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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
BUSM Lecture to Honor Victim of 9/11 Tragedy
BUSM will present the Eighth Annual Sue Kim Hanson Lecture in Immunology on Friday, September 11, 2009 at noon in the School's Keefer Auditorium. The annual lecture honors Sue Kim Hanson, MA, PhD '02, a former researcher in BUSM's Pulmonary Center. Kim Hanson, along with her husband and daughter, were passengers on one of... More
Grodin Honored for Commitment to Public Health and Justice
Michael Grodin, professor of health law, bioethics and human rights at BU School of Public Health, was recently awarded the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Diversity Council Justice Award in recognition of his "dedication to peace, justice, public health and human rights." The Diversity Council is an advisory body of MDPH that advances diversity within... More
Sept. 9 Public Health Forum: Making Good on Universal Health Coverage in Massachusetts
On September 9, join Christina Severin, SPH '95, as she discusses universal health care coverage in Massachusetts. Severin is president of Network Health, a managed-care organization that provides state-subsidized coverage to thousands of residents in Massachusetts. It insures more than 160,000 MassHealth and Commonwealth Care patients, and is one of five non-profits contracted by the state... More
BUMC Flu Vaccination Schedule
Seasonal Flu and H1N1 Vaccines Will Be Available for Students, Faculty and Staff This message is from the Boston Medical Center Flu Task Force -- Boston Medical Center will be offering the seasonal influenza vaccine and H1N1 influenza vaccine to employees, students, licensed independent practitioners (LIPs) and patients over the next several months. All employees, students... More
BUSM researchers discover Zcchc11-dependent uridylation of microRNA directs cytokine expression
BUSM researchers have discovered a novel mechanism that cells use to regulate gene expression. A type of molecule called microRNA is capable of inhibiting expression of select genes. The study, which was spearheaded by Matthew R. Jones, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine and appears on-line in Nature Cell Biology, shows that a specific enzyme... More
Researchers Studying Possible Analgesic Affects of Testosterone
The Androgen Clinical Research Unit (ACRU) at Boston Medical Center in conjunction with Boston University is dedicated to conducting research that advances the understanding of the effects of testosterone administration on various clinical outcomes. The mission at ACRU is to evaluate the effects of testosterone on physical function, sexual function, muscle strength, metabolism, cardiovascular risks, and... More
FASEB Journal Highlights Dr. Xiuli Sun's Research
The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) published Research Associate Xiuli Sun's ORAL BIO 08 abstract titled, "Kinetics of histatin proteolysis in whole saliva and the effect on bioactive domains with metal-binding, antifungal, and wound-healing properties," in the August 2009 issue. The FASEB Journal publication details research that Dr. Sun has... More
Outreach Van Project (OVP) Seeks Physician Volunteers
The Outreach Van Project (OVP) is in search of physicians to supervise medical efforts on Thursday evenings. OVP does not require any specific physician specialty, skills, or language fluency. The care OVP provides is very basic and anything physicians are not comfortable treating is referred to Boston Medical Center (BMC). The van... More