Hospitals Cut Readmissions, But at What Cost?
Critics say Medicare program penalizes safety-net hospitals Report says that safety-net hospitals should be compared to other safety-net hospitals, rather than put into one broad category. Photo by EunikaSopotnicka/iStock. Safety-net hospitals, which serve large populations of low-income patients, have made significant progress in reducing patient readmissions under a federal penalty program, but adjustments to the […]
SPH Welcomes New Global Health Chair
Patricia Hibberd wants to leverage technology to save young lives When Patricia Hibberd (above) looks at her smartphone, she sees a chance to save young lives. Hibberd, the new chair of the School of Public Health’s Department of Global Health, has been working in Malawi, India, and Pakistan to develop a low-cost thermal imaging system […]
Digital Leader to Coordinate, Expand BU’s Online Education
Chrysanthos Dellarocas to lead University beyond MOOCs With many BU MOOCs now up and running, Chrysanthos Dellarocas, the University’s first associate provost for digital learning and innovation, is mapping other online initiatives. Photo (left) courtesy of Chrysanthos Dellarocas. When BU joined the online educational platform edX three years ago, it committed to producing massive open online […]
BU BioScience Academy Graduates 15
Year of intensive study and internships launch Class of 2016 in new career field View the slideshow to meet the 2016 graduates of BU’s BIoScience Academy certificate program. (Not pictured: Nandita Bhattacharaya). Photos by Cydney Scott. When Jesse Logan applied for a certificate program in applied biotechnology at BU’s BioScience Academy (BSA), she was at loose […]
Commencement Speaker: Embrace Your Fear of the Unknown Future
Former CBS executive Nina Tassler says life took her to unexpected joys Commencement speaker Nina Tassler (CFA’79, Hon.’16) told BU graduates not to be afraid to edit their dreams and rewrite the story of what they want to do in life during the University’s 143rd Commencement Sunday. Video by BU Productions. Photo by Dana J. […]
Sandro Galea’s Vision for Public Health
SPH dean emphasizes social justice issues like race, poverty Sandro Galea switched careers after a stint with Doctors Without Borders, leaving the immediate gratification of medicine to labor in the vineyard of public health. Photo By Eric Levin. Sandro Galea stood with his backpack at the edge of a small airstrip in Mendi, Papua New […]
BU School of Public Health Turns 40
Four Decades Forward: BUSPH Regional Celebration in Washington, DC BU School of Public Health held a DC alumni reception on March 21. Many were invited to network with alumni, enjoy food, and drink in celebration of the School’s 40th anniversary at the Army & Navy Club. Find out more Read the BU Today story
Show Me the Data
First BU Data Science Day draws cross-disciplinary crowd Azer Bestavros, director of the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering (center), and the cochairs of Hariri’s first BU Data Science Day, Prakash Ishwar (left) and Dino Christenson (right), were delighted by the large, cross-disciplinary crowd that came together to talk about how data […]
New MED Curriculum Aimed at Stemming Explosive Rise in Opioid Misuse
Response to governor’s request for help from medical schools Daniel Alford (SPH’86, MED’92), a School of Medicine associate professor of medicine and the assistant dean for continuing medical education, is leading the effort to expand MED’s opioid and addiction curriculum. Photo by Cydney Scott. Massachusetts—like the rest of the nation—is in the grip of a […]
Four Decades Forward: SPH Celebrates 40th Anniversary
MED offshoot now an international leader in research, graduate education Dean Sandro Galea in front of the Talbot Building, home of the BU School of Public Health, which kicks off its 40th anniversary celebration this month. Photo by Dan Aguirre. When the School of Public Health launches a yearlong celebration of its 40th anniversary tonight, […]