Congratulations

Meet the 2024 John S. Perkins Award Winners

Recipients of this year’s awards honoring staff members for exceptional service to the BU community include Richard Vezina, associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center.

2024 Alumni Award Recipients

The Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Alumni Association announces the 2024 Alumni Award recipients:

Dean’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Louis Sullivan, MD’58

In recognition of his outstanding career in medicine and healthcare leadership

GMS Distinguished Alumni Awards:

Jennifer Luebke, PhD’90

Chair of Anatomy & Neurobiology

Christopher Andry, MPhil, PhD’94

Chair of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

In recognition of their scientific and leadership contributions to BU 

The recipients will be recognized at an in-person ceremony and luncheon on Saturday, Sept. 28, as part of Alumni Weekend events.

Campus Announcements

W Building Construction Project Update

Week of May 13

Next week, crews will continue building Air Handler 3 and perform a casement pressure test. Additionally, crews will continue to pipe, wire and make connections to the Exhaust Air Handling Unit. The team also will begin to wire and install variable frequency drives for AHU-2. The occupants should expect the impact to be low for the week.

If you have questions, comments or concerns, please contact Dylan McIntosh.

News

Students Honor Anatomy Donors with Testimonials, Music and Poetry

Ceremony brings closure to donor families, students.

Faculty Action

How to Get Promoted and CV Review

Date: Tuesday, June 4

Time: 3-5 p.m.

Virtual Meeting: Register Here

Must register for this event before May 24. Please submit your CV to camedfao@bu.edu by May 24.

If you register for the workshop, a survey link will be emailed to you prior to the meeting. Please make sure to complete the survey before the meeting.

Reminder: Update your BU Profile

BU Profiles is an important public-facing BU faculty information website. It is frequently used by faculty, students and staff, as well individuals external to BU that could include industry and media outlets, to search for collaborators, research mentors, invited seminar speakers, expert opinions, and more. Up-to-date and well-managed BU Profiles will elevate the visibility and the impact of your research/scholarship. 

If you have any questions and/or issues, please use the BU Profiles request help form.

In the Media

The Boston Globe

Brain worms are more common than you think. Here’s what doctors who’ve treated them say.‌

David Hamer, MD

Cambridge Day

Vaccinations against measles and other diseases are strong in Cambridge, but uneven by schools

Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD

CNBC

Americans would rather live a shorter life in good health than a longer life with health issues, new poll finds

‌Thomas Perls, MD

Healio

‘We are all busy’: Journal clubs offer data, connection for rheumatology experts, trainees

Jean Liew, MD, MS

MSN

Researchers support increased genomic sequencing of dengue for more effective prevention

David Hamer, MD

News4Jax

2 SJC leaders want firefighter protection law expanded following 2011 St. Augustine gas station fire, explosion

Marcia Ratner PhD, DABT

STAT

Getting Alzheimer’s treatment to those who need it poses particular challenges

Hollis D. Day, MD, MS, MHPE

Events

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19th Annual John McCahan Medical Campus Education Conference

Date: Thursday, May 23

Location: Hiebert Lounge Register here

Theme: Building Collaborative Education Research

Special Speaker: Binyomin Abrams, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, BU

"Evolution of a Student-Driven Collaborative Research Project to Address Equity in STEM Participation"

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