(3/18/2020, CNBC) Expert Quote: “Supporting your feet on an elevated surface, or stretching your legs long increases circulation and can feel nice. Ideally, your hips and thighs should form 90-degree angles when you sit in your chair, but you can move your feet back and forth for exercise.” – Karen Jacobs, clinical professor of occupational therapy […]
This SpotOn! podcast hosted by Clinical Associate Professor of Nutrition Joan Salge Blake episode welcomes Sargent student Molly Pelletier and Dr. Ilana Licht for a discussion on how to incorporate meditation into your daily life. Listen to the episode.
(3/9/20, Creaky Joints) Expert Quote: “…get another organizer for all your cleaning supplies and stash them into the slots instead of under the sink…It’ll help keep them organized and eliminate the need to bend down.” – Karen Jacobs, clinical professor of occupational therapy Read this article
Terry Ellis, PhD, PT, NCS, associate professor and chair in the Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, has been named a 2020 Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). This is the second consecutive year that a Sargent faculty member has been selected for the top honor. Clinical Associate Professor Julie […]
(2/26/20, The Healthy) Expert Quote: For proper form, start a squat with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointing forward, knees behind your toes, and your head up. “When you lower your body, pretend you’re sitting in a chair, and keep your knees aligned over the second or third toes, but not beyond” – Karen Jacobs, […]
(2/28/20, BU Today) The Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards are given each year to advisors “who have engaged students in the collaborative process of advising and have had a significant impact on students’ academic careers.” Clinical associate professor of occupational therapy Nancy Lowenstein, who has been an advisor ever since coming to BU in 1999, knows […]
Students and faculty from our DPT and PhD programs presented their research at the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2020 Combined Sections Meeting in February.
(12/18/19, BU Today) In a windowless room in the basement of Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, the day has finally arrived. It’s the Big Dissection. Two cadavers lie on gurneys in the back of the room under sharp fluorescent lights. Over the course of the semester so far, the graduate students have dissected […]
(10/29/19, BU Today) “…even before a woman gets pregnant, there are opportunities for clinicians to reduce the health risks associated with future pregnancies. That’s the idea behind the Gabby Preconception Care System, a computer program designed to help make women healthier before pregnancy begins by improving access to preconception care, providing relevant information, and building […]
(11/18/19, The New York Times) Expert Quote: “Nationally, a growing number of programs called assertive community treatment provide the kinds of services offered in psychiatric hospitals but within a home setting, which works for ’a certain percentage’ of those with severe mental illness. ” – Dr. Kim T. Mueser Read the article
(11/19/19, BU Today) Thanksgiving can mean a table piled high with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pies and more. In this Wellness Wednesday podcast, Clinical Associate Professor of Nutrition Joan Salge Blake talks to BU Today about how to make smart choices at the Thanksgiving table. Take a listen.
(11/25/19, U.S. News) Expert Quote: “The time of day that you eat your dinner may have an impact on how your body stores the excess calories from your feast. Research is suggesting that eating a higher percentage of your daily calories closer to the time you go to sleep may increase your body fat…Rather than […]
(11/13/19, BU Today) In this op-ed, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Health Sciences Chair Paula Quatromoni argues for system-wide changes to protect athletes from body-shaming, abuse, and dietary neglect. “The only way forward is by breaking the silence to raise awareness and demand change. When athletes tell their stories, as Mary Cain has, they protect […]
On September 25, 2019, doctor of occupational therapy student Kylie Woodall (Sargent ’21) and Clinical Assistant Professor Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon attended the 2019 CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference in Providence, RI. They were invited panel participants and also presented their work on the Gabby Preconception Care system. Developed by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC), […]
(9/6/19, BU Today) Karen Jacobs, clinical professor of occupational therapy, offers tips on what to look for when buying a backpack and how to prevent discomfort and pain from a heavy pack. Read the article in BU Today