(3/3/2021, InsideHook) Expert Quote: “Nobody is immune, no matter your age, your gender, your ethnicity, your body shape and size. Eating disorders do not discriminate.” – Paulo Quatromoni, health sciences chair and associate professor of nutrition Read the article
Jesse Moreira, a Human Physiology PhD candidate, has been named one of 40 top alums under the age of 40 by his undergraduate alma mater, Salem State University. This distinction recognizes “remarkable individuals whose achievements positively contribute to the Salem State difference, either in their professions or communities.” Moreira’s research interests include cardiovascular disease and […]
(1/25/2021, Social Sport) In this podcast, Nutrition Professor Paula Quatromoni and Olympian David Proctor (Sargent ’08) discuss the need to diversify eating disorder care, gaps in current research, and RED-S in male athletes. Listen.
(Boston25 TV) Expert Quote: “When you think healthy snacks, think fruits, vegetables, and dairy.” – Joan Salge Blake, clinical professor of nutrition Watch the segment
(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
WHEN EMILY SANCHEZ (’13) GRADUATED, SHE APPLIED FOR THE US MILITARY–BAYLOR Graduate Program in Nutrition in San Antonio, Tex. Despite having no military background, “I really felt like being an army dietitian, I would never get bored,” says Sanchez, who is now a captain. “I would always be challenged and, every couple of years, have […]
(12/4/2020, The Brink) One of the many new terms that has entered the average American’s vocabulary since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is “contact tracing.” While quick to the lips of many public health experts, what contact tracing actually is, and why it plays a critical role in stemming the tide of disease transmission, […]
(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 […]
(12/1/2020, BU Today) “Lena Papadakis knows far too well how it feels to be a sick kid stuck in a hospital. As a triplet born at 32 weeks at Massachusetts General Hospital, Papadakis was the tiniest of the sisters, weighing in at just over two pounds. But unlike them, she spent years in and out […]
(11/3/2020, The Daily Free Press) “Lena Papadakis and her two triplet sisters were born premature at 32 weeks. For much of her childhood, she was in and out of Massachusetts General Hospital with chronic pneumonia and frequent surgeries. But out of this distress, she grew to love the medical field and is now giving back to […]
(11/3/2020, Boston University Career Podcast) “It’s very rewarding for me to go to work. The learners that I help are just so hard working– they go to school, and they’re working, and they have children that they have to take care, families they need to take care of. And they still take the time out to […]
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, […]
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 […]