India Research and Outreach Initiative
India Research and Outreach Initiative’s (IROI) primary target population is the villages of in the Anand district of Gujarat, located 250 miles north of Mumbai, India. Village size varies from 3-5,000 people per village to as large as 25,000 or more.
Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights
Public health policy poses increasingly nuanced questions of law, ethics, and human rights—from religious objections to insurance coverage of contraceptives to the size of soda containers. The Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights in BU’s School of Public Health bridges the gap between public health’s expanding scope and the capacity of academic programs […]
Global Development Policy Center
The Boston University Global Development Policy Center is a policy-oriented research center working to advance financial stability, human well-being and environmental sustainability across the globe. A University-wide research center in partnership with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and the Office of Research at Boston University, the GDP Center is built upon five […]
Slone Epidemiology Center
The Slone Epidemiology Center is a public health research organization that focuses on studying the possible health effects of a wide variety of factors in adults and children. The initial focus on medication use has over the years been expanded to include behavioral, psychosocial, socioeconomic, environmental, and genetic factors. Center staff includes specialists in epidemiology, […]
Center for Research to Evaluate & Eliminate Dental Disparities
The Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD)’s mission is to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information, with a focus on the elimination of oral health disparities
Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is an interdisciplinary research center affiliated with the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. The Center conducts interdisciplinary research on globally important issues that affect the human condition over the course of several decades. Through programs of scholarship, outreach, and education, the Pardee […]
Institute for Economic Development
The Institute for Economic Development (IED) is a research center which consists of faculty and graduate students within Boston University’s Department of Economics, and focuses on the economic problems of developing countries. To this end, the institute provides facilities and a supportive intellectual environment for students, faculty, and visiting scholars pursuing research in the problems of economic development, and […]