Dr. Swathi Kiran Awarded 2025 Highly Ranked Scholar
Dr. Swathi Kiran, Founding Director of the Center for Brain Recovery, was awarded 2025 Highly Ranked Scholar status by ScholarGPS for her career accomplishments in the field of Aphasia, ranking within the top 0.05% of aphasia scholars based on publication impact, quantity, and quality. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Dr. Kiran has been […]
New $2M MJFF grant backs Parkinson’s walking study at Boston University
Researchers will study motor and cognitive responses to rhythmic cues
The 9th Annual Neurophotonics Symposium Brings Together Over 250 Community Members
On January 23, the Neurophotonics Center hosted its 9th annual symposium, co-sponsored with the Hariri Institute, and organized by faculty members Ben Scott and Heidi Meyer. With the topic of “New Developments in Imaging Naturalistic, Social, and Freely Moving Behaviors,” speakers and student “blitzes” covered a range of advancements and dedicated research across the subfields […]
Neurophotonics Center Community Featured Across SPIE’s Photonics West 2026 Conference
Last week, SPIE held it’s annual “Photonics West” conference, bringing together researchers and experts across the varying fields of optics and photonics research. With over a hundred conferences, plenary events, and presentations, several Boston University Photonics and Neurophotonics Center faculty––and graduate students––were not only in attendance, but led several key talks.
Combating Neurological Language Loss
BU centers blend cutting-edge science, therapy, and community in the fight against aphasia
Building Mini-Brains, Advancing Big Ideas: How Kate Herrema Uses Organoids to Model Neurodevelopment
by Jack Osmond Whether in her home state of Michigan, during her high school years in Virginia, or in the city of Boston, Kate Herrema has always had an aptitude for science and math. But it wasn’t until she took a psychology class in high school that she discovered her interest in neuroscience. “I remember […]
ENGineer Magazine Fall 2025 is Live!
Terry Ellis Featured in “You Are Why” Campaign for Parkinson’s Research
Travis Rotterman Named Career Development Professor
Travis Rotterman, a Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine assistant professor of pharmacology, physiology, and biophysics, researches nerve injury.
Forecasting Recovery: CBR Faculty Awarded $3.2M NIH Grant
Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) faculty members Drs. Archana Venkataraman and Swathi Kiran have been awarded a $3.2M NIH grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to develop computational tools that will predict language recovery in people with post-stroke aphasia.