{"id":222673,"date":"2023-03-01T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=222673"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:34:33","slug":"centers-and-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/research\/centers-and-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Centers and Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schoolwide Centers<\/h3>\n

Interdisciplinary academic schoolwide centers are charged with bringing together relevant faculty, staff, and students from across SPH to advance an area of strategic academic interest<\/em><\/p>\n

Center for Climate and Health<\/a>
\nCenter for Health Data Science<\/a>
\nCenter for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights<\/a>
\nCenter for Trauma and Mental Health<\/a><\/p>\n

Schoolwide Programs<\/h3>\n

School-level Programs are charged with conducting meaningful faculty engagement around shared interests and active research in a particular topic area across multiple disciplines and departments.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Adolescent and Behavioral Health Program<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/a>Emerging World Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n

Department-based Labs<\/h3>\n

An academic department-based Lab includes multiple faculty with shared interests and active research in a particular topic area<\/em><\/p>\n

Healthy and Empowered Youth (HEY!) Lab<\/a>
\nMedicaid Policy Lab<\/a>
\nThe Politics and Health Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Research Groups<\/h3>\n

Research projects and interest areas led by SPH faculty and staff<\/em><\/p>\n

Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC)<\/a>
\nBlack Women\u2019s Health Study<\/a>
\nBoston Biorepository, Recruitment, & Integrated Network for Gulf War Illness (BBRAIN)<\/a>
\nBUSPH-HSPH Research Coordinating Center (CAF\u00c9 RCC)<\/a>
\nBUSPH Maternal and Child Health Center<\/a>
\nChelsea and East Boston Heat (C-Heat) Project<\/a>
\nCollaborate.Health<\/a>
\nHealthy Minds Network<\/a>
\nMethods for Longitudinal Studies in Dementia (MELODEM)<\/a>
\nNew England Public Health Training Center<\/a>
\nPartnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center (PEPRec)<\/a>
\nPostpartum, Lifestyle & Cardiovascular Evaluation Study (PLACES)<\/a>
\nPregnancy Study Online (PRESTO)<\/a>
\nProvidence\/Boston Center for AIDS Research<\/a>
\nResearch Group for the Study of Chronic Kidney Disease in Central America<\/a>
\nResearch on Innovations for Safety and Equity (RISE) Lab<\/a>
\nRubenstein Lab<\/a>
\nSchool Health Institute for Education and Leadership (SHIELD)<\/a>
\nSustainable Built Environment Lab (SBL)<\/a><\/p>\n

Cross-University Centers and Partnerships<\/h3>\n

University-level, or intra-university partners with leadership and\/or engagement provided by SPH faculty<\/em><\/p>\n

Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Research<\/a>
\nCenter for Innovation in Social Work and Health<\/a>
\nCenter on Emerging Infectious Diseases<\/a>
\nChronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center<\/a>
\nClinical & Translational Science Institute<\/a>
\nEvans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research<\/a>
\nFramingham Heart Study<\/a>
\nGlobal Development Policy Center<\/a>
\nGrayken Center for Addiction and Boston Medical Center<\/a>
\nInstitute for Global Sustainability<\/a>
\nProgram on Reproductive Justice<\/a>
\nRafik B. Hariri Institute for Computational Science & Engineering<\/a>
\nSloane Epidemiology Center<\/a><\/p>\n