Boston University

Health & Medicine

The Grinstaff Group, chemotherapy drug delivery treatment for mesothelioma, nanoparticles, Doctor Mark Grinstaff, professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of biomedical and materials science engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, biomedical engineering research laboratory, Boston University biomedical research faculty, Boston University post graduate research, Boston University post-graduate research

Disease

Drug-Packed Nanoparticles KO Mesothelioma

February 3, 2014

Doctor Mark Grinstaff, professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of biomedical and materials science engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, The Grinstaff Group, biomedical engineering research laboratory, Boston University biomedical research faculty, Boston University post graduate research

Chemistry

From Grad Students to Groundbreakers

February 3, 2014

Boston University BU, MD/JD program, health care administration, health care legislation, medical licensing, intellectual property issues

BUSM

BU to Launch Joint MD/JD Program

January 28, 2014

Boston University BU, Early Career Awards, Xue Han, Katherine Iverson, Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers PECASE

Medicine

White House Lauds Two BU Profs

January 23, 2014

Margaret Ross, Boston University Student Health Services, SHS, Behavioral Medicine

Mental Health

Behavioral Medicine’s Margaret Ross Steps Down

January 17, 2014

Dan McGrail, Sam Miller, Fabian Chang, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, SNAP Challenge

Nutrition

SNAP Judgment

January 14, 2014

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, infant malnurtrition research, associate professor Kirk Dearden

BUSM

Consequences of Malnutrition May Be Reversible Later in Childhood

January 13, 2014

Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Boston Medical Center BMC, best doctors survey, surgeons

BUSM

MED Physicians among Boston’s Top Docs

December 17, 2013

marriage, romance, dating, 20th century, Brooke Blower, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS

Relationships

Pop Culture Class Explores Changes in Dating, Mating

December 10, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, Department of radiology, Boston Medical Center BMC, Ducksoo Kim, director of the vascular and interventional radiology fellowship, Karen Buch, condoms nanotechnology, sexual health, Grand Challenges Explorations Programs, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Sex

MED Prof Wins Gates Foundation Condom Challenge

December 10, 2013

study break, dog therapy, stress reduction, Boston University

Health & Medicine

Cute, Cuddly, Calming: Therapy Dogs Visit Mugar

December 10, 2013

Framingham Heart Study, FHS, Jackson Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, University of Mississippi, American Heart Association, AHA

Accolades

$30 Million from AHA Bolsters Framingham Heart Study

December 9, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, alcohol research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, popular music

Health & Medicine

Alcohol Companies Marketing with Music Lyrics

December 5, 2013

Richard Saitz, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM, MED, addiction research, evidence based medicine, SBIRT, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment, CCM, chronic care management

Drugs

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 5: Bringing Scientific Rigor to Addiction Research

November 22, 2013

Boston University BU, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention International Survivors of Suicide Day, mental health, Conference on Mental Health, Active Minds,

Health & Medicine

POV: We Need to Talk More about Suicide

November 21, 2013

Marlene Oscar Berman, Susan Mosher Ruiz, Boston University School of Medicine, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, alcoholism effects on the human brain, how alcohol effects the brain, alcoholism and gender

Health & Medicine

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 4: Why Alcoholics’ Gender Matters

November 21, 2013

Tibor Palfai, professor of psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, alcohol triggers, what makes people drink alcohol, why do people drink alcohol, addiction research, alcoholism research

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 3: The Search for the Alcohol Trigger

November 20, 2013

Kathleen Kantak, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Attention Deficit Disorder medication, ADD, ADHD, cocaine addiction, cocaine use

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?

November 19, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Public Health

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

Food and Drug Administration FDA, trans fats ban

Public Health

POV: Banning Trans Fats Is Just the Beginning

November 15, 2013

POV: Banning Trans Fats Is Just the Beginning