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BU infectious diseases researcher and physician Nahid Bhadelia leads the Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World event.

What’s It Like to Be an Infectious Diseases Outbreak Responder?

In a public education event at Boston’s Museum of Science, BU’s Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases experts empower people to make tough decisions

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Featured Researchers

Meet the brilliant minds behind our groundbreaking research.

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    Darrell Kotton

    Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston University David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Nahid R. Bhadelia

    Nahid R. Bhadelia

    Founding Director, BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research Associate Professor, Medicine
  • Image of Lucy Hutyra

    Lucy Hutyra

    Distinguished Professor, Chair, Earth & Environment
  • Merav Opher

    Merav Opher

    Professor, Astronomy
  • Bruce J. Schulman

    Bruce J. Schulman

    William E. Huntington Professor of History
  • Helen Tager-Flusberg

    Helen Tager-Flusberg

    Director, Center for Autism Research Excellence Professor Emerita, Psychological & Brian Sciences
  • Quinn Slobodian

    Quinn Slobodian

    Professor, International History
  • Monica Wang

    Monica L. Wang

    Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences
  • Anders Sandvik

    Anders W. Sandvik

    Professor, Physics
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What Causes Autism? BU Researcher Counters Myths and Misinformation

BU researcher Helen Tager-Flusberg founded the Coalition of Autism Scientists to advocate for robust research on the disorder—and counter myths and misinformation.

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