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Dean's Newsletter

Latest Issue

The Floating Hospital for Children and the School of Medicine join forces to treat a child with a complex condition, chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt and his wife Shonda Schilling dedicate ALS treatment facility at Lahey.

Older adults are prescribed more drugs and experience a disproportionate share of adverse effects from medications than those who are younger, according to a review article by Tufts physicians in the journal American Family Physician.

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Department Newsletters

Technology Fair

On Jan. 23, 2008 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tufts technology support groups, vendors, and other affiliated departments will host a technology fair inside the Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Sackler's 4th floor. The goal of the fair is to provide faculty, staff, and students with an introduction to the resources available to them.

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Tufts Medicine

Latest Issue

Back in Stride
New tools at St. Elizabeth's are brightening the outlook for older patients crippled by leg pain.

The Gecko Queen Certain small lizards have captured this woman's heart.

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Campus News

Building Our Future

Browse through the latest tentative floorplans and conceptual designs of planned improvements to the Tufts School of Medicine campus and read the news associated with the project. Also, view a slideshow to see how the fourth floor of Hirsh Library recently moved stacks of journals and books to new compact shelving storage in the Jaharis basement, and dismantled current library shelving to clear the way for new construction.

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Program Spotlight

Joint Program in Pain Management / New England School of Acupuncture

This joint program between two pioneering schools -- Tufts University School of Medicine and New England School of Acupuncture -- gives students studying acupuncture the opportunity to learn about the scientific understanding of pain and its treatment as assessed by scientific criteria of assessment. After two terms of study at NESA, students enter the Chinese Acupuncture Studies-Pain Management (CAS-PM) track, at which point they enroll in courses at NESA and at TUSM simultaneously.

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Other Publications

  • Inside Tufts - News and information for current students, faculty and staff
  • Tufts eNews - Tufts news, headlines, experts, alumni in major newspapers, television and radio programs around the world
  • Tufts Journal - Monthly online newspaper of Tufts University
  • Research News @ Tufts - Newsletter for the Tufts research community
  • Periscope - Monthly newsletter from the Department of Human Resources
  • Tufts Magazine - Quarterly alumni magazine
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TUSM News Releases

February
Maine Medical Center and TUSM Form Partnership

Maine Medical Center and Tufts School of Medicine establish a unique medical school partnership.

January
Tips to Prevent Adverse Drug Events in Older Adult

In a review article, TUSM clinicians offer specific steps that physicians and other healthcare providers can take to avoid overuse, misuse, and underuse of medication in older adults.

December
Protein Critical in Mediating Appetite

Neuroscience researchers demonstrate that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is an essential component of neural circuits which regulate body weight in adult mice.

Lectures & Events

December 12
Neuroscience Seminar Series: CaMKII: a molecular memory at the synapse

Lecture
4:00 pm
Speaker: Jon Lisman (Professor, Department of Biology, Brandeis University)
Boston Campus, Arnold Building, Neuroscience Conference Room 106

Announcements

In Case of Emergency
Send Word Now

Send Word Now, Tufts' new emergency alert system, has more than 40,000 sign ups. If you are a member of the Tufts community, and need an additional invite email or have questions about your existing contact information, please email uitsc@tufts.edu.

Deadlines

January 2, 2008
Academic year begins for MD/MBA students

Rotations resume for third and fourth year students. Last day for payment of second semester tuition for all students.