(1/19/2021, BU Today) “My fellow Americans, and citizens around the world, I’d like to start this address by acknowledging “the Native Peoples on whose ancestral homelands we gather, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today” [from the National Museum of the American Indian Land Acknowledgement]. I’d also […]
(1/13/2021, NBC News) Expert Quote: “If I had to pick one important thing, it’s that a chair be easily adjustable.” – Karen Jacobs, clinical professor of occupational therapy Read this article
(Boston25 TV) Expert Quote: “Less than a quarter of Americans are [consuming less than 10% of their calories from saturated fat].” – Joan Salge Blake, clinical professor of nutrition Watch the segment
(1/28/2021, U.S News & World Report) Expert Quote: “Let your oven do all the work for you as you roast the veggies and then just puree the soup in a blender.” – Joan Salge Blake, clinical professor of nutrition Read the article
(12/7/2020, The New York Times) The most important thing you can do is to take breaks, according to Karen Jacobs, an occupational therapist, board-certified ergonomist and clinical professor at Boston University. Ideally, you should get up and move every 20 minutes, untethering yourself from your computer and anything else that aggravates your carpal tunnel, a passage […]
(12/9/2020, Psychology Today) A new study by Research Associate Professor Virginia Best suggests that in “cocktail party” listening situations, people’s eye position steers their visual attention—which, in turn, guides their auditory attention. “Our primary motivation was an intuition that eye position may be especially critical within these [cocktail party] situations, where there is substantial energetic and […]
(12/3/2020, U.S News & World Report) Expert Quote: “According to the American Frozen Food Institute, which represents America’s frozen food and beverage makers, the consumer has recently found relief from cooking fatigue by strolling down the frozen food aisle of the supermarket. The sales of frozen meals have increased over 15% from last year, according […]
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(10/23/2020, CBS Boston) At age eight, [Ethan West] started working with Diane Constantino, who works with the Stuttering Foundation and is also Director of the Center for Stuttering Therapy at Boston University. She says Biden’s position helps bring stuttering to the forefront. “When he was open about his stuttering. He was able to express it’s […]
In a new article published in the Journal of Neuroscience and featured on the October cover, Serial Prefrontal Pathways Are Positioned to Balance Cognition and Emotion in Primates, BU Neural Systems Lab researchers Mary Kate P. Joyce, Miguel Ángel García-Cabezas, Yohan J. John, and Helen Barbas studied how the brain balances emotion and reason. Specifically, […]
(10/20/2020, BU Today) It’s widely accepted that roughly three million Americans stutter, with four times as many men as women. There are myths that stuttering is the result of anxiety or a psychological issue, but Constantino says it is a “neuro-physiological developmental problem” that crops up in childhood as our brains develop the ability to […]
(10/16/20, BU Today) Expert Quotes: “Loneliness is a perceived disconnection from others,” – Dan Fulford, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy “Loneliness could really tip someone into mental health distress,” – Dori Stauss Hutchinson, Director of Services of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy Read the article
In this episode of the health and wellness podcast Spot On!, host and Clinical Professor of Nutrition Joan Salge Blake discusses male athletes and eating disorders, which often go undetected and treated. Salge Blake interviews Sargent Associate Professor of Nutrition Paula Quatromoni, a registered dietitian and expert in eating disorders and sports nutrition along with […]
Malwina Carrion, MPH, a lecturer in the Department of Health Sciences, is a co-PI on a new five-year cooperative agreement, with a maximum award of $1 million, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study Chagas disease. This is an interdisciplinary collaboration between Carrion and co-PI Dr. Natasha Hochberg, an associate professor at Boston […]