BUSM This Week

Aug. 9, 2020

News // Announcements

Weekly Safe Return to BUMC Update: Aug. 6

The new dental and first-year medical students started their orientation last Friday and Monday with the virtual GSDM Professional Ceremony and MD White Coat Ceremony, respectively. Welcome to BU and to the Medical Campus!

Research is beginning Phase 3 and the library has reopened. Are you back on campus and unsure of where to eat your lunch? See the list of options available.

Please click here for the current update and pictures of the changes you’ll see when you return to campus.

Welcome to Your Next Adventure: The Virtual White Coat Ceremony

Welcome to the 152 members of the entering Class of 2020!

Meet the 2020 GHHS Nominees

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

Rhoda Au Receives $2.8M Award from AHA, Bill Gates

The four-year project focuses on the connections of heart and brain health, specifically in the areas of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

In the Media

The Boston Herald

Boston doctor named ‘hospital hero’ relied on human connection to get through COVID peak

Vonzella Bryant, MD

BU lab using microscopic ‘lungs’ to study COVID-19

Elke Muhlberger, PhD

Sustained high blood pressure may damage brain vessels

Jose Rafael Romero, MD

Dr. Bhadelia: We Need 'Tests That Are Closer To The Consumer' | Meet The Press

Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MA

The Union Leader

Drs. Oz & Roizen: Making older years healthy; preventing aging on a cellular level

Thomas T. Perls, MD, MPH, FACP

Mass. Positive COVID-19 Case Rate Inches To Highest Level Since Mid-June

Davidson Hamer, MD

Faculty Action

Nominations for Distinguished Faculty of the Month

Submit your nomination for the next round of Distinguished Faculty of the Month. All BUSM faculty are eligible for nomination.

Events

// THIS WEEK

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