The Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (BU CSTE) has launched a new research program aimed at developing a treatment for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). The study will be funded over a three-year period by a $1.2 million gift from WWE® to the non-profit Sports Legacy Institute (SLI), a founding partner of […]
Her teaching formula: technology + professionalism = great doctors Most people return from summer vacation sporting a tan and with memories of relaxation. Deborah Vaughan came back from hers last year with hundreds of exam questions on computer software for School of Medicine students. As passionate about work as about downtime, Vaughan (GRS’72) pioneered computer-based […]
Join Gary H. Gibbons, MD, the newly named director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during his inaugural visit to the BU Medical Campus. Dr. Gibbons will be speaking on “Setting a New Agenda for the NHLBI: Imagining Our Future” on Tuesday, May 14, 1-2 […]
George Annas, JD, MPH, recognized expert on health law, bioethics and human rights, scholar and teacher, will present the annual Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD, Lecture to the medical campus community including members of Dr. Kirshenbaum’s family on Monday, May 13. He will speak on “Constitutional Dimensions of the Doctor-Patient Relationship” Annas is the William Fairfield […]
Don’t miss the MISU/BMC/VA/BU Medical Informatics Seminar, “Connected Health as a Tool to Improve Patient Engagement and Patient Empowerment.” Learn about how connected health programs, including remote monitoring, mobile health initiatives and other technology-enabled interventions can create behavior change, generate efficiencies and improve the quality of patient care. Specific solutions address cardiac care, at-risk pregnancies, […]
The BU Medical Campus Arts Outreach Initiative invites all members of the Medical Campus community to an innovative performance project conceived to support and honor the recovery of a selected group of patients from the Boston Medical Center’s Refugee Clinic, Cancer Center and department of Neurology. “DIWAN” is a pilot experience in creative collaboration between […]
Boston University Medical Campus Health Services Research Workshop Wednesday, June 5 Hiebert Lounge, cookies available 2:00 Overview of Health Services Research. Dan Berlowitz, MD, MPH, Professor, BUSPH and Director, CHQOER 2:15 Getting Started in Health Services Research. William Fernandez, MD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Emergency Medicine and Doctoral Student BUSPH Dept of Health Policy and […]
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) student Andrew Soule-Hinds DMD 15 was chosen in March 2013 for the highly selective Boston Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. He joins the nearly 500 Schweitzer Fellows who have collectively delivered over 90,000 hours of service to communities in and around Boston and Worcester since the program’s […]
To his patients, Pushkar Mehra is a miracle worker. He is one of five doctors in the country who performs a 3-step, 10-hour surgery that takes apart and reconstructs a patient’s lower face—deformed by congenital growth problems, tumors, or diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. The surgery restores patients’ ability to eat, speak, sleep, and […]
Karen Antman, provost of the Medical Campus and dean of the School of Medicine, has won the 2013 Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award for Promotion of Women in Cancer Medicine and Cancer Research. The award, which was given by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, recognizes scientific and medical leaders who have made […]