Spotlights Posts for Spotlights BU Today Video Cooking Series: How to Prepare Sticky Rice Luyi Chen (Sargent’22) shows us how to prepare this breakfast dish popular in her hometown of Wenzhou, China. Can a Glove Revolutionize Hand Rehabilitation? With Soft Robotics, Yes. An interdisciplinary team including Physical Therapy Professor Terry Ellis is guiding the design. For Knee Replacement, PT Reduces Risk of Chronic Opioid Use Research led by Professor Deepak Kumar finds even low levels of physical therapy before or after surgery can lower the odds of long-term opioid use. Imagine if Your Therapist Could Access Your Smartphone Data Professor Dan Fulford's research on digital assessment and intervention for loneliness and isolation is featured in the Wall Street Journal. Aphasia Book Club Applies Bibliotherapy to Treatment For the first time, the Aphasia Book Club read a story that mirrors their own: Debra Meyerson’s Identity Theft. Is Telehealth Effective for Voice Disorders? Study shows speech-language pathologists’ evaluations of voice conditions are as accurate virtually as they are in person Practical Applications Lynn Safenowitz has found creative occupational therapy solutions to common problems, from bullying to stress A Career of Caring Six decades after graduating, physical therapist Senora Simpson still draws on lessons learned at Sargent—and from racism faced elsewhere New Course Examines Racial Discrimination in Healthcare A new course on bias in healthcare aims to address some of the issues that led to a national racial reckoning in 2020. Food as Medicine Nutrition expert Stacey Zawacki says medically tailored meals can help reduce care costs for chronic conditions. Terriers Running the Boston Marathon with a Mission Caroline Adamson (Sargent’22) ran the 2021 Boston Marathon in honor of her mom who died of leukemia in January. Measuring Mobility Improvement How wearable sensors could change the future of physical therapy treatments for knee osteoarthritis Fine-Tuning Movement Imaging brain activity could help illuminate how infants, particularly those with cerebral palsy, learn to control their arms and hands Helping Trans Men Find Their Voice Techniques borrowed from voice therapy may help in lowering pitch Combating Disease with Big Data Professor Lawrence Were hopes information sharing will help African countries overcome health system inequities in the battle against COVID-19. Spotlights navigation ← Previous Next →