Spotlights

Professor Jennifer Zuk Receives Biomedical Research Award

The honor recognizes exceptional scientists pursuing early-stage, innovative, biomedical research to advance the health of children.

Swathi Kiran and Elizabeth Hoover from BU’s Aphasia Resource Center explain the neurological disorder in BU Today.

Autism advocate and scientist Temple Grandin met with Sargent students and faculty.

Professor Swathi Kiran discusses the communication disorder and how "frequent and consistent therapy" can help most patients.

The project aims to boost commercialization of innovative wearable and med tech devices.

Study published in Stroke is the first using machine learning to understand how patients recover after rehabilitation.

Professor Emily Rothman and colleagues are engaging autistic BIPOC as partners in autism research to build more effective, inclusive studies.

Sargent health science students partnered with BU's MetroBridge program to help the unhoused in Framingham.

The study compared footprints across species including humans, black bears and chimpanzees.

A veteran of the a cappella music scene while at BU, Shaya, who studying to be a nurse practitioner, was nominated for R&B Artist of the Year.

Mezzacappa pitched a fitness business to help those with disabilities feel comfortable in the gym, including accessible workouts and 1:1 sessions.

A first-of-its-kind NIH grant will fund new research from Professor Cara Stepp into this poorly understood but commonly used hormone therapy.

Professor Malwina Carrion teaches a class that explores the 20 parasitic, bacterial, and viral diseases known as neglected tropical diseases.

Alumna and Air Force veteran Jennifer Byrne (Sargent '21) cofounded Shields & Stripes to support the mental health of military veterans.

The five-year, $2.8 million NIH Research Project Grant will investigate the effects of testosterone treatment on speech production.