Spotlights Posts for Spotlights Community Builder Bonnie-Jean Brooks (’63) has transformed lives from South Central L.A. to rural Maine Pain Relief You Can Wear Could robotic apparel replace opioids for back pain? Speech and Parkinson’s Doctoral student Defne Abur won a major NIH grant to study speech disorders in people with Parkinson’s disease Tracking Loneliness Daniel Fulford uses smartphones to monitor people who become socially disconnected—and help them reconnect On the Front Lines Stories of Sargent students and alums helping in the fight against coronavirus Zooming into Patients’ Lives Forced online by a pandemic, on-campus clinical centers found creative ways to tailor care that might outlast COVID-19 A Revolutionary Idea 140 years after Dudley Allen Sargent pioneered the science of physical activity as preventative medicine, Sargent College continues to build on his legacy Closing the Gap Occupational therapist Leanne Yinusa–Nyahkoon has dedicated her career to understanding preconception and prenatal health inequities in Black communities BU Today: From Premie to Pre-Med Human Physiology student Lena Papadakis (Sargent’21) founded nonprofit, Premie to Pre-Med, to support child life and wellness programs. Support the Sargent Cares Fund Please join us in supporting the Sargent Cares Emergency Fund on Giving Tuesday, December 1. Watch: 2012 Meredith E. Drench Lecture Presented by Travis Roy Travis Roy shared his story of rehabilitation and perseverance after spinal cord injury and the psychosocial aspects of his recovery. Sargent Mourns the Loss of Travis Roy We remember the former BU hockey player, philanthropist, spinal cord injury advocate, and namesake of the Travis M. Roy Professorship. Research from Neural Systems Lab Featured on Cover of The Journal of Neuroscience Researchers publish on how the brain balances emotion and reason. Biden’s Stutter Highlights BU Center’s Mission to Help Others Struggling with Speech Clients praise treatment at Center for Stuttering Therapy: “For the first time I felt like I was in control of my speech.” Dealing with Loneliness in College during a Pandemic Students and mental health experts on making friends, being brave: “Everyone is feeling this way, at least a little” Spotlights navigation ← Previous Next →
