FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE , November 12, 2024
Contact: Gina DiGravio, 617-358-7838, ginad@bu.edu
(Boston)—David Flynn, MS, associate professor in the department of medical sciences & education at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has been selected as a recipient of the Academic Medicine Excellence in Reviewing Award by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Each year, the AAMC identifies volunteers who have consistently demonstrated excellence in the peer review process as measured by Academic Medicine editors’ assessment of review quality, timeliness, and number of reviews completed in the calendar year.
“We recognize that peer review is a volunteer activity that takes significant time and effort. We are deeply grateful for their work and recognize that it is one of the reasons for Academic Medicine’s continued success,” says Laura Blyton, staff editor of Academic Medicine, the journal of the AAMC.
Flynn serves as senior research librarian at the Boston University Alumni Medical Library. His areas of interest include medical education, systematic reviews, bibliometrics, database selection and searching, citation management and ethical use of information.
A member of the Boston University Medical Campus community since 2006, Flynn received his bachelor’s degree in humanities with a concentration in American literature and language from the Harvard Extension School and a master’s degree in library and information science from Simmons University.
He has co-authored more than twenty papers and frequently assists students, faculty and staff who are conducting scoping reviews, systematic reviews and meta-analyses.