BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Receives $24 Million in Fresh Funding
Five-year, National Institute on Aging grant funds University’s hub for neurodegenerative disease research
When Your Mom is Autistic: A Boston University Researcher’s Guide to Understanding and Appreciating Neurodivergent Mothers
Meghan G. Graham’s new book aims to show adult children how their mothers with autism communicate and interpret the world—and inspire more meaningful and authentic relationships
New Video Game Could Help Reveal How People with Autism Perceive the World
Boston University researchers built a game that can be played by people across the autism spectrum—and that could one day help improve the development and testing of new therapies
At Least 25 Percent of Former NFL Players Had CTE When They Died, New Study Suggests
Boston University’s CTE Center helped lead research that found the neurodegenerative disease was common among players who died between 2016 and 2021; rate may be as high as 97.7 percent
Polarization Polarized Parents Are Raising Ideologically Divided Kids. How Do We Stop the Cycle?
Boston University’s Kathleen Corriveau, who studies why children believe what they do, says social exposure may be the key to ending the transmission of polarized beliefs
Excessive Screen Time Increases Suicidal Thoughts in College Students, Boston University-Led Study Finds
Mental health counseling researcher Seungbin Oh says young cisgender men especially at risk
NFL Players Four Times More Likely to Die of Diseases Like ALS, Dementia, and Parkinson’s, BU Study Finds
Analysis of nearly 20,000 current and former pro football players connects longer careers to increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases
Brink Bites: A Boston Climate Leader and New Oral Cancer Targets
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a potential way to help immune cells take down cancer
$9M Grant Awarded to BU Co-Led Research to Advance Understanding and Early Detection of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common cause of brain bleeds in older adults and an important contributor to cognitive impairment and dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Brink Bites: Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Foundation Grant to BU, Widowed Men Have Higher Depression Risk than Women
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a Questrom professor named to top global list of up-and-coming management thinkers