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Research on Tap: Addressing Health Inequities with a Health Economics Lens (2024)
From where we live and work to the education and income we receive, countless factors determine our health. These inequities aren’t random; they are rooted in the systems that govern our daily lives, including health care structures, employment markets, and public policies. Understanding how these drivers compound across individual, community, and societal levels and identifying […]
Research on Tap: Women’s Health and Cultivating a Research Community at BU (2024)
For much of the 20th century, clinical research predominantly involved male participants, with the assumption that findings would apply equally to women. Concerns about hormonal fluctuations and reproductive health risks led to the exclusion of women, particularly those of childbearing age. This exclusion resulted in a significant lack of data on how various diseases and […]
Research on Tap: Climate Change and Clean Energy (2024)
Fossil fuels have provided major benefits to populations in affordability and well-being but also created large impacts on the health of people and the planet. In the face of climate change, new and ongoing research aims to understand the interconnectedness of energy, society, and the environment and to develop new technologies and policies that drive […]
Research on Tap: Climate Change and Infectious Diseases (2024)
Climate change and associated aberrant weather patterns are responsible for a wide array of health issues, posing an urgent need for research to guide evidence-based public health policy. While interdisciplinary connections have been steadily evolving among the many researchers studying related topics across BU schools and colleges, the growing threat of emerging infectious diseases during […]
Research for Change: Social Justice Scholarship from BU Graduate Fellows (2024)
In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the BU community is invited to a presentation of research talks highlighting scholarship from changemaking student researchers. Every year, Boston University awards a small number of prestigious graduate fellowships (honoring Clare Booth Luce, Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young, Jr., and Lu Lingzi) to a select cohort […]
Research on Tap: BU and Africa (2024)
BU and Africa: Culture, Development, Health, Environment, and Governance Some are calling our times “the African Century” given the profound implications of the continent’s demographic transitions for African peoples and the world at large. By 2050, 2.5 billion people, more than 25 percent of all of the world’s population, will live in Africa, a number […]
Research on Tap: The Global Housing Crisis (2024)
The Global Housing Crisis: Lessons on Displacement, Affordability, and Homelessness Co-hosted by the BU Initiative on Cities In August 2023, the United Nations published a new report warning of an unsustainable affordable housing crisis, reaffirming their commitment to housing as a human right. This housing crisis is global, and it’s directly affecting Boston, a city […]
Research on Tap: Measuring Corporate Impacts on the Environment & Society (2023)
As climate change accelerates, we need better methods for measuring and talking about the social and environmental impact of businesses. Within the investment industry, the metrics commonly used to gauge this impact, known as ESG (environment, social, governance), have become a hot topic, but the factors they represent are difficult to measure. Across BU’s campuses, […]
Research on Tap: Health Data Science (2023)
Hosted by Debbie Cheng, Professor, Biostatistics and Director, Population Health Data Science Program (SPH) Data science offers immense potential to draw meaningful new insights from massive data sources that can shape healthcare practice, policies, and ultimately our understanding of the world. The field of data science is unique in that it draws researchers from a […]
Research on Tap: Toward Responsible AI: Privacy, Fairness, and Accountability (2023)
Nearly every aspect of our lives is now touched by digital technologies. While information systems have enabled humans to flourish, societal concerns over privacy and abuses of algorithmically driven systems are greater than ever. We are exposed at work, at play, and at rest by our relationships with those who use technology to shape what […]