Congratulations to BU's Darrel Kotton, MD, who has joined 12 other distinguished researchers on the editorial board for Stem Cell Reports, the official journal of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.

Five years after the classification of COVID-19 as a pandemic, BU’s Cassandra Pierce, MD, MPH, spoke with the Brink about how we should approach vaccines this fall: bit.ly/4pFoVc6

BU’s Jonathan Cherry, PhD, spoke with the New York Times about his new research revealing a cascade of “repetitive head impact (RHI)-related brain injuries” resulting in brain cell loss, inflammation and vascular damage in young former contact sport athletes prior to the onset of CTE: bit.ly/4pusl1d

The NIH has awarded Boston University a $4.5 million grant to further women’s health research and spur career growth for young investigators, going towards a program led by BU’s Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, Elisha Wachman, MD and Joyce Y. Wong, PhD: bit.ly/46BGgLD

BU’s Vincent Smith, MD, MPH, has been named a 2025 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow. He joins 19 leaders from across the U.S. who are transforming systems in the pursuit of prosperity and well-being for children and families. Congratulations, Dr. Smith: bit.ly/4gookaQ

Last week, we hosted our 8th Annual Lorraine Stanfield, MD, Memorial Doctoring Lecture where our speakers affirmed the importance of listening, whether to heartbeats with students' alumni-donated stethoscopes or when talking with patients in the examination room: bit.ly/47vLDx0

Due to warming temperatures, mosquito-borne illnesses are on the rise in Europe. BU’s David Hamer, MD, spoke with Science about this new migration of diseases: bit.ly/3I5cHbW

A new article from BU’s David Felson, MD, highlights nonsurgical strategies that have yielded positive results in knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain reduction, leading to a new path forward in musculoskeletal care: bit.ly/3UULwDB

Elated (and very relieved) to have finally completed my 2,070-hour doctoral internship in health service psychology at #CMTP @bumedicine.bsky.social! #wedidit 🥳 By August 31, my degree will be conferred and I’ll officially be Dr. Shepherd. #PhDone (I’ve been waiting 6 years to use this hashtag!)

The start of a new school year and plenty of student activities available for new students. Were you at yesterday's Student Activities Fair? We can't wait to see what organizations you join!

BU researchers Hui Feng, MD, PhD, and Venetia Zachariou, PhD, have received $2.1M from the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences to fund their five-year, T32 grant project, “Training in Biomolecular Pharmacology.” Congratulations! bit.ly/45VPgdd

A new AI tool designed by researchers at Boston University helps to accurately predict biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. To learn more, click here: bit.ly/4mfrUpK

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected BU’s Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, as one their recipients for the James C. Puffer MD/American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Fellowship awardees. Congratulations, Dr. Austad! bit.ly/4lg46kk

In a new study published in the Advances in Medical Education and Practice, BU’s James Meisel, MD, MHPE, explores medical students’ experience encouraging trust between practitioner and patient while caring for cardiovascular issues: bit.ly/3GVRvEU

Today was a special day as we celebrated the arrival of our brand new medical students – the class of 2029. We are honored to witness the beginning of your journey into medicine. Congratulations on receiving your white coats and completing the first major milestone of your medical education!

Thank you all for following along with today’s event! We’re so excited to celebrate with our students and their loved ones at our reception and watch their medical journey begin to unfold!

Led by Heather Miselis, MD, Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs, our newly-coated students will read the Hippocratic Oath, their first and most important promise as new students of medicine.

We will now begin presenting white coats to our brand new students, presented by Priya Garg, MD, Associate Dean of Medical Education.

Today’s guest speaker is Rod Hochman, MD(‘79), CEO Emeritus of Providence St. Joseph Health and recent benefactor of the school’s new Rod Hochman Family Clinical Skills and Simulations Lab!

As we continue forward with today’s event, we’re excited to introduce Hee-Young Park, PhD, the Dean ad interim of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Presenting the class of 2029 is Kristen Hanssen, MD, Associate Dean of Admissions

And we’re off! Starting off today’s event, we’ll be hearing from Angela Jackson, MD, Associate Dean of Student Affairs!

Only 5 minutes to go until #BUWhiteCoatCeremony2025 begins!

T-minus 30 minutes until White Coat begins! Get your white coats ready!

Can’t join us in person but want to be part of today’s event? Visit our livestream link to see all of our #BUWhiteCoatCeremony2025: bit.ly/452uUzF

Happy #BUWhiteCoatCeremony2025 to our entering class! Students and their guests have started arriving at Talbot Green and we can’t wait to see everyone during today’s special milestone!

