School of Medicine

SchafferJean Schaffer has won a Clinical Scientists Award in Translational Research from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) to support her work on understanding how diabetes contributes to heart failure. Schaffer, associate professor of medicine and of molecular biology and pharmacology, was one of only 10 physician-scientists in the country to receive this year’s award.

John Holloszy and Luigi Fontana are getting ready to launch a investigation into whether calorie restriction can alter the aging process in humans. More medical news

Pain researchers have identified two key components in the pain cascade that may provide targets for more effective pain-relieving drugs with potentially fewer side effects.

Unilateral, or one-sided, lung volume reduction surgery has significant benefits for some emphysema patients, new research at the School of Medicine shows.

Photo by Robert BostonOccupational therapy students teach older adults to use computers.

A newly opened clinical trial will evaluate the use of radioactive implants combined with surgical removal of small sections of lung to treat stage I lung cancer. The first patients are now being enrolled at the School of Medicine, and the trial will soon be opened at centers nationwide.

Listed below are this month’s featured news stories. • New pain management targets (week of Apr. 5) • Finding deadly cancer genes (week of Apr. 12) • Overweight adolescents study (week of Apr. 19) • Glucose-hungry tumors (week of Apr. 26)

Cervical cancers that take up a lot of blood sugar resist treatment more than those that are less glucose-hungry.

Vitamin D supplements may ease joint and muscle pain in breast cancer patients taking the drug Arimidex.

Faculty who conduct research in diabetes and endocrinology may apply for grant funding from the Diabetes Research and Training Center in the School of Medicine.