HealthDay: Healthy Habits Slash Genetic Dementia Risk in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
HealthDay quoted Dr. Hugo Aparicio, a CBR Core Faculty member, on the importance of heart health in relation to brain health. Read the full article
Medical Xpress: How hair and skin characteristics affect brain imaging: Making fNIRS research more inclusive
Medical Xpress featured CBR Core Faculty member Meryem Yücel’s research examining the impact of hair and skin characteristics on the quality of brain signals recorded using fNIRS. This research discovered inequities in data collection, and provides recommendations for best practices to optimize data collection across diverse populations. This study also included contributions from fellow CBR […]
Boston 25 News: BU researchers create new AI tool to predict markers of Alzheimer’s disease
Boston 25 News covered CBR Core Faculty member Vijaya Kolachalama’s recent research into levering artificial intelligence for accurately predicting signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full article
Neurology Today: Can Large Language Models Eliminate Biases in Health Care?
Vijaya Kolachalama, CBR Core Faculty member, was quoted by Neurology Today in their article exploring research into implementation of large language models (LLMs) in healthcare. Read the full article
Yahoo News: How AI Could Change the Way Doctors Diagnose and Treat Dementia
CBR Core Faculty member, Vijaya Kolachalama, was quoted by Yahoo News in an article discussing the potential benefits of leveraging AI for dementia diagnoses. Read the full article
American Heart Association: Speaking more than one language can add layers to stroke recovery
Dr. Swathi Kiran, Director of the Center for Brain Recovery, was recently featured as an expert on bilingual aphasia in the American Heart Association’s article, “Speaking more than one language can add layers to stroke recovery”. Read the full article
The Brink: Aphasia Robs Millions of Communication. Boston University Is Helping Them Regain Their Voice
On April 7th, The Brink published the article “Aphasia Robs Millions of Communication. Boston University Is Helping Them Regain Their Voice”, highlighting how Boston University’s Aphasia Resource Center (ARC) and Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) have been supporting people affected by aphasia. Read the full article