How do traumatic brain injuries affect your brain in the long-term? BU’s Chad Farris, MD, PhD, spoke to Medscape about his research on brain volume loss disproportionately affecting women versus men: bit.ly/4mnk4tG

BU’s Hugo Aparicio, MD, MPH, commented on a new study discussing how adopting key lifestyle habits improve thinking and memory in aging adults: bit.ly/4mkVI3S

Take a look at the story below from @boston25news.com which features CTE Center investigator Michael Alosco, PhD.    Read the article here: www.boston25news.com/news/local/n... You can visit bit.ly/bucte_whatiscte to learn more about CTE and bit.ly/bucte_resources to find resources.

Take a look at the story below from ABC News to learn more about CTE from CTE Center investigator Robert Stern, PhD.  Watch the story here: abcnews.go.com/US/cte-brain... You can visit bit.ly/bucte_whatiscte to learn more about CTE and bit.ly/bucte_resources to find resources.

Research by BU’s Gerald Denis, PhD, featured in Knowridge, explores the connection between obesity-driven diabetes and the manifestation of breast cancer in patients: bit.ly/4mg3CeO

Today and tomorrow are seeing temperatures in the 90s so if you're venturing outdoors, here are a few tips to help beat the heat: stay hydrated, rest in cool, shaded areas and wear sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher!

BU’s Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH, spoke with WebMD about why COVID-19 cases surge in the summertime despite being classified as a “winter virus”: bit.ly/3IFV7Lu

Published research by BU fourth-year Medical Student, Dean Kennedy, was featured in the Auricle as “Medical Student Feature Article of the Month”. Congratulations, Dean! bit.ly/4lQpkpk

BU’s Andrew Budson, MD, is hosting a two-day hybrid conference on evaluating how viewing dementia as a disorder of consciousness can help patient care: bit.ly/44tx1w5

Congratulations to BU’s Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD, and Steven Borkan, MD, on their multi-PI T32 NIH grant to help recruit, train and inspire MD/PhD students to become clinician scientistshttps://bit.ly/44brH0e

On August 28th at 7p.m., the Museum of Science is hosting an event with BU’s Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD, celebrating her new book, Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins. To register for the festivities and book signing, click the link here: bit.ly/40gO3Lf

“The Mind Electric,” a new book by BU’s Dr. Pria Anad, explores the intricacies of neurological symptoms and diagnoses. Dr. Anad shares her perspective in this article by The Observer: bit.ly/3FK5vB0

Happy Pride Month! We're so excited to celebrate LGBTQ pride with you all as we prepare for this weekend's Boston Pride Parade. Open to all, the event is on June 14, 2025 from 11:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. starting at Copley Square. We hope to see you there!

A new book from BU’s Priscilla Slanetz, MD, MPH, provides first through third year residents with an introduction to breast imaging. To learn more about “What Radiology Residents Need to Know: Breast Imaging” and other books from our faculty, click here: bit.ly/3TirrGh

Congratulations to BU’s Robert Stern, PhD, for receiving the 2025 Leon Thal Award, honoring his research into early warning signs in brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE: bit.ly/4l3LJ2p

Rod Hochman, MD (CAS’79, CAMED’79), and his wife Nancy Hochman (Sargent’77, ’83), donated $10 million to build and operate the Rod Hochman Family Clinical Skills & Simulation Center, dedicated to preparing students for the realities of patient diagnosis and care: bit.ly/3Zh8Xts

@buhaririinstitute.bsky.social announced Junior Faculty Fellows, Graduate Student Fellows + Focused Research Program awards, including BU’s Huitong Ding, PhD, Tushar Arora, Charlene Ong, MD, Nicholas Cordella, MD, MSc, Jennifer Beane, PhD, + Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD. Congratulations: bit.ly/45c4njX

A study from BU’s Mara Murray Horwitz, MD, MPH, found that unconditional cash transfers increase breastfeeding rates and result in little to no difference in postpartum mood in postpartum patients: bit.ly/45visc4

May 15 was a day of celebration for us as we cheered on the class of 2025 for completing their education and continuing their journeys in the fields of medicine and science. Congratulations on your graduation, class of 2025, and we are so excited to see what you do next! @bostonu-gms.bsky.social

After reciting the Oath of the Scientist and the Oath of Hippocrates, our students have officially graduated. Congratulations to the class of 2025!

It is time to walk across that stage! Look at our grads go!

Thank you, Jhonatan and Richard, for your inspiring messages to your classmates! We will now be hearing from our convocation speaker, Sheri Fink, MD, PhD, American journalist and Pulitzer prize recipient in Investigative Journalism.

After hearing from Dean and Provost Karen Antman, MD, and Associate Provost and Dean C. James McKnight, PhD, we welcome our student speakers: PhD student Jhonatan Henao Vasquez and MD student Richard Wu!

Here come our grads...let the festivities begin!