Recent Grants

Study lead by Terry Ellis, Professor and Department Chair of Physical Therapy, receives $2M grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation

By Meghan Lee Hooper February 4th, 2026 in News

The funding will support a clinical study evaluating motor and cognitive factors associated with changes in walking for people with Parkinson's disease who use MedRhythms' MOVIVE (MR-005), a safe, use-at-home medical device that delivers rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) to support gait rehabilitation and motor function. This study was funded through... More

Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development (IECOHD) receives Rapid Response grant from William T. Grant Foundation

By Meghan Lee Hooper January 29th, 2026 in News

The project, Immigrant Inclusion in the U.S. Tax and Transfer System: Reviewing Evidence to Inform State Policy Action, is lead by Dolores Acevedo-Garcia (SSW), Stephanie Ettinger De Cuba (SPH), and Pamela K. Joshi (SSW), as well as Christopher Wimer at Columbia University. IECOHD and the Center on Poverty and Social... More

Assistant Professors Hadi Nia and Brianne Connizzo announced as Hevolution/AFAR New Investigators in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research

By Meghan Lee Hooper December 19th, 2025 in News

The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and Hevolution Foundation announced the third cohort of the Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Awardees in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research. This program enables junior investigators with labs in the US and Canada, and with at least three years of independent research, to advance research projects... More

For Barr Foundation’s new head, this is a homecoming.

By Meghan Lee Hooper December 12th, 2025 in News

Ali Noorani cut his teeth as a nonprofit leader in Boston. Now he’s back to lead one of the dynamic foundations in the region. By Adrian Walker Globe Columnist,Updated December 10, 2025, When Ali Noorani left Boston in 2008 — after years as a high-profile activist, most notably on immigration issues —... More