Congratulations

Class of 2023 MD & PhD Students: Use Your Time and Voice for Purpose, Good



First class to graduate from the newly renamed Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, as the school celebrates its 175th anniversary.

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Class of 2023 GMS Graduates Urged to Continue Making a Difference



Embrace discomfort, push for progress and strive to support those whose voices need uplifting.

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A Conversation with Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH

Walensky answered questions gathered from students and faculty about her journey, women in leadership roles, lessons learned from the pandemic and other issues facing our nation today.

MD & PhD Students Match to Outstanding Residency Programs

Seven of the nine graduating MD/PhD students matched in highly competitive physician/scientist residency programs that offer protected time for research. Two students chose not to pursue research residency programs.

News

Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD, Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

She will complete a project at Ain Shams University in Egypt that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships. 

Bob Vinci, MD, Appointed Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

He will join the team of deans in the Student Affairs Office beginning Sept.1.

Faculty Action

Save the Date: How to Get Promoted and CV Review

Date: Thursday, June 22

Time: 3-5 p.m.

Location: Zoom

Register here

Please register and submit your CV to [email protected] by Friday, June 2.

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.

In the Media

AP News

CTE cases in soccer players raise fresh questions about safety of heading the ball

Ann McKee, MD

Fortune

Stress might be impacting my biological age, but I’m not willing to give up my job

Lewina Lee, PhD

Futurity

Marker in the Brain Could Flag Higher Suicide Risk

Audreyana Jagger-Rickels, PhD, psychiatry

Healio News

Exposure to EDCs may negatively affect thyroid function, but more research needed

Elizabeth N. Pearce, MD, MSc, medicine 

Health Affairs

Why Current 'Food Is Medicine' Solutions Are Falling Short

Barbara E. Corkey, PhD

HealthDay News

For NHL Players, More Fighting on the Ice is Linked to Shorter Lives

Jesse Mez, MD, MS

Los Angeles Times

Column: How Trump’s anti-science meddling erased 3 years of crucial COVID research

Gerald Keusch, MD

The New York Times

An N.F.L. Doctor Wants to Know Why Some Players Get C.T.E. and Other’s Don’t

Ann McKee, MD, and William Fairfield Warren, Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Pathology

The Oregonian

Portland Timbers legend Jimmy Conway had Stage 4 CTE, study finds

Ann McKee, MD

The Washington Post

Football bonded them. Its violence tore them apart

Ann McKee, MD

WBUR

Ask the Docs: the COVID emergency ends, and a new RSV vaccine in the works

Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH; Benjamin Linas, MD

Events

// UPCOMING

Register Now for McCahan Day

Date: Wednesday, May 24

Theme: Education Research

Keynote Speaker: Linda E. Hyman, PhD, Burroughs Wellcome Director of Education at the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass

Register here

BUMC faculty, fellows, residents, students and staff who are interested in educational innovations and scholarship may register for the 18th Annual McCahan Medical Education Day, May 24, with pre-conference virtual vendor spotlights on May 23.

To find out more about McCahan Day, visit bumc.bu.edu/jmedday

This annual event is hosted by Department of Medical Sciences & Education.

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