Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers

Highlights from a year of BU research, from an AI program that can predict Alzheimer’s disease to an ancient Egyptian treasure.

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CTE: How BU Is Changing the Game

From families donating their loved ones’ brains for study, to scientists racing to achieve diagnosis during life, to researchers trying to make America’s most popular sport safer, Boston University’s CTE Center is a hub for world-leading, cutting-edge research into the devastating neurodegenerative disease.

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Accidental Death Rates among US Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq Wars Differ by Age, Gender, and Time Since Deployment

A new study found that car accidents and accidental overdose accounted for the majority of these deaths. Car accidents were highest among military members immediately following their return from deployment, while the highest rates of fatal accidental overdoses occurred later in post-deployment life.

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Easing Transition to Civilian Life for Women Veterans

MED researchers create network with Walmart Foundation grant Tara Galovski (left) and Amy Street, MED associate professors of psychiatry, are using a grant from the Walmart Foundation to create the Women Veterans Network to help female vets more successfully reintegrate into civilian life. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi. Women make up 15 percent of US active […]

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