About the Department of Health Sciences
Why do muscles enlarge from a workout and atrophy from certain diseases? Why do strokes occur? What happens inside your brain when you hear or walk or remember? How can eating disorders be treated? What are the latest findings on autism? The hottest topics in neuroscience?
Our Health Sciences department has answers to a dizzying range of questions. It’s the largest department at BU Sargent College, with the broadest range of programs and career possibilities. Where you’ll go with the strong scientific foundation you’ll build here—on to medical school or into nutrition, neuroscience, public health, or private industry, to name just a few—is up to you.
Commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
The Health Sciences Department condemns discrimination in all forms and recognizes our role in providing an inclusive educational environment and experience while working to dismantle oppression in the fields of health science, global public health, human physiology, and nutrition. We acknowledge this statement as a starting point for our socially just, antiracist, anti-imperialist, anti-heteronormative, and anti-abelist work. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in science and beyond, and strive to counteract the underrepresentation of many racial and ethnic, disability, economically disadvantaged, female-identifying, and LGBTQIA+ identities in the scientific community. Read our full statement and action plan for equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.
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Eileen B. O’Keefe, MD, MPH
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Dustin Allen, PhD
- 617-353-2719
- drallen@bu.edu
Shelley M. Brown, PhD, MPH
- 617-353-7576
- shelleyb@bu.edu
Stacey A. Zawacki, DrPH, RDN
- 617-358-5065
- szawacki@bu.edu
Vasileios Zikopoulos, Ph.D.
- 617-353-8375
- zikopoul@bu.edu
Centers and Labs
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Sargent Choice Nutrition Center
Stacey A. Zawacki, DrPH, RDN -
Diet Quality and Healthy Aging Lab
Nicola McKeown, PhD -
Eating Patterns & Metabolism Lab
Megan McCrory, PhD -
Global Health Nutrition Lab
Lindsey Locks, MPH, ScD -
Global Health Systems R.I.S.E Lab
Lawrence Were, PhD -
Human Systems Neuroscience Laboratory
Vasileios Zikopoulos, Ph.D. -
India Research & Outreach Initiative
Eileen B. O’Keefe, MD, MPH -
Neural Systems Laboratory
Helen Barbas, PhD -
Nutritional Epidemiology Lab
Paula A. Quatromoni, DSc, RD -
Q.U.E.E.R. Lab
Jesse Moreira-Bouchard, PhD -
Vascular Biology Lab
Kathleen G. Morgan, PhD