Autism advocate and scientist Dr. Temple Grandin toured Sargent College during her visit to Boston University. Dr. Grandin met with Sargent faculty and students to hear about autism research underway across our programs, including in Sargent’s Families & Autism Research Lab, Human Systems Neuroscience Lab, and Motor Development Lab Later in the day, Dr. Grandin […]
Project Aims to Boost Commercialization of Innovative Wearable and Med Tech Devices Harvard and Boston University have been awarded new grant of $3 million from the State House to support the development of next-generation robotics and wearable technologies. Researchers aim to improve the lives of people with neuro-motor impairments and to help individuals achieve ambitious fitness goals, […]
(2/14/22, U.S. News & World Report) “The African heritage diet celebrates the culinary legacy of healthy eating for people of African descent. The African heritage diet pyramid is yet another science-based healthy eating option. And it’s about time that we started embracing other cultures and their positive health benefits.” – Clinical Professor of Nutrition Joan […]
(2/1/2022, USA Today) Expert Quote: “If we’re monetizing sexuality or beauty or availability or instant access to somebody, there are all kinds of things that we’re monetizing in that situation that may then have implications for how people treat each other….There is a way in which you can simultaneously try to push back against the […]
(1/18/22, HealthCity) “Engaging communities as partners in research is essential for ensuring that the right questions are asked, appropriate methods are used, results are interpreted in context, and findings are effectively translated. Yet, the experiences and perspectives of many communities are often missing from research studies, especially those of Black, Indigenous, and other people of […]
(12/14/21, AARP) Stiffness and loss of motion in your hands may be the beginning of arthritis. Clinical Professor Karen Jacobs shares tips on how to stay loose and pain free. Read the full article.
(12/3/21, US News & World Report) Expert Quote: “Most Americans are following short of consuming the recommended 2 cups of fruit daily, and hence, aren’t meeting their daily potassium and fiber needs…When that box of Mother Nature’s finest arrives with the most delicious, sweetest fruit, it is guaranteed to be a treat and help with […]
(12/3/21, Psychology Today) Expert Quote: “This [model] gives us a fighting chance of finding the specific problems underlying stuttering and addressing them with highly targeted drugs or technological treatments that have minimal unwanted side effects.” – Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences Professor Frank Guenther Read the full article.
(11/8/2021, U.S. News Health) Expert quote: “These are the kitchen gadgets dietitians use in their kitchen to make healthy eating easier.” – Clinical Professor Joan Salge Blake Read the full article.
(10/20/21, The Wall Street Journal) Expert Quote: “People are reporting on their thoughts and feelings, and that in and of itself is an intervention. If a notification comes to your phone and suggests a coping mechanism or an opportunity for people to improve the way they feel, the phone can be a conduit or a window […]
For healthcare professionals, the vow of “do no harm” is a guiding principle. But research and medical treatment for communities of color has sometimes been anything but harmless, afflicted with issues of informed consent, bias, and unethical practices. In the 1930s and ’40s, the Tuskegee Syphilis Project included nearly 400 Black men with the disease […]
(9/30/21, TheLily) Expert Quote: “This kind of program is an excellent step towards tracking and monitoring violence when it does happen, so that we can better understand risk factors and start to address those factors and ensure safety for LGBTQ+ people…This is step No. 1 in the public health playbook.” – Occupational Therapy Professor and […]
In our Skills for Occupational-Based Practice I course taught by Clinical Assistant Professor Pedro Almeida, students learn to develop adaptive and compensatory strategies to help their future clients during the performance of activities of daily living. They also work to identify the biomechanical, cognitive, and sensory components required to perform such activities, for example, based […]
Nikita Chou (Sargent’24) and Dominick Farino (Sargent’24) during a provocation and alleviation lab session for their Physical Therapy Examination course, taught by Clinical Associate Professor Lee Marinko. The object of this class: learn how to determine which tissues may be responsible for a patient’s pain.
By PhD student Dheepak Arumukhom Revi and Assistant Professor Louis N. Awad The emerging fields of telehealth and digital therapeutics are primed to change the face of healthcare. They are also well-suited to leverage wearable sensors that can monitor movement in the everyday world. Indeed, we have recently seen a rapid expansion of everyday technologies […]