(10/21/2023, Newsweek) “In my experience working with individuals who want to lose some excess weight, some folks confuse their feelings of hunger with thirst. Drinking adequate amounts of water throughout the day may help hydrate them and reduce mindless munching.” – Joan Salge Blake, Program Director and Clinical Professor, Nutrition Read the full article.
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and Boston University Department of Occupational Therapy are once again partnering to promote International Backpack Awareness Day on Friday, October 27, with the aim of educating students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the public about the serious health effects from backpacks that are too heavy or worn improperly. Occupational therapy […]
Book Chapters Bond, G.R., & Mueser, K.T. (2022). Supported employment. In W.E. Sowers, H.L. McQuistion, J.M. Ranz, J.M. Feldman, & P.S. Runnels (Eds.), Handbook of Community Psychiatry (Second Edition). Cham, Switzerland: Springer (pp. 513-24). McGurk, S.R., & Mueser, K.T. (2022). How can I improve my cognitive functioning to do better at work? In K. Duckworth […]
“A lot of people want to believe the person perpetrating the abuse is capable of change; they may have moments when they are a great father or they do a nice thing that gives hope that maybe they’ve changed,” she [Emily Rothman] said. “But what we know statistically is that for somebody who has started […]
(07/24/2023, The Conversation) “The new guidelines are part of a larger framework that addresses many aspects of health, including physical education, nutrition and hygiene. They include important improvements over the 1999 version, including standards that pertain to the well-being of gender and sexual minority populations. That’s noteworthy, given that other U.S. states have recently prohibited classroom education […]
Physical Therapy Department Chair Terry Ellis is one of 24 Charles River Campus faculty promoted to full professor this spring. Ellis specializes in neurorehabilitation, investigating the impact of exercise and rehabilitation on the progression of disability in those with Parkinson disease. She is the director of the BU Center for Neurorehabilitation and a Catherine Worthingham Fellow […]
Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the Whitney R. Powers Award for Teaching Excellence, Staff Award of Merit, and the Faculty Award of Merit. Whitney R. Powers Award for Teaching Excellence Alyssa Boucher, Clinical Assistant Professor, Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Recognizing an outstanding teacher from the Sargent faculty, this award is named in honor of Whitney R. […]
(03/20/2023, STAT) Expert Quote: “That [the drug and bariatric surgery recommendations] scares me. Because that is a very aggressive recommendation that could potentially lead someone to permanent surgical intervention that, for the rest of their lives, has changed the physical anatomy of their GI tract. And I’m talking about someone who may be a teenager, still, […]
(02/21/2023, The Daily Free Press) Expert quote: “We are one of the few [labs] in the country, if not the world, that have worked across the translation continuum…doing everything from basic science research, all the way to in-clinic, in-home clinical trials, spanning the expertise of these different disciplines, working in rehab, physical therapy, engineering.” – PT […]
(02/25/2023, The Washington Post) Swathi Kiran, director of the Aphasia Research Laboratory is mentioned in The Washington Post: “Although some sources give the number of Americans with aphasia as at least 2 million, Swathi Kiran, the director of the Aphasia Research Laboratory at Boston University, says that number represents only aphasia caused by stroke.” Read the […]
(02/27/2023, Yahoo Life) Expert quote: Clinical Professor of Nutrition Joan Salge Blake explains that consumers are routinely “misinterpreting” these dates and “inadvertently tossing good food into the trash.” “This is causing Americans to needlessly throw away about one third of the foods they are purchasing and waste over $160 billion on food that could be safely […]
(02/06/2023, MedPage Today) A new clinical trial led by Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Deepak Kumar published in Arthritis Care & Research shows the feasibility of evaluating seniors with knee osteoarthritis in their homes. Among 20 patients tested, 18 were able to manage the sensors successfully, and the results correlated reasonably well with task performance during clinic […]
(03/11/2022, Proud Stutter) There is no definitive answer to why a person stutters. However, thanks to Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Professor Frank Guenther and his research lab at Boston University, the mystery of stuttering has become a little clearer. With advances in brain activity monitoring technology, neuroscientists like Frank are able to explore stuttering in […]
(02/02/2023, Parkinson’s News Today) A small group of people with Parkinson’s disease adhered well to an experimental music-based digital therapy to treat gait problems, and reported quality of life gains, meeting the main goals of a small feasibility trial. Preliminary evidence of the trial that included 24 patients also suggested improvements in motor function and mobility […]
The Boston University Department of Occupational Therapy cordially invites you to an alumni reception at the AOTA INSPIRE 2023 Conference in Kansas City. WhenFriday, April 21, 20237:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. WhereLoews Kansas City Hotel City Beautiful D Ballroom 1515 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, MO