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BU Students Win Janetos Climate Action Prize for Uncovering Air Quality Gaps Between Old and New Campus Buildings
Using student-designed, low-cost sensors, the team hopes to help improve classroom air quality
Finding Non-Opioid Solutions for Low Back Pain
A robotic exosuit trial is the latest research coming out of the BU Physical Therapy […]
Do Forest Carbon Credits Work and Actually Help the Environment?
BU environmental ecologist and alum scientist team up for study of forest carbon credits and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including an AI system for detecting […]
NIH Awards $15M to BU-Led Effort to Diagnose CTE During Life
New study to look for potential biomarkers of progressive brain disease; former NFL quarterback Matt […]
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Renowned Virologist Robert A. Davey to Lead NEIDL, BU’s Infectious Diseases Research Hub
An expert on virus-host interactions and antiviral drug discovery, Davey says NEIDL will continue to focus on conducting “creative, inventive science in the safest ways possible”
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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
Founding Director, BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research Associate Professor, Medicine -
Robert A. Davey
Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) Professor of Microbiology, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine -
Lucy Hutyra
Distinguished Professor, Chair, Earth & Environment -
Merav Opher
Professor, Astronomy -
Bruce J. Schulman
William E. Huntington Professor of History -
Helen Tager-Flusberg
Director, Center for Autism Research Excellence Professor Emerita, Psychological & Brian Sciences -
Quinn Slobodian
Professor, International History -
Monica L. Wang
Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences -
Anders W. Sandvik
Professor, Physics
Using AI to Identify Plundered Antiquities
BU archaeologists use machine learning algorithm to help identify stolen Cambodian statues