Social drivers of heart health: A new BU study of Black women found that both perceived interpersonal racism and sexual abuse in childhood or adolescence were associated with increased heart failure rates decades later. Read more here: bit.ly/3UEfSgu

Psychosocial Stressors and Heart Failure Risk Among Black Women in the US

This cohort study investigates associations of psychosocial stress from racism and childhood or adolescent abuse with later risk of incident heart failure among Black women in the US.

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What if better AI for drug discovery isn’t about bigger models? New Boston University research shows that AI designed around the biology of antibodies can outperform much larger models—offering a new approach to antibody discovery. tinyurl.com/tw7prp29

On a rainy August day, we welcomed our newest class through our annual White Coat Ceremony, where students committed to their future careers as physicians. We are so proud to present the class of 2030 as they take the first step into their medical education journey with us!

We have our white coats all ready for today's ceremony! Join us at 11a.m. EST to see our new class don their coats: www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/studen...

Today is one of the most significant milestones for our incoming students: the BU White Coat Ceremony. Our first-year medical students will receive their white coats and take the Hippocratic oath, marking the beginning of their medical education and career.

We love to see the medical campus so lively in the summer -- how are you enjoying the July sunshine?

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) program has reached its 25th anniversary, celebrating decades of providing clinicians with experience in substance use disorders and skills trainings: bit.ly/4fbccte

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine’s Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Marks 25th anniversary

Program helps new chief residents diagnose, treat, and teach about addiction

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Just in time for summer — The Brink spoke with BU’s Michael Kwa, MD, FAAD, about the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of bemotrizinol, an effective ingredient for better sunscreen: bit.ly/4po71ep

US Sunscreens Just Got More Effective. BU Dermatologist Explains Why

Michael Kwa calls approval of new ingredient, bemotrizinol, exciting for safety

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Wishing you all a happy and safe Fourth of July from us here at the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine!

June 30th is Social Media Day, where we get to celebrate the impact of social media on communication and community! Want to keep in touch with the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine? Follow us on any of the listed social media platforms!

"The cleaning & 'garbage disposal units' of the body back up into the blood system which has a lot of cascading negative consequences," CEID faculty Dr. John Connor (@bumedicine.bsky.social) tells @npr.org, explaining how Ebola kills those infected. spr.ly/63321BDcD6x

BU’s Dennis Jones, PhD, received the American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP) Cotran Early Career Investigator Award. The ASIP Meritorious Awards are presented annually during the Pathobiology: Mechanisms of Disease meeting. Congratulations, Dr. Jones: bit.ly/3QHcfVt

A new review article from BU’s Sean Tallman, PhD, explores how fields like forensic anthropology may need more sex and gender complexity in human skeletal biology rather than a binary determination: bit.ly/4vXTFHQ

The 21st Annual McCahan Day had over 100 attendees as BUMC community members shared their research and attended the keynote address by Thomas McKenna, PhD. To learn more, read the article here: bit.ly/4oh7U7W

A new BU study provides insights into the genetics of mitochondria, enhancing our understanding of aging and disease. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Mitochondrial genetic variation across tissues of the human body

Abstract. Each mitochondrion contains 2–10 copies of the mitochondrial genome. Multiple mitochondria in a cell allow for mitochondrial genomes carrying dif

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A new study with BU’s Eduardo Vega, MD, describes the evolution of laparoscopic right hepatectomy from an “open-translated” operation toward a more distinctly minimally invasive strategy: bit.ly/4aqPSdz

Evolution of Techniques in Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy: Towards a Vein-Guided, Glissonean-Based Standard - Annals of Surgical Oncology

Background As minimally invasive liver surgery has matured, techniques have evolved toward caudal, vein-guided, and parenchyma-sparing strategies that better leverage the laparoscopic view and improve...

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Another silver lining to 2026! Please check out our study now published @genomeresearch.bsky.social on the tracking of human brain transposable element large and small RNAs during aging and in two neurodegenerative disorders: Huntington's and Parkinson's Disease genome.cshlp.org/content/36/6...

Please join us in congratulating the award recipients of our FY27 Focused Research Program Awards and FY26 Junior Faculty and Graduate Student Fellows Programs! Learn more about the programs and recipients: spr.ly/63323B8ZEJN

A new study with BU’s Eduardo Vega, MD, finds that patients with gallbladder cancer who had certain documented gene changes in their tumor had a higher risk of death when compared to similar patients based on age, sex, race/ethnicity, cancer stage, surgery and chemotherapy: bit.ly/42QxSoZ

In the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust's podcast "Research Renaissance," BU's Stefan Isaac, PhD, discusses his research on mitochondrial DNA, its role in disease, and his recognition as a 2025 Toffler Scholar: bit.ly/43hM5LI

On May 14, we cheered on the Class of 2026 as they reached this important culmination of their studies: Convocation. Congratulations on your graduation and we wish you well as you continue in the fields of medicine and research! Read more: bit.ly/4eQmf8M bit.ly/3RbwAlS

Our 2026 Convocation address given by Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, surgeon, writer and public health researcher, touches on breaching the gaps between patient and practitioner.

We are now hearing from our peer-elected student speakers: PhD Student Speaker, Jenna Libera, PhD, and MD student speaker, Amos Mwaura, MD #BUConvocation2026

"We are very proud of you all and we know that your class will make a difference." -- Jamie McKnight, PhD, Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, to the class of 2026.

Our graduates have arrived and our ceremony is beginning. To open today’s festivities, we are hearing from Hee-Young Park, PhD, Dean ad interim of the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

It's almost time for our MD/PhD Convocation Ceremony to begin! Join us via our livestream link to celebrate with our graduates: www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/studen...

T-minus one hour until our MD/PhD graduation ceremony begins! Get your caps and gowns ready and join us in-person or via our livestream: www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/studen...

Congratulations to our newest GMS graduates! We are so excited for the next steps of your journey!

Our graduates are crossing the stage -- we're happy to share a look into the culmination of all their hard work.

We’re excited to hear from our three student speakers chosen by their peers to address our grads today: Farihah Chowdhury, Samuel Camilli and Paige Conner!