BUSM This Week

July 4, 2021

News // Announcements

David Coleman Announces Plan to Step Down as Chair of Medicine, Physician-in-Chief

David Coleman, MD, has decided to to step down as Chair of the Department of Medicine at BUSM and Physician-in-Chief at Boston Medical Center.

BUSM Awarded $4.1M to Support the Next Generation of Trail-blazers in Multidisciplinary Lung Science

The NIH has continuously funded this research training program for 50 years.

BUSM Awarded $2.7M AHA Grant to Address Disparities that Intersect Heart Disease, Cancer

BUSM is one of four multidisciplinary teams creating the Strategically Focused Research Network on disparities in cardio-oncology.

Meet the 2021 GHHS Nominees

Congratulations to the 28 students nominated into the Gold Humanism Honor Society this year!

Save the Dates | BUSM General Faculty & Staff Meetings

2021

Thursday, Sept. 2

Noon-1:30 p.m. | TBD

Thursday, Oct. 28

Noon-1 p.m. | TBD

2022

Thursday, Feb. 3

Noon-1 p.m. | TBD

Thursday, May 5

Noon-2 p.m. | TBD

Agendas and details to come.

In the Media

Medpage Today

'Profound' Benefit Found for Staying on Meds Long After Coronary Revascularization

William Edward Boden, MD

MSNBC

Transcript: The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, 6/28/21

Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MPH

NPR

The White House Is Marking COVID 'Independence Day' With Free Beer And Bill Pullman

Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MPH

STAT

In a first for genome editing, Intellia Therapeutics reports positive early data on in vivo CRISPR therapy

John Berk, MD

Web MD

Long-Haul COVID Brings Long Road to Recovery

Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH

Faculty Action

Committee Preference Survey

The Committee on Committees is seeking BUSM faculty members interested in serving on a committee or looking to renew their term. If interested, please review complete the committee preference survey by Monday, July 19.

Department of Medicine Evans Days Abstract Submissions Open

The Department of Medicine's Annual Evans Days are scheduled to take place Oct. 7-8. Abstract submissions for the poster session close July 30.

Learn more.

Events

// UPCOMING

Visit the calendar for a full listing of grand rounds, lectures and events for this week.

July 14 | Virtual Focused Research Program Workshop

Noon-3 p.m.

This workshop will focus on thrust 1 of the Continuous Analysis of Mobile Health Data among Medically Vulnerable Populations: Focused Research Program. During the workshop, speakers will discuss the use cases for continuous mobile data in health promotion & disease detection.

The workshop, held on Zoom, is open to Focused Research Program faculty members and their students. Learn more.

July 19 | The Postdoc Academy: Building Skills for a Successful Career

Registration is open for The Postdoc Academy's second online course, launching July 19 on edX.

This course will help postdocs build foundational professional skills to launch them into their desired career pathway. They will be offering live discussions at different points in the course for postdocs to engage and network with professionals from various fields.