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Research on Tap: Sustaining Equitable Global Health Partnerships with Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Thursday, December 3 | 4-6 pm Doors open at 3:30 pm. Presentations start at 4 pm. Hiebert Lounge, 14th Floor 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118 The current disruption to U.S. federal global health funding—including the restructuring of USAID and contracting NIH international portfolios—has created urgent pressure on university-based researchers to diversify funding sources […]
Research on Tap: After the Ambulance: Convergent Science for Trauma, Recovery, and Lifelong Health
Wednesday, October 28 | 4-6 pm Doors open at 3:30 pm. Presentations start at 4 pm. Hiebert Lounge, 14th Floor 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118 Each year, more than five million Americans are hospitalized after traumatic injury, and millions more experience interpersonal violence, motor vehicle crashes, and other physical and psychological trauma. The […]
Research on Tap: Digital Currencies, Blockchain Technologies, and Economic Opportunity
Wednesday, November 4 | 4-6 pm Kilachand Center Colloquium Room (Room 101) 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Blockchain technologies currently underpin a rapidly maturing asset class valued at approximately $2.5 trillion, rivaling major traditional financial sectors. However, this emerging technology also raises profound societal concerns regarding governance, regulation, data integrity, and financial crime. This […]
Research on Tap: Imagining New Futures for Urban Biodiversity
Tuesday, September 29 | 4-6 pm Kilachand Center Colloquium Room (Room 101) 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Urban areas are at the center of converging climate crises: intensifying weather events, accelerating biodiversity loss, and persistent social inequities. Growing public and policy attention to urban greening creates new opportunities for conservation as well as concerns […]
Research on Tap: The Framingham Heart Study
Three Generations, 78 Years of Data, 15,000 Participants, 2 Million Biosamples, and More to Discover This Research on Tap event will highlight the enduring impact of the Framingham Heart Study, the landmark longitudinal study that has reshaped our understanding of cardiovascular disease and continues to drive discoveries across a wide range of health conditions. This […]
Research on Tap: The Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families: Research on Policy and Practice
Healthcare, education, food assistance and housing support are all key pillars of healthy child development, but children in immigrant families often do not have full access to these essential support systems. When one in four children in the United States is from an immigrant family and, subsequently, excluded from federal, state, and local social safety […]
Research on Tap: On Language and Being Human
How do the words we choose, and the ways we use them, help us understand our world—especially as it changes rapidly around us? This Research on Tap event will bring together BU faculty from across the university to explore how language influences how we communicate, learn, connect, advocate, and find meaning. Their research will highlight […]
Research on Tap: Engineering the Future of Surgery
Advances at the intersection of surgery and engineering are reshaping how we understand and treat disease. From next-generation devices, robotics, and bioengineering platforms, to AI-powered decision support and predictive modeling, these collaborations are unlocking new possibilities for improved surgical care and patient outcomes. This Research on Tap will bring together Boston University surgeons and engineers […]
Research on Tap: AI for Life Sciences
Wednesday, October 15 | 4-6 PM Kilachand Center Eichenbaum Room (Room 101) 610 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 Advances in AI are impacting a wide range of scientific disciplines, including the life sciences. The emergence of large foundational models–including large language models and those trained on biological sequences–is unlocking new possibilities in synthetic biology, protein […]
Research on Tap: Parkinson’s Disease: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond
Thursday, October 23 | 4-6 PM Kilachand Center Eichenbaum Room (Room 101) 610 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 Parkinson’s disease affects over 10 million people globally and is rapidly becoming the world’s fastest-growing neurological disorder. Despite its widespread impact, there’s still much we don’t understand about its underlying causes, how to mitigate disease progression, or […]