Boston University is launching Go Baby Go, a collaborative initiative that unites students, faculty, and community partners to expand mobility, exploration, and learning opportunities for young children with limited mobility. What Is Go Baby Go? Go Baby Go is a national and international initiative where volunteers modify and customize ride-on toy cars for young children […]
“People talk about maintaining their mobility as one of their primary goals in optimizing their lives,” says Dr. Terry Ellis, director of Boston University’s Center for Neurorehabilitation. Ellis is leading a new research project funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation to investigate the effects of music on walking for patients with Parkinson’s disease. The […]
For students looking to enter into clinical professions, learning how to communicate in an effective, professional way with patients is just as important as learning the technical skills needed for their job. Two clinicians at Sargent College’s Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Department, Kelly Hansen, MS CCC-SLP, BCS-S and Caroline Brinkert, MS CCC-SLP, are working […]
A new NIH-funded project titled “Patient-centered Development of a Composite Digital Endpoint of Mobility and Pain for Knee Osteoarthritis” looks to improve the treatment of knee osteoarthritis by developing a new way to measure pain and mobility. Knee osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder in adults over the age of 60, with about a […]
Sargent College’s Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences department is currently at the forefront of aphasia research, working with the National Aphasia Association (NAA) to identify what matters most to people living with aphasia and to the people who support them. The project, titled “Building Capacity for Patient-Centered Clinical Effectiveness Research in Stroke-Related Aphasia,” looks to […]
Since its opening on January 2023, Sargent College’s The Queer Understanding, Equity and Educational Research (Q.U.E.E.R) Lab has sought to create a more inclusive research environment at Boston University and in the wider field of physiology. Co-directed by Dr. Jesse Moreira-Bouchard and Dr. Lisa Roberts, the lab approaches inclusion through two interconnected areas: investigating health […]
Emily Evans, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS, assistant professor of physical therapy at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, has received the National Institutes of Health K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award. The K23 award is a competitive award that aids researchers in conducting patient-oriented research while receiving advanced research training and […]
Dr. Lindsey Locks, an assistant professor of Health Sciences at Sargent College and of Global Health at the School of Public Health, has received a grant from Edesia Nutrition for a trial she will lead with Dr. Seth Adu-Afarwuah of the University of Ghana, testing whether the way a child’s nutritional supplement is packaged changes […]
On July 27-28, twenty BU Sargent College post-professional OTD students will present their doctoral projects over Zoom. A complete list for post doctoral presentations, along with key information and zoom links, from July 27-28 is below. Presentations on July 27, 2026 – Register through this link 9:00am-9:40am EST Student: Laura Faye Clubok, MS, OTR/L Presentation Title: […]
Artificial intelligence is actively transforming every aspect of modern life, and such advances are reshaping neuroscience as well. For example, AI is enabling researchers to analyze an abundance of data in new and innovative ways, furthering our understanding of how the brain functions beyond a laboratory setting. This fall, those innovations will take center stage […]
Dr. Swathi Kiran, director of the Center for Brain Recovery, spoke about the importance of interdisciplinary thinking in treatments for neurological disorders in an interview with BU Alumni & Friends. Although her research initially began in developing therapies for stroke rehabilitation, she says that her collaboration with engineers and computer sciences eventually led her to the […]
In the six part documentary series titled “Living With Aphasia,” experts, patients, and care partners from Sargent College’s Aphasia Resource Center (ARC) describe the daily medical, mental, and interpersonal dimensions of aphasia. Each segment of the documentary mirrors the progression of aphasia in a patient’s life, with Chapter 1 and 2 introducing the catalyst of […]
A study conducted by the World Health Organization found that one in three women experience Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) at some point during their lifetime, making it the most prevalent form of violence against women. Given this statistic, how should our healthcare policies and practices address the issue of gender-based violence? A Sargent College faculty […]
This project aims to develop a novel composite digital endpoint tailored to integrate synchronous digital measures of pain and gait patterns in daily life. The project will employ a patient-centered approach within the Verification, Analytical Validation, Usability Validation, and Clinical Validation (V3+) framework. During the UG3 phase, the project will focus on technology selection and […]
Professor and Chair Dr. Emily Rothman, ScD, is serving as principal investigator on an innovative interdisciplinary research team funded by the Organization for Autism Research (OAR) to develop the PAUSE Program which will be offered in collaboration with the Association for Autism and Neurodiversity (AANE). The PAUSE Program represents a novel, manualized intervention designed as […]