News & Awards
Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, Named Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine
To: From: Date:Subject: Faculty, Students and StaffSushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH, Interim Chair, Department of MedicineKaren Antman, MD, BUMC Provost and Dean, Chobanian & Avedisian SOMSept. 25, 2024Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, Named Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine We are delighted to announce that Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, will be named the Jay... More
Katya Ravid, Fellow of the American Heart Association
Katya Ravid has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) conferred by the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS). This Fellowship welcomes Dr. Ravid "into one of the world’s most eminent organizations of cardiovascular and stroke professionals". It is recognition "for excellence, innovative and sustained contributions in the areas of... More
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, Named AHA Distinguished Scientist
Please see the recent post from the Department of Medicine for full announcement of Dr. Benjamin's recognition. An international leader in the epidemiology & genetics of atrial fibrillation (AF), Dr Emelia Benjamin, is an Executive Committee Member at the Framingham Heart Study, a clinical cardiologist at Boston Medical Center & the... More
Evans Center Awardees
2023 Evans Center IBR Outstanding Research Collaborator Elise Morgan, PhD ad interim Dean, College of EngineeringMaysarah K. Sukkar Professor of Engineering Design and Innovation and Director of the Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology “Dr. Morgan is someone who goes out of her way to bridge collaborations and research projects and makes... More
Katya Ravid selected as the Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine
Katya Ravid, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, selected as the inaugural incumbent of the Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Katya Ravid, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, has been selected as the inaugural incumbent of the Barbara E. Corkey Professor of Medicine! Dr. Ravid is nationally... More
BU Today Spotlights ARC Director Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb
In the series, Office Artifacts, Dr. Cronin-Golomb reflects on her over 27 year career at BU through the interesting items that she has collected and displayed in her office. One such item is this "brain [that] was crafted by a student from rubber bands for an extra credit project." Read More in BU Today
Dr. Lindsay Farrer Receives New 2020 ARC Leadership Award
NEW AWARD 2020 Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research ARC Leadership Award Dr. Lindsay Farrer (Professor), inaugural recipient Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (Precision Medicine ARC) Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease (Protein Trafficking ARC) since 2009 The ECIBR ARC Leadership Award recognizes commitment and excellence in initiating and leading a successful... More
2019 Evans Center Collaborator
Dr. Rhoda Au (Professor) Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (Precision Medicine ARC)
2018 Evans Center Collaborator Award
Dr. Irving Bigio (Professor) Fibrosis: Connecting Tissues and Investigators (FCTI ARC) Dr. Bob Varelas (Associate Professor) Fibrosis: Connecting Tissues and Investigators (FCTI ARC) Dr. Kathleen G. Morgan (Professor) Molecular, Biomechanical and Genetic Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffness ARC
2017 Evans Center Collaborator
2016 Evans Center Collaborator
Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska (Professor, Director of the Oral Cancer Research Initiative) Etiology and Pathogenesis of Oral Cancer (EPOC) ARC
2015 Evans Center Collaborators
Dr. Carmela Abraham (Professor) Biochemistry Dr. Kostya Kandror (Professor) Biochemistry Dr. Bela Suki (Professor) Biomedical Engineering
2014 & 2013 Evans Center Collaborators
Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Award: Interdisciplinary Educational Mission of the Evans Center (2014) Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology Award: Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue Biology and Related Metabolic Disease (2014) Mark Grinstaff, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry Award: Physical Sciences & Engineering Collaborator (2013) Karl J. Karlson, MD, Chief, Cardiac Surgery Award: Clinical... More
New Evans Center Fellow Award
Announcing a New Evans Center Fellow Award For eligibility and details click here The department of Medicine and its Evans Center have established a reward to recognize achievements of a successful ARC via a new Evans Center Fellow Award to support early career investigators in fields of research developed by the ARC.The... More
2013 Evans Center Fellows
Dr. Tamar Aprahamian (Assistant Professor) Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue Biology and Related Metabolic Disease ARC Dr. Gyungah Jun (Assistant Professor) Protein Trafficking & Neurodegenerative Disease ARC Dr. Marc Liesa (Postdoctoral Associate) Mitochondria in Health and Disease ARC Dr. Cesar Sommer (Postdoctoral Associate) BU iPS Bank ARC