Boston University

The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

The Grinstaff Group, chemotherapy drug delivery treatment for mesothelioma, nanoparticles, Doctor Mark Grinstaff, professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of biomedical and materials science engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, biomedical engineering research laboratory, Boston University biomedical research faculty, Boston University post graduate research, Boston University post-graduate research

Labs

Drug-Packed Nanoparticles KO Mesothelioma

February 3, 2014

Doctor Mark Grinstaff, professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of biomedical and materials science engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, The Grinstaff Group, biomedical engineering research laboratory, Boston University biomedical research faculty, Boston University post graduate research

Health & Medicine

From Grad Students to Groundbreakers

February 3, 2014

Drug addiction concept photo showing a syringe, pills and pill bottle on a black table.

The Addiction Puzzle

November 23, 2013

Richard Saitz, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM, MED, addiction research, evidence based medicine, SBIRT, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment, CCM, chronic care management

Alcohol

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 5: Bringing Scientific Rigor to Addiction Research

November 22, 2013

Marlene Oscar Berman, Susan Mosher Ruiz, Boston University School of Medicine, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, alcoholism effects on the human brain, how alcohol effects the brain, alcoholism and gender

Alcohol

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 4: Why Alcoholics’ Gender Matters

November 21, 2013

Tibor Palfai, professor of psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, alcohol triggers, what makes people drink alcohol, why do people drink alcohol, addiction research, alcoholism research

Alcohol

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 3: The Search for the Alcohol Trigger

November 20, 2013

Kathleen Kantak, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Attention Deficit Disorder medication, ADD, ADHD, cocaine addiction, cocaine use

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?

November 19, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Public Health

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

Public Health

Alarm Bells over E-Cigarettes

September 26, 2013

Boston University BU, Peter Blake, College of Arts and Sciences CAS professor, psychology research, child psychology and sharing, children cultural norms

Cognitive Development

“I Should but I Won’t”

June 28, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Nancy Kopell research, consciousness under anesthesia, mathematic models

Mathematics & Statistics

Unexpected Awakenings

April 24, 2013

Unexpected Awakenings