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Medical Campus ID Services

March 11th, 2021in Announcements, Faculty, Featured, Staff, Students

Announcing the organizational separation of the shared BUMC/BMC ID Services, which includes ID badges and access control to all BUMC buildings. ID Badges Students – Students may upload their own photo to the ID Office and simply pick up the card from the BUMC ID Office. Contact the ID Office at MEDID@bu.edu or 617-358-7603 for instructions. Faculty/Staff –... More

New BUMC Executive Director of IT to start April 1

March 11th, 2021in Announcements, Featured

Lionel Zupan, PhD, will become the new Executive Director of IT for the BU Medical Campus, effective April 1, 2021. Most recently, Lionel served as Director of Research Technology at Tufts University in Somerville where he was responsible for centralized research technology core services including high-performance computing, bioinformatics, research software licensing, research data storage and management, More

Ten BUMC Faculty Promoted to Professor

March 11th, 2021in Faculty, Featured

The following faculty have been promoted to the rank of Professor: Tamar Barlam, MD, MED, Medicine/Infectious Diseases, focuses her research on antibiotic stewardship implementation. Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases since July 2019, Dr. Barlam has directed the Section’s efforts throughout COVID-19 pandemic. She is co-PI for an RO1 that is a multicenter mixed methods... More

Willock, Sullivan Faculty Development Programs Aim to Attract URG Faculty

March 11th, 2021in Announcements, Faculty, Featured

In an effort to cultivate, sustain and promote an inclusive and diverse faculty on the Boston University Medical Campus, the Faculty Development Office announces two programs especially for underrepresented racial and ethnic faculty. The Marcelle M. Willock, MD, Faculty Development Program is a longitudinal leadership and career development program uses self-reflection and assessment, experiential learning, and... More

Syringes, Oranges, and Faculty Help Train More Than 100 Volunteer COVID Vaccinators

March 10th, 2021in COVID-19, Featured, Students, Vaccine

Medical Campus physician, dental, and physician assistant students eager to pitch in and help area communities With thousands of COVID-19 vaccines being administered every day across the state, there is an urgent need for people trained to give shots. That explains why on Sunday morning, Boston University Medical Campus students Aesha Patel and Tucker Berk were... More

Introducing: the BUSM IBIS

February 18th, 2021in Faculty, Featured

The Integrated Biomedical Imaging Suite provides a single location on Robinson 8 for a wide range of digital imaging microscopy applications to support research development and discovery on the Medical Campus.           The suite of rooms is tailored for optimal and safe use of the imaging instruments. The equipment includes a: Zeiss LSM 880 Microscope with Airyscan... More

Art Days 2021, View the Virtual Gallery

February 16th, 2021in Announcements, Faculty, Featured, Staff, Students

Check out nearly 100 submissions! Art Days is an annual art exhibition started by BU President and BUSM Dean Emeritus Aram Chobanian to support the continued growth of creative arts at BUMC.  Now sponsored by the BUMC Provost’s Office, it is mounted by the students and faculty of the Creative Arts Society at BUSM. Amid the... More

1/18 Celebrate the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 7th, 2021in Faculty, Featured, Staff

Monday, Jan. 18 | 2-3 p.m. Please register for this Zoom meeting All members of the BU Medical Campus are invited to a special presentation commemorating the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. A Life of Service In Healthcare, And Why It’s Important In Today’s World Guest Speaker: Louis W. Sullivan, MD, MACP A 1958 graduate of BUSM and... More

Submit Work for Art Days 2021

January 5th, 2021in Announcements, Faculty, Featured, Staff, Students

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 31st annual BUMC Gallery for the Arts, sponsored by the Provost's Office. Art Days was started by Dean Emeritis Aram Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the creative arts at BUMC. The exhibition is mounted by the Creative Arts... More

Maximize Your LfA Experience: Tips & Tricks for Students & Faculty

December 22nd, 2020in Announcements, Faculty, Featured, Students

Congratulations on finishing the first semester of the Learn from Anywhere (LfA) format successfully! While the feedback from recent faculty and student surveys was largely positive, there is always room for improvement.  In response, BUMC-IT EdMedia’s Instructional Services team has compiled Tips & Tricks cheat sheets for both faculty and students on how to maximize... More

12/17 Winter Storm Advisory

December 16th, 2020in Announcements, Featured

Boston University Medical Campus will be open Thursday, Dec. 17, but all classes and exams for BUSM, GMS and SPH will be held remotely. BUSM Medical, PA and GMS students who are assigned to inpatient services or clinics are expected to be present, if possible. Students who are assigned to outpatient services should check with their course director and... More

Prepare Your Workspace for Intersession

December 15th, 2020in Announcements, Featured

Please follow the guidelines below when leaving the Medical Campus for intersession. Offices/Clinical/ Research Areas In offices, turn off all electrical devices (computers, monitor, lights, portable heaters, copiers, printers, coffee pots and lamps). Unplug holiday decorations. Remove any trash with food to common area containers. Close and lock windows. Lock office doors. Set back temperature of... More

Center for Translation Neurotrauma Imaging Creates New Research Avenues for Neuroscience Community

December 14th, 2020in Featured, Research

The Center for Translation Neurotrauma Imaging (CTNI) at BUSM has revolutionized brain imaging and greatly enhanced neurotrauma research, thanks to a 4.9 million dollar Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) grant and new state-of-the-art equipment. Housed in the core facility of the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CBI), the CTNI is led by co-directors Stephan Anderson, MD, and... More

GSDM, BUSM Researchers Receive NIDCR R01 Grant

December 8th, 2020in Featured, Research

Researchers at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and the School of Medicine have received a five-year, $3.2 million National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) R01 grant. This grant will fund research into the role of b-catenin/CBP signaling in the epigenetic regulation of cellular plasticity in head and neck cancer progression. The... More