Making Research Real with Boston University
View photos of the panel discussion and reception Read the BU Today story Boston University President Robert A. Brown hosted a panel discussion about brain injuries, head trauma, and concussion – the science, national policy implications, and personal impact. The moderated discussion featured experts on brain injuries and concussion, each with a distinctive perspective: Dr. […]
Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill
Grad students learn to lobby for policy, funding Graduate students in the sciences learn how to advocate for science on Capitol Hill in the Making Our CASE: Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering workshops. Photo by Nicolas Raymond via Creative Commons license. The federal government funds about 80 percent of the research conducted at Boston […]
Show Me the Data
First BU Data Science Day draws cross-disciplinary crowd Azer Bestavros, director of the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering (center), and the cochairs of Hariri’s first BU Data Science Day, Prakash Ishwar (left) and Dino Christenson (right), were delighted by the large, cross-disciplinary crowd that came together to talk about how data […]
New MED Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse
Response to governor’s request for help from medical schools Daniel Alford (SPH’86, MED’92), a School of Medicine associate professor of medicine and the assistant dean for continuing medical education, is leading the effort to expand MED’s opioid and addiction curriculum. Photo by Cydney Scott. Massachusetts—like the rest of the nation—is in the grip of a […]
Four Decades Forward: SPH Celebrates 40th Anniversary
MED offshoot now an international leader in research, graduate education Dean Sandro Galea in front of the Talbot Building, home of the BU School of Public Health, which kicks off its 40th anniversary celebration this month. Photo by Dan Aguirre. When the School of Public Health launches a yearlong celebration of its 40th anniversary tonight, […]
Diagnosing CTE During Life
$16 million to detect brain trauma disease in living victims Robert Stern, a MED professor and clinical core director of BU’s NIH-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Center and CTE Center. Photo courtesy of Stern. Researchers from Boston University, the Cleveland Clinic, the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have been awarded a $16 million grant […]
School of Medicine Launches Military Health Center
Conference tomorrow to showcase research to help servicepeople, vets Neurology resident Chantale Branson (left) and Anna Hohler, director of the new Center for Military and Post Deployment Health, at last year’s Joining Forces Conference. Photo by Ljiljana Popovic. More than half of the servicepeople who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan have service-related physical or mental […]
Street Doctor
How Jim O’Connell learned to shelve the stethoscope, and listen Jim O’Connell (right), president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. His memoir, Stories from the Shadows, describes his career as a street doctor. Photo courtesy of Jim O’Connell. Jim O’Connell, president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and a […]
Shining a Spotlight on Europe’s Refugee Crisis
SPH forum calls for new approach to humanitarian aid Panelists taking part in the School of Public Health’s October 13 forum, The Health of Refugees: Europe in Crisis, included (from left) Sondra Crosby, director of the immigrant and refugee health program at Boston Medical Center; Maria Sacchetti, immigration reporter for the Boston Globe; and Amy […]
Task Force Focusing on Faculty Diversity Created
Will consider new ways to increase underrepresented minorities A new task force comprising 18 faculty and staff members from both the Charles River and the Medical Campuses will address how to increase faculty diversity at BU. Photo by Cydney Scott. Earlier this semester, President Robert A. Brown and Jean Morrison, BU provost, appointed a task […]