Sargent Graduate Amika McBurnie was awarded the Student Activity Award from Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. The award recognizes graduating seniors for their student contributions to extracurricular college, university, and community activities. Read the rest of this entry.
Sargent Professor Simone Gill found eight percent of study participants had unusual mid-foot flexibility – the same as primates. Read the rest of this entry.
Sargent Professor Simone Gill reveals that 8 percent of people have some mid-foot flexibility, rather like that seen in tree-dwelling apes in new study. Read the rest of this entry.
Anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva and Sargent Professor of occupational therapy Simone Gill looked at 398 people as they walked up and down barefoot in the Boston Museum of Science. Read the rest of this entry.
Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Neurorehabilitation Terry Ellis is quoted: “We used to think that the brain was not modifiable, that when you were born, you were hard-wired.” Ellis says of therapies that also help people recover from stroke, “We have so much more potential for recovery than we had before.” Read […]
Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake claims you really can’t go wrong with any fruit or vegetable. Read the rest of this entry.
New Study from Terry Ellis, Director of the Center for Neurorehabilitation, using virtual coaching technology on patients with neurological disorders. Read the rest of this entry.
Terry Ellis, director of the Center for Neurorehabilitation, says, “We have so much more potential for recovery than we had before.” Read the rest of this entry.
Are you portion-size challenged? Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake shares the dangers of self-serve frozen yogurt and what you can do to stay calorie conscious. Read the rest of this entry.
Jonathan Orrala (SAR’13) and Ernesto Botello (SAR’13) were among the 81 Scarlet Key recipients from the Class of 2013. Read the rest of this entry.
Clinical Associate Professor Joan Salge Blake poses the question: Would displaying calorie counts along with the physical-activity equivalents on fast food menus influence your food choices more than just viewing the calories? Read the rest of this entry.
Leanna Katz and Romeissa Selmane, both students in the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy program at Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, have been named 2013 Albert Schweitzer Fellows. This national honor empowers graduate students in the health sciences to have an immediate and lasting impact on the health needs […]
Sargent professor Swathi Kiran to collaborate in expansive aphasia research–she will study anomic aphasia, in which the processing of spoken words is impaired. Read the rest of this entry
Maureen McKinnon, 2008 paralympic sailing gold medalist, will deliver the commencement address for Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. McKinnon will deliver her address at BU’s Track & Tennis Center on Sunday, May 19 at 9:00 a.m to more than 3,000 guests and the approximately 500 undergraduate and graduate students earning […]
William Anthony, executive director of the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, explains, “Napping is just like any other skill—the more you practice, the better you get.” Read the rest of this entry