluorescent Protein, GFP: My Nobel Prize Lecture." More
Revamped Alumni Weekend Unites Boston University Medical Campus
Boston University Alumni Weekend '09 was held Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25 and featured events for alumni from every school. This year, for the first time, combined events were held for all three schools on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC). The William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health kicked things off on Friday... More
Lab Worker Infected with Bacteria Now Recovering — School of Medicine and Boston Public Health Commission examine lab, review policies
A researcher at the BU School of Medicine became ill last weekend after being infected with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, which he had been studying in a BioSafety Level 2 laboratory. MED spokespeople say the researcher, whose identity has not been disclosed, does not have meningitis, but is infected with a bacterium that can cause the disease. Thomas Moore, Medical Campus associate provost for clinical research, says the researcher is responding well to antibiotics and is expected to make a full recovery. Click here to see the BU Today story by Art Jahnke More
Web-Based Nutrition Program Reduces Healthcare Costs for Employees with Cardiac Risk Factors
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have shown that an employer-sponsored, internet-based diet and exercise program shows promise as a low-cost benefit to lower healthcare costs for those at higher risk for above-average costs and healthcare utilization such as cardiac, hyperlipidemia, hypertension or diabetes patients. More
BUSM Center Finds Degenerative Brain Disease in NFL Player
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a recently deceased member of the NFL Hall of Fame suffered from the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) when he died, becoming the 10th former NFL player diagnosed with the disease. More
CityLab Awarded Grant from NIH-National Center for Research Resources
BUSM's CityLab program has received a five year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). With this award, BUSM's CityLab program will expand its curriculum supplements with hands-on laboratory experiments and computer-generated simulations designed to impart an understanding and appreciation of the basic elements of clinical research... More
GSDM Celebrates 150 Years of ADA with Annual Session in Hawaii
Members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to celebrate 150 years of the American Dental Association (ADA) at the 2009 Annual Session. The Session was held from October 1 to 4 and had approximately 24,644 registrants. "The Session was fantastic," said attendee Clinical Associate Professor... More
CSTE Diagnoses First Non-Pro College Football Player with CTE
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a deceased former college football player who died at age 42 was already suffering from the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This is the first time an advanced case of CTE has been discovered in a college football player that did not play professionally. More
BUMC Faculty & Students Invited to Alumni Weekend Events
The medical campus is pleased to host events in conjunction with the all-University Alumni Weekend. Current students and faculty in the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine and Public Health are invited to attend the following events free of charge during alumni weekend. Friday, October 23 WILLIAM J. BICKNELL LECTURESHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH "Is There Such a... More
Learn How to Conduct Flow Cytometry Experiments, Oct. 21 Seminar
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and others on the BUMC are invited to attend a free introductory seminar on conducting flow cytometry experiments. The BUMC Flow Cytometry Core Facility seminar will cover available instruments and services, and provide some training in basic techniques. "We recognize that all advanced technologies are intimidating to the novice. An important... More
Oct. 23 William J. Bicknell Lectureship in Public Health: Is There Such a Thing as a Safe(r) Cigarette?
In June, President Obama signed a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products. The law does not allow the FDA to ban nicotine or tobacco outright, but allows the agency to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products as well as to ban candy flavorings and to... More
GSDM Molecular & Cell Biology Faculty Members Awarded NIH Supplements
Three faculty members of GSDM Department of Molecular & Cell Biology received supplements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) NIH awarded supplements to current grants in order to accelerate the tempo of ongoing science. The faculty members, Professor and Director of the Predoctoral... More
BUSM Vitamin D Expert Receives Award from North American Menopause Society
Michael Holick, PhD, MD, director of the Bone Healthcare Clinic and the Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University School of Medicine BUSM recently received the 2009 NAMS/Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.Vitamin D Research Award from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). Holick was presented with the award during NAMS' 20th annual meeting in... More
BUMC Students Invited to Alumni Weekend Events
The medical campus is pleased to host events in conjunction with the all-University Alumni Weekend. Current students in the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine and Public Health are invited to attend the following events free of charge during alumni weekend. Friday, October 23 WILLIAM J. BICKNELL LECTURESHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH "Is There Such a Thing as... More
Oct. 14 Public Health Forum: A Primer on Swine Flu
This past spring, the A(H1N1) influenza virus, also known as swine flu, emerged in Mexico and quickly spread worldwide so that by June 11, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan announced that the outbreak had officially reached global pandemic levels. On Wednesday, October 14, join BU School of Public Health faculty members David Hamer, David Ozonoff and Jean... More
NewsDay (NY) Op-Ed by George Annas, JD, MPH
Op-Ed by BUSPH Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights Professor appeared in NewsDay.com on October 3 OPINION: Don't force medical pros to get H1N1 vaccine The New York State Health Commissioner's new mandate that all health care workers be vaccinated against both the seasonal and the swine flu this fall could qualify as the major public health... More
BUVSDA Reaches Out to Local Poor and Homeless Women
The Boston University chapter of the Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA) and dental hygiene students from The Forsyth Institute, in cooperation with Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP), participated in the annual Rosie's Place Wellness Fair on September 30. The fair was sponsored by Regis College... More
BUSM Researchers Identify Malaria Infection Control Methods for Hospitals in India
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified deficiencies in the use of methods to prevent malaria in pregnant women in antenatal clinics and hospital delivery units in the state of Jharkhand, India. The BUSM study appears online in the Malaria Journal. Of the 2,386 pregnant women studied at the antenatal clinics over a... More
BUSM's Black Women's Health Study Receives $9.1M Award to Continue Research
The Black Women's Health Study (BWHS) of the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) has received a five-year continuation of grant funding award from the National Cancer Institute. The $9.1M award will cover years 16-20 of the largest follow-up study of the health of African-American women. More
BUSM's Framingham Heart Study Receives $1M Challenge Grant
Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) Framingham Heart Study (FHS) has received a two-year $1M challenge grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. According to FHS investigator Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, a professor of medicine at BUSM and professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, the challenge grant will be used... More
BUSPH Faculty Receives Prestigious Peter Paul Professorship
Catharine Wang, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health department of community health sciences, has been awarded a 2009 Peter Paul Career Development Professorship by Boston University that she will use to pursue research related to translating genomic discoveries into programs that will improve human health. More
Seasonal Flu Vaccines for Students, Faculty and Staff
Boston Medical Center is offering the seasonal influenza vaccine to employees, students, licensed independent practitioners (LIPs) and patients today. All employees, students and LIPs are encouraged to get the seasonal influenza vaccine this year. More
Alcohol Education for Youths: Lab-based Experience
In an effort to reduce underage drinking and alcohol abuse, Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) CityLab program in collaboration with Boston University School of Public Health, completed the first phase of a pilot curriculum for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The pilot, titled "Alcohol Education for Youths: A Laboratory-Based Experience," took... More
Three Active NFL Pro Bowl Players to Donate Brains to BUSM's CSTE
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that three active National Football League Pro Bowl players have pledged to join the CSTE Brain Donation Registry. The players include: Matt Birk, Baltimore Ravens; Lofa Tatupu, Seattle Seahawks; and Sean Morey, Arizona Cardinals. These players have decided to donate their brain and spinal cord tissue to the CSTE upon death so that researchers can better understand the effects of trauma on the brain and spinal cord. More
Dr. George Huang Joins GSDM
On September 1, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) welcomed Dr. George Huang to the position of Herbert Schilder Professor in Endodontics and Director of the Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics. Dr. Huang holds a DDS from Taipei Medical College and a Certificate in Endodontics, a Master of Science in Dentistry, and a... More