Boston Herald: “Long Term Concussion Effects Remain Foggy”
(11/03/15) Assistant Professor Douglas Comeau quoted. View full article
Category: Alumni
US News & World Report: “Prediabetes: An Elephant in the Room”
(10/09/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake writes about prediabetes awareness. Expert quote: “More than a third of Americans, 86 million adults, have prediabetes. These folks are on deck to develop diabetes in the future. Prediabetes is a condition whereby individuals have higher than normal blood glucose levels but not quite high enough to be […]
Yahoo! Finance: “Which State is the Fattest and Least Healthy?”
(11/5/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “Americans tend to eat too much of this food group, and it is draining their wallet. A consumer is often shocked that the boneless, skinless chicken breast on their plate is actually over 6 ounces, so you can make two meals out of it.” View […]
BU Today: “Travis Roy, 20 Years Later: $2.5 million gift will create Travis M. Roy Professorship”
(10/29/15) “Early in the evening, Christopher Moore, dean of Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, came to the stage to announce a surprise: a $2.5 million gift from a group of anonymous donors that will establish the Travis M. Roy Professorship in Rehabilitation Sciences at Sargent and provide the foundation with office space on campus […]
Washington Post: “If You’re Going to Make One Change to Improve Your Health, It Should Be One of These”
(10/27/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “There may be something to the old adage to eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper for those trying to lose weight.” View full article
US News & World Report: “An Apple a Day Can Keep Your Doctor and Dentist at Bay”
(10/23/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake writes about the health benefits that apples offer. Expert quote: “Apples are a good source of a group of phytochemicals, called polyphenols, which have been shown to help decrease the risk of getting heart disease. Apples are also rich in pectin, a soluble fiber that can help lower […]
Men’s Journal: “The War on Bacon Heats Up”
(10/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “That’s the million-dollar question. Is it how the meat is cooked that contributes to cancer risk, whether it’s processed, or both? This report doesn’t say, and we don’t have the answer based on existing studies.” View full article
The Boston Globe: “WHO Says Processed Meat is ‘Carcinogenic’ to Humans”
(10/27/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake quoted. Expert quote: “Maybe we can expand our horizons this year, start looking at a more varied diet. This may be a good time to start thinking about incorporating fish, or go meatless for a day. . . . Mix this all up so we’re not eating a […]
BU Today: “Patient-Centered Team Treatment of Schizophrenia Works Best”
(10/26/15) Executive Director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Professor Kim Mueser quoted. Expert quote: “We see improvements across the board—in social relationships, at work and in school, in reduction of the severity of symptoms, in all the things that are most important to people experiencing an episode of psychosis. This shows that […]
The Boston Globe: “BU Establishes Travis Roy Professorship”
(10/22/15) Dean Christopher A. Moore quoted. Expert quote: “We are extraordinarily appreciative of the vision and commitment expressed by these anonymous donors in focusing our research and educational efforts in this way. We’re especially pleased that this collaboration will further the highest ideals of both BU and the Travis Roy Foundation, providing clear […]
Boston University Announces Travis M. Roy Professorship in Rehabilitation Sciences
Boston University (BU) College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College received a $2.5 million gift to establish the Travis M. Roy Professorship in Rehabilitation Sciences and to support an ongoing partnership with the Travis Roy Foundation. This gift from an anonymous group of donors will immediately fund the Travis M. Roy Professorship at Sargent […]
People.com: “Boston University Hockey Player Travis Roy Honored 20 Years After the Accident That Left Him Paralyzed”
(10/21/15) “An additional surprise of the evening came from Chris Moore, Dean of Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University, who announced that an anonymous seven-figure donation would fund the Travis Roy Professorship in Research Sciences at BU.” View full article
CNN.com: “Inside Students’ Heavy Backpacks, Why it’s Too Much and How to Help”
(10/22/15) Clinical Professor Karen Jacobs quoted. Expert quote: “They look like turtles; they’re walking forward, the posture changed. Some will complain they have headaches, pain in the shoulders, neck, backs.” View full article
Doctoral Student Awarded Prestigious ASHFoundation Scholarship
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences doctoral student Liz Heller Murray received the prestigious ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to strong doctoral candidates who are pursuing teacher-investigator careers in the academic environment. Murray will use the funding to help further her research on voice disorders in adult and pediatric populations. Ms. […]
US News & World Report: “Could That Weight-Loss Supplement Land You in the ER?”
(10/16/15) Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake talks about the dangers of weight loss supplements. “New research suggests 23,000 annual trips to a hospital emergency room are due to folks taking dietary supplements…” View full article