Easing Transition to Civilian Life for Women Veterans
MED researchers create network with Walmart Foundation grant Tara Galovski (left) and Amy Street, MED associate professors of psychiatry, are using a grant from the Walmart Foundation to create the Women Veterans Network to help female vets more successfully reintegrate into civilian life. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Women make up 15 percent of US active […]
Finding Lung Cancer in the Nose
MED researchers’ genetic test may open door to easy diagnosis The work of Avrum Spira and his group may eventually lead to a simple screening for lung cancer. Photo by Cydney Scott. Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer in the United States—and in the world. According to the National Cancer Institute, it accounts for […]
POV: More Help Needed for Youngest Victims of Opioid Epidemic
“The time is now for pediatricians to step up” to address the crisis Photo by bobbieo/iStock. Opioids and the harm they cause have received a lot of attention recently. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of unintentional death in the United States, with the number of annual overdoses exceeding deaths from motor vehicle crashes. Fortunately, […]
SDM Pediatric Dental Clinic Serves the Underserved
Changing lives one filling at a time At the new Goldman School of Dental Medicine Pediatric Oral Healthcare Center’s treatment fair: three-year-old Levi McBride of Dorchester with Yasmin Alayyoubi (SDM’17) (from left), center director Dolrudee Jumlongras, an SDM clinical assistant professor, Athanasios Zavras, an SDM professor and chair of pediatric dentistry, and Stephen Prieve (SDM’18). […]
Bionic Pancreas Passes Critical Science Hurdle
$12M from NIH moves ENG prof’s device forward ENG’s Edward Damiano with the prototype bionic pancreas he’s been working on for almost 17 years. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. On the heels of winning $12 million in supplemental funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a major, multicenter, national clinical trial of his […]
A Better Way to Treat Burns from BU’s Grinstaff Lab
Less painful for patients, eliminates need for anesthetizing children Mark Grinstaff and members of his lab, among them Marlena Konieczynska, have developed a new hydrogen gel that could eliminate the need to anesthetize children for burn dressing changes. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. For patients with second-degree burns, it’s not always the initial injury that hurts […]
SPH Study: Alcohol Policies Contribute to Suicide Prevention
Reducing availability reduces average risk An SPH study finds that policies like higher alcohol taxation and zero tolerance laws for underage drinkers who drive while intoxicated are associated with lower rates of suicide. Photo by Flickr contributor Thomas Hawk. Excessive drinking has long been known to play a role in suicides. A recent review led […]
Bucking Trends, BU Outside Funding Continues to Rise
Team behind the scenes keeps the money coming in Amy Lieberman, an SED assistant professor of deaf studies, says BU “made it clear that my research was going to be valued and supported here. It’s a big part of the reason I came.” Photo by Cydney Scott. The chart of United States R&D funding, as […]
Alzheimer’s Start-up Gets $1.49 Million from NIH
Collaboration between MED prof, husband Carmela and Menachem Abraham collaborated on a start-up to develop novel therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease. Klogene Therapeutics, Inc., recently won a $1.49 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Carmela Abraham came home one day three years ago from her BU lab, where she has […]
GROWing in the Lab
High school women get hands-on experience in scientific research Delaney Griffiths (left), a senior at Westwood High School, gets some advice about her experiment from mentor Kelsey Williford (MED’21), a neuroscientist, as part of the GROW program, which brings area high school students into BU research labs for the summer. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Delaney […]