Spotlights Posts for Spotlights Nudging Smokers to Quit Digital Treatment to Meet the Needs of Smokers with Schizophrenia Meet the Class of 2025: Angela Tsai Sargent student’s passion for equity paved her way to BU. Students Spend an Unforgettable Summer Working at Boston City Hall City Scholars including Health Science major Julia Sullivan (Sargent’22) reflect on how the experience influenced their career goals. POV: Who Is Forgotten in Our Discussion of Abortion? The media is failing to address the fact that nonbinary people and trans men need abortion care, too. Finding Solutions to Health Inequities Sargent students team up with Iraqi peers in a virtual exchange program hosted by nonprofit United Planet. Using Wearable Sensors to Identify Movement Biomarkers of Health and Disease Digital therapeutics are primed to change the face of healthcare write PhD candidate Dheepak Arumukhom Revi and Professor Lou Awad. Emily Rothman Appointed OT Department Chair A public health expert, Rothman is focused on social justice and health equity while promoting neurodiversity and anti-ableism. Understanding Inequalities in Health Outcomes for Hispanic Post-stroke Bilinguals Undergraduate David Addesso discusses how Hispanic individuals are severely under-researched when it comes to stroke disparities. When It Comes to Communication Skills—Maybe We’re Born with It? Prof Jenny Zuk led a first-of-its-kind study that uncovered how brain matter makeup in infancy is linked to language learning skills in early childhood. BU’s Olympic Athletes Going for Gold In Tokyo, current and former Sargent students are competing in swimming, sailing, and field hockey. Beware Using Telemedicine for Voice and Speech Therapy Research from Stepp Lab finds popular teleconferencing platforms pose challenges for effectively evaluating treatment. Faculty Honored by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. Dean Christopher Moore and Assistant Professor Jennifer Zuk awarded for their contributions to the profession. Telepractice Presents a Challenge to Voice Therapy Researchers urge caution when evaluating voice disorders over teleconferencing platforms due to differences in acoustic measurements. Impaired Hearing Function Underlies Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders Patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders not only have changes to laryngeal motor patterns but also disrupted ability to integrate auditory information. Professor Cara Stepp Named New Speech Editor-in-Chief for JSLHR Stepp beings her term as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research on July 1. Spotlights navigation ← Previous Next →